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Primary Master Hard Disk Error
Name: mukeshka Date: September 24, 2005 at 12:31:16 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
I have a desktop with pentium 4, 512 mb ram. when I boot I get the following message:
Primary Master Hard Disk Error Press F4 to run setup.
In the bios it shows under "primary IDE master" name of some drive but for Primary IDE slave it says "not detected". I think bios is not able to identify the hard drive. what do you think is the issue? and do you have any suggestion on the solutions?
i created a MS DOs boot cd and tried booting to MS Dos but computer won't boot from the cd. I changed the setting in bios so that it boots from the cd but no use. it won't boot from the cd. any help will be greatly appreciated.
Name: Steve Dunn Date: September 24, 2005 at 14:56:35 Pacific
Reply:
More info please.
Primary Master Hard Disk Error
Primary IDE slave it says "not detected"
Is there a slave device on the primary IDE controller?
When did this problem start - and what had changed/happened (hardware/software/problem) beforehand?
You could download diagnostic utility from drive manufacturer & run that. If ok, try recovery console and running chkdsk /p, then fixboot.
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Response Number 2
Name: mukeshka Date: September 24, 2005 at 15:45:41 Pacific
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I don't know about the slave device on the primary IDE controller. I just read what I found on the Bios configuration. diagnostic utility from drive manufacturer? you mean from hard drive manufacturer website I can look for some diagnostic utility? how do I find the hard drive manufacturer - open the box or?? sorry if some of my questions sound silly ...
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Response Number 3
Name: Steve Dunn Date: October 2, 2005 at 16:15:17 Pacific
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