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    not working hardrive
    « on: September 26, 2011, 08:44:27 AM »
    how can you detect if the hardrive is not working?
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    Re: not working hardrive
    « Reply #1 on: September 26, 2011, 08:46:37 AM »
    You could go to http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Testdisk to boot a HDD diagnostic test. If it is not detected in the BIOS you could slave it to another computer to check.
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    Re: not working hardrive
    « Reply #2 on: September 26, 2011, 09:21:00 AM »
    Go to the website of the hd manufacturer, download their diagnostic utility, burn it to cd, boot to it and run it.
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