Posted by DAN on December 01, 19100 at 19:19:39:
In Reply to: hard drive not recognized posted by danny on November 29, 19100 at 16:38:00:
IT WOULD TAKE SOME TROUBLE SHOOTING TO GETERMINE
IF THE HARD DRIVE OR THE COMPUTER IS THE PROBLEM..
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE BUT ASUMING IT'S WIN 95 OR 98 REMOVE THE HARD DRIVE AND TRY IT IN ANOTHER COMPUTER..IF IT WILL DETECT IT IN BIOS SET UP,,TRY BOOTING OFF THE DRIVE,,HIT F8 SEVERAL
TIME AS IT'S REBOOTING AND PICK OPTION TO START UP IN SAFE MODE,,DON'T LET IT COME UP NORMAL OR
IT WILL DETECT AND INSTALL ALL THE NEW COMPUTER SETTING,,
IF IT COMES UP IN SAFE MODE RUN SCANDISK FROM HER THEN VIRUS SCAN,,ASUMING YOU HAVE THE LATEST VIRUS DAT FILES,,IF IT HAS SAME PROBLES AS OLD COMPUTER THE HARD DRIVE IS BAD,,
IF IT WORKS OK,,GO BACK TO THE OLD COMPUTER,,
START IT UP IN SET UP MODE AND CHECK CLOCK SETTING,,
IF CLOCK AND DATE ARE OFF THE BATTERY IS WEAK OR BAD,,THIS WILL CAUSE BIOS TO LOOSE THE HARD DRIVE SETTING AND GO TO DEFAULT WHICH WILL NOT MATCH YOUR HARD DRIVE.
DAN
: my computer will not boot up windows because it wont recognize the hard drive... when i try to use the reboot disk it does nothing for the same reason.. i have managed to get windows to boot up once or twice in the last month but both times it just froze up almost immediately.. can someone give me a clue what i should do