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BIOS Reports HDD IDE-0 Wrongly
Hello All, I have a rather large problem...My computer has gone on the
fritz. It Blue Screened then shut down and when it restarted the BIOS reported a strange number for the HDD IDE-0 then went to the next screen and couldn't find IDE-0, couldn't find FDD so it wont go any further. If I have to I will just replace IDE-0 and start again as all the important data is backed up and most programs etc are installed on D:. But it will be a real pain to restore all of the links to the new OS. If you have any suggestions they would be most welcome. Thank You in Advance. Eric. |
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BIOS Reports HDD IDE-0 Wrongly
Eric wrote
Hello All, I have a rather large problem...My computer has gone on the fritz. It Blue Screened then shut down and when it restarted the BIOS reported a strange number for the HDD IDE-0 then went to the next screen and couldn't find IDE-0, couldn't find FDD so it wont go any further. Not clear what you mean there. Maybe you mean it couldnt find a bootable hard drive and couldnt find a bootable floppy drive either. If I have to I will just replace IDE-0 and start again as all the important data is backed up and most programs etc are installed on D:. That wont help if you have to replace the boot drive. You'll have to install them again to get them into the registry unless you have that backed up as well. But it will be a real pain to restore all of the links to the new OS. Not practical in fact. If you have any suggestions they would be most welcome. Replace the drive, reinstall the OS on it, reinstall the programs, restore the backed up data. |
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BIOS Reports HDD IDE-0 Wrongly
Thanks I will try that and report back
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BIOS Reports HDD IDE-0 Wrongly
"Eric" wrote in message oups.com... .....the BIOS reported a strange number for the HDD IDE-0 then went to the next snipped Eric, I have all my HDs mounted in removable disk trays. I occasionally get something similar(garbage displayed when the BIOS auto-detects) if I fail to push the drive home properly. It might be worth checking that all of your cables are properly connected. Pete K |
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