Hard Drive not detected when trying to run Win XP repair
I have a Dell Dimension that is throwing BSOD on a consistant basis. I have decided to do a Win XP repair. I've set the PC to boot from the CD and I get to the first Windows Setup screen. Immediately...
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uhh in bios check if it is set to AHCI or the other.. if its an XP the HDD might have a physical jumper that you can change the configuration of. for the life of me i cant remember anything more...
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Your bios may not have the setting to change, if not: I had this issue with installing XP onto a new computer with SATA hdds. You may need to burn an XP cd with the sata drivers on it. I used a...
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Checking it's setting in the BIOS was my first thought as well.... RAID / AHCI / IDE Emulation etc.
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Replace it, sounds like you've spent more time on the computer then its worth, any more time and its embezzlement. Get whomever deserves it a nice windows 7 laptop.
View ArticleHard Drive not detected when trying to run Win XP repair
During Windows XP setup, there's an option: Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. It's going to want to look for these on a floppy drive, a USB floppy drive should work...
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I would try resetting the BIOS to factory default, then checking if it has AHCI enabled. This system may require the drive controller drivers for an install, if you happen to have the discs from the...
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The other way you can remedy it would require an external floppy. You can go to the MFG website and found the SATA drivers from there, throw them on the floppy and there's an option to load 3rd party...
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Dave Engineer wrote: Don't do a repair, those seldom work. Back up your data, do a clean reinstall after formatting your hard drive. I disagree. XP Repair is quite handy and can solve many problems....
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Totally agree with Larry on this one. The repair install utility in XP has saved a LOT of machines that have come across my bench. It can save you a lot of time by not having to do a full data backup...
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When you are in safe mode. Right click on my computer>manage>event viewer>system and see if it gives any indication as to why the blue screens are coming up.http:/ Opens a new...
View ArticleHard Drive not detected when trying to run Win XP repair
The best thing to do is to replace the hard drive. Its a workstation not a server. Do you want to spend a lot of time troubleshooting failed hard disk for workstations? I have had issues like this...
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Thanks everyone!!! Think I'm going to call it a day on this PC. Going to pull it and replace hdd at some point in the future. After discussing it's usage (1x week for a couple hours), not sure it's...
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I was going to say that most likely this is a failed drive.
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