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No fixed disk or CD recognised
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I'm trying to sort out a friends old pc. They've been running WinME on it. Recently it has stopped working. They haven't put in new hardware or changed anything. It just has stopped working. They've brought it round and when I boot up from either the hard disk or the CD nothing is recognised. I've opened it up and pushed in all connections. Still no good. I've been into BIOS and it says there are no hard drives. When I try and boot up from the OEM CD recovery disk it fails saying I should put in a bootable disk. The CD looks fine I have managed to boot up from a floppy but again nothing else is recognised. So ... it is likely that it has had it and is now destined for it's final resting place (that is, becoming a linux server ;0)) Thanks in advance Simon |
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Simon Woods wrote:
Hi I'm trying to sort out a friends old pc. They've been running WinME on it. Recently it has stopped working. They haven't put in new hardware or changed anything. It just has stopped working. They've brought it round and when I boot up from either the hard disk or the CD nothing is recognised. I've opened it up and pushed in all connections. Still no good. I've been into BIOS and it says there are no hard drives. When I try and boot up from the OEM CD recovery disk it fails saying I should put in a bootable disk. The CD looks fine I have managed to boot up from a floppy but again nothing else is recognised. So ... it is likely that it has had it and is now destined for it's final resting place (that is, becoming a linux server ;0)) because of course linux servers don't require boot devices Simple testing (requires cracking the case): power: move the HD power leads onto the floppy and see if it will spin up. signal: move the IDE cable to the other connector on the MB; still no joy then switch out the cable. Rick Thanks in advance Simon |
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It sounds to me as if the IDE channels have either been disabled, or are
dead This means either trying the HD in another machine to test it - or buying an add-on IDE card to test it. Your choice - but I'd try the second machine first (if you're happy with the idea), then cough up maybe $20 for an IDE card from a reputable manufacturer. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Simon Woods" wrote in message ... Hi I'm trying to sort out a friends old pc. They've been running WinME on it. Recently it has stopped working. They haven't put in new hardware or changed anything. It just has stopped working. They've brought it round and when I boot up from either the hard disk or the CD nothing is recognised. I've opened it up and pushed in all connections. Still no good. I've been into BIOS and it says there are no hard drives. When I try and boot up from the OEM CD recovery disk it fails saying I should put in a bootable disk. The CD looks fine I have managed to boot up from a floppy but again nothing else is recognised. So ... it is likely that it has had it and is now destined for it's final resting place (that is, becoming a linux server ;0)) Thanks in advance Simon |
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"Rick T" wrote in message ... Simon Woods wrote: Hi I'm trying to sort out a friends old pc. They've been running WinME on it. Recently it has stopped working. They haven't put in new hardware or changed anything. It just has stopped working. They've brought it round and when I boot up from either the hard disk or the CD nothing is recognised. I've opened it up and pushed in all connections. Still no good. I've been into BIOS and it says there are no hard drives. When I try and boot up from the OEM CD recovery disk it fails saying I should put in a bootable disk. The CD looks fine I have managed to boot up from a floppy but again nothing else is recognised. So ... it is likely that it has had it and is now destined for it's final resting place (that is, becoming a linux server ;0)) because of course linux servers don't require boot devices and can fit on a 1.44mb floppy ... Thanks Rick and Noel Simon |
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