 Sata Hard Drive Not Recognized By Windows, WD 250gb SATA hard drive not working |
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 Oct 19 2004, 05:21 AM
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Newbie [Level 1]  Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 9-October 04 Member No.: 1,577  |
Hi there!
I recently re-installed windows on my 250 gb WD SATA hard drive. I had a 50 gb windows partition and the rest for files. First thing that happened was my system partition wouldn't boot and eventually chkdsk said that the mbr was unrecoverable. A friend recommended that i use a seperate parallel hard drive to load windows and then convert the disk to dynamic in disk management. I did this, but the computer crashed and now windows won't even load with the SATA hard drive connected. The BIOS sees the SATA hdd, but that's as far as I can get. I tried to install windows on the SATA hdd, but the setup won't finish loading with the SATA hdd connected. So, i figure my data is unrecoverable, but why can't I repartition the hdd? By the way, the WD tools boot disks won't load with the SATA hdd connected. I also tried using "PC inspector smart recovery" to no avail. Can anyone give me some advice to what the problem is or how I can fix it? It would be much appreciated! |
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Oct 19 2004, 07:41 AM
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Member [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 8-October 04 From: vienna Member No.: 1,509 |
try the "fdisk /mbr" command... next u got to do a "scandisc /all" on ur harddrive. and i hope, u formated ur hdd on NTFS
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Oct 19 2004, 03:10 PM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 9-October 04 Member No.: 1,577 |
That won't work because if the SATA is connected, neither windows nor the setup CD will load. I think I'm going to see if WD will replace it for me.
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Oct 20 2004, 04:46 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 20-October 04 Member No.: 1,835 |
if it is in guarantee please USE IT!!! , cause i see that is a friend HD and is DEAD (the HD
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Oct 21 2004, 01:15 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 9-October 04 Member No.: 1,577 |
Well, I got the Western Digital Data Life Guard Tools to boot from a floppy, i tried to "write zeros to the drive", and even that failed with a message that said to call technical support. I called and western digital will ship me a new drive for free.
But thanks for the help. Matt |
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Oct 21 2004, 09:54 AM
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Member [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 8-October 04 From: vienna Member No.: 1,509 |
so u can get a new harddrive 4 free
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Feb 27 2008, 03:32 PM
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Trap Double Mocha Member Group: Members Posts: 2,360 Joined: 21-September 07 Member No.: 50,369 |
i can\\
Sata Hard Drive Not Recognized By Windows I can't install windows xp proffessional. The setup showing there is no harddisk. My harddidk is sata. No floppy drive. How can I install xp? pls help me |
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Feb 27 2008, 11:52 PM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 436 Joined: 3-January 07 From: The West Side Member No.: 36,424 |
Download Damn Small Linux, which is only 50 mb, copy the ISO to a CD, boot with it and see if it find your hard drive. However, I think this may be a problem with your BIOS, either the hardware itself or bad settings, but still, try that first.
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Mar 18 2008, 04:17 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 17-March 08 Member No.: 59,443 |
Hard disk is bad
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Mar 18 2008, 04:20 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 17-March 08 Member No.: 59,443 |