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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: FAC51 on July 06, 2005, 01:20:03 PM

Title: Serious Hard Disc Problem
Post by: FAC51 on July 06, 2005, 01:20:03 PM

Hi,
one of my HD's which is a 20gb slave drive, registers at the bios screen, but i cannot see it in window explorer? it can be seen in  admin tools > computer management > storage, on on disc 1 - only it doesnt seem to specify a file system? so when i assign it a drive letter, when i go to WinExplorer this time, i see the new assigned drive - only it says that this drive is not formatted? ??? i really hope someone can help!

all advice most welcome!

Title: Re: Serious Hard Disc Problem
Post by: merlin_2 on July 06, 2005, 01:24:03 PM

format it.....and take no notice of the splash screen that will appear....

Title: Re: Serious Hard Disc Problem
Post by: FAC51 on July 06, 2005, 01:26:54 PM

only problem is i loose all my data - which i need to keep :-/

Title: Re: Serious Hard Disc Problem
Post by: merlin_2 on July 06, 2005, 01:39:32 PM

save data to disk and format it....more info here>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308424&sd=tech