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Non booting hard Drive
Im having a problem booting from my hd. I got it out of a old computer.
when i boot up normally it gives me a "primary hard drive failure". i cant boot up from a floppy cause im not sure. But if i put in a Fedora or XP cd it will format the HD and install the OS, but when it restarts i get the same HD error? Any ideas? |
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hi,
you do one thing check boot priority in cmos setup & change startup seqance first choose had drive. |
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Brubbz wrote:
Im having a problem booting from my hd. I got it out of a old computer. when i boot up normally it gives me a "primary hard drive failure". i cant boot up from a floppy cause im not sure. But if i put in a Fedora or XP cd it will format the HD and install the OS, but when it restarts i get the same HD error? Any ideas? Have you got it set correctly as Primary Master with the jumpers? -- Bob H Leeds UK |
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