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Allan

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Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
« Reply #15 on: November 23, 2009, 12:00:29 PM »
Well, it's likely you need the sata driver for XP to see the HD
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Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2009, 12:07:43 PM »
This may provide some answers.
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    Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
    « Reply #17 on: November 23, 2009, 01:37:06 PM »
    well thanks for the help but i think i will just have to buy a new one or wait for more help from here or somewhere else.
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    Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
    « Reply #18 on: November 23, 2009, 01:40:30 PM »
    More help? You need the sata driver.
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      Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
      « Reply #19 on: November 23, 2009, 01:49:57 PM »
      well how do i install the driver if i cant access the hd and cant get into windows?
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      Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
      « Reply #20 on: November 23, 2009, 02:27:39 PM »
      Unless you create a slipstream XP CD, you don't install them. Follow the instructions in the link Computer_Command posted above. And if you happen to have a floppy drive it's easy. Then again, so is creating a slipstream cd with nlite (http://www.nliteos.com/)
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        Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
        « Reply #21 on: November 23, 2009, 03:07:11 PM »
        floppy? as in that old crap before cds?  i dont have one of those anymore.

        anyways i dont know how to use nlite and cant download anything since im on my moms laptop.
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        Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
        « Reply #22 on: November 23, 2009, 03:17:54 PM »
        Did anyone ever teach you ANY manners? You were right before. Wait for someone else to help you.
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        Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
        « Reply #23 on: November 23, 2009, 03:34:23 PM »
        The hard drive may need to be enabled in BIOS. On my Dell, there is a check next to the drives that are enabled.
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          Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
          « Reply #24 on: November 23, 2009, 03:44:18 PM »
          Maybe, just maybe you should think about taking into a computer shop and letting them fix it for you.  You are looking for a real simple fix, and although it might be relatively simple for some people it isn't for you.  They probably won't charge you anything extra for the attitude either.
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            Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
            « Reply #25 on: November 24, 2009, 05:05:43 PM »
            ok sorry about my attitude its just i get a little upset when Im not on my own computer.  Anyways I finally got a program to run to look for errors on my hd and so far its found 1,000's upon 1,000's of errors hopefully ill be able to fix them.
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            Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
            « Reply #26 on: November 24, 2009, 05:19:52 PM »
            This program?
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              Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
              « Reply #27 on: November 24, 2009, 05:28:17 PM »
              i tried that program but it didnt detect the HD, anyways its not that program that im running its something.
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                Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
                « Reply #28 on: November 24, 2009, 08:25:38 PM »
                ok it seems like no matter what i do i always get a error that says this (or something similar)

                There is no disk or the disk cant be accessed.
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                  Re: Inaccessible or undetected hard drive
                  « Reply #29 on: November 24, 2009, 10:08:47 PM »
                  So exactly what program are you runing that has found all these thousands of problems on your hard drive?  Why do I get the feeling this is a game?
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