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HDD cannot be Detected!!
Hi everyone
This is my 1st topic and hopefully I can get some help!
Recently, my business got burned down ... most of the stuff is not usefull anymore!
One of the computers that didnt get burned but did catch a lot of burning smoke, is the one that isnt really working... hope i get get this to work as it contains usefull information about my business.
Recently, my business got burned down ... most of the stuff is not usefull anymore!
One of the computers that didnt get burned but did catch a lot of burning smoke, is the one that isnt really working... hope i get get this to work as it contains usefull information about my business.
Model: Dell OptiPlex GX 260 (2.0GHz 256MB RAM)
O/E: Windows XP Pro
Problem:
When I reboot it, it comes up with:
Primary hard disk drive 0 not found
Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility
Pressing F1, it just keeps repeating: Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utilityPressing F2 gets me into the Bios:Primary Drive 0 ........................................ Unknown DevicePrimary Drive 1......................................... OffSecondary Device 0 ................................. CD-ROM ReaderSecondary Device 1 ................................. OffBoot Sequence: 1. IDE CD-ROM 2. Disket Drive 3. Hard Disk Drive (not installed)
I suppose HDD is damaged cos of the burning smoke!!
Other issue is, when I insert my friends XP Pro CD in the CD Rom Drive
Other issue is, when I insert my friends XP Pro CD in the CD Rom Drive
and reboot the PC, the cd drive makes a load noise (runing cd noice) but does not
make the pc boot from it (usualy has to come up with... booting from cd...)
Is this cos the HDD is not working or is the CD Drive damaged too!?
Thanks
