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06-13-2005, 07:59 PM
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Hard drive won't recognise
I've just taken a 80Gb hard drive out of a second hand computer, which i bought from a friend, but it won't register with mine.
This hard drive has the same operating system as mine, XP Pro, but won't work. It has a lot of programs and files already on which I would like to keep so, would prefer not to format it if I can avoid it. Any advice  My current spec is: - CPU - Intel Pentium 3 (SL35E) 500/512/100 Memory - 512RAM (PC100) Motherboard - MS6156 ver:1.0 BX7 Video card - ATI Radeon 9250 VPU, with 128MB DDR memory Last edited by Monkey Boy; 06-13-2005 at 08:09 PM. Reason: Adding current spec |
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06-13-2005, 08:17 PM
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did you try, file transfer on XP. i believed microft has a utility file transfer and setting wizard. i haven't tried it from xp to xp but give it a try
Last edited by jeofrey10100900; 06-13-2005 at 08:20 PM. Reason: adding more word's |
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06-13-2005, 08:22 PM
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Just boot to your XP cd and do a repair/install. You may need a drivers disk for your mobo since the hdd came out of another machine.
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06-14-2005, 02:04 AM
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You have a bios issue. Your bios can't see a 80 gig drive and it needs updating.
http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/viewt...hlight=a6156p5 Good luck, this particular one is confusing. That motherboard may be an OEM NEC or Packard Bell. |
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