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Old June 21st 04, 10:42 PM
stressed
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I have a Dell computer with Windows Me. It began going
crazy and finally shut down. When I turned it back on it
ran in DOS mode and said "hard disk drive not found." I
know this is not good. Can I reformat the hard drive and
reinstall everything? Is that what I need to do? If so,
how?

I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks!
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Old June 22nd 04, 12:18 AM
Richard G. Harper
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Check to see if Dell has diagnostic software that can narrow down the
problem. But from the sound of it the hard drive has died and nothing you
can do will fix it.

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"stressed" wrote in message
...
I have a Dell computer with Windows Me. It began going
crazy and finally shut down. When I turned it back on it
ran in DOS mode and said "hard disk drive not found." I
know this is not good. Can I reformat the hard drive and
reinstall everything? Is that what I need to do? If so,
how?

I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks!



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Old June 22nd 04, 04:54 PM
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Default hard disk drive not found

I am thinking a virus must have gotten it. Can I not
reformat my hard disk somehow and reload my programs?

-----Original Message-----
Check to see if Dell has diagnostic software that can

narrow down the
problem. But from the sound of it the hard drive has

died and nothing you
can do will fix it.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x]
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* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not

replied to.
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"stressed" wrote

in message
...
I have a Dell computer with Windows Me. It began going
crazy and finally shut down. When I turned it back on

it
ran in DOS mode and said "hard disk drive not found."

I
know this is not good. Can I reformat the hard drive

and
reinstall everything? Is that what I need to do? If

so,
how?

I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks!



.

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Old June 22nd 04, 08:20 PM
Noel Paton
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Default hard disk drive not found

Which part of 'died' did you not understand??

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wrote in message
...
I am thinking a virus must have gotten it. Can I not
reformat my hard disk somehow and reload my programs?

-----Original Message-----
Check to see if Dell has diagnostic software that can

narrow down the
problem. But from the sound of it the hard drive has

died and nothing you
can do will fix it.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not

replied to.
* HELP us help YOU ...
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"stressed" wrote

in message
...
I have a Dell computer with Windows Me. It began going
crazy and finally shut down. When I turned it back on

it
ran in DOS mode and said "hard disk drive not found."

I
know this is not good. Can I reformat the hard drive

and
reinstall everything? Is that what I need to do? If

so,
how?

I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks!



.



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Old June 23rd 04, 01:45 AM
Richard G. Harper
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Default hard disk drive not found

What Noel said I said. :-)

Until you know if the hard drive is working or not there is absolutely NO
SENSE WHATSOEVER in trying to reload anything at all. If the drive has
failed the attempt will surely fail. If the drive has not failed, if the
problem is something relatively simple, then reloading Windows is not
necessary as there are much easier fixes.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
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wrote in message
...
I am thinking a virus must have gotten it. Can I not
reformat my hard disk somehow and reload my programs?

-----Original Message-----
Check to see if Dell has diagnostic software that can

narrow down the
problem. But from the sound of it the hard drive has

died and nothing you
can do will fix it.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not

replied to.
* HELP us help YOU ...
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"stressed" wrote

in message
...
I have a Dell computer with Windows Me. It began going
crazy and finally shut down. When I turned it back on

it
ran in DOS mode and said "hard disk drive not found."

I
know this is not good. Can I reformat the hard drive

and
reinstall everything? Is that what I need to do? If

so,
how?

I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks!



.



 




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