2006-11-17 23:44:44 · 5 answers · asked by DeMeAnOuR 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Here's what i woudl suggest. It may not, I repeat, MAY not be your hard drive. You could have an OS problem. If it can't recognize the drive (in some cases), or gets halfway through recognizing then fails, it will give you that messege. So I would take the drive to another PC and plug it in as the secondary drive. If The machine recognizes it and boots, then you know you have an OS problem.
If it is corrupted, and the above step didn't work, you can try this step. You can boot drectly into DOS and make a new directory on another drive (assuming you have one). Then you can copy everything onto that drive. If this step doesn't work, you can take your drive to a technician and have it worked on and replaced.
2006-11-17 23:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by Jay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Losing data on a hard drive is the worst nightmare of any computer owner. However, some RAM/hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-11-20 03:44:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if in your boot menu do not show your hard drive may your first sector of hard demaged.
and you can not use it allever.
if show in the boot menu you can use norton disk doktor to fix your hard drive.
2006-11-18 07:57:23 · answer #3 · answered by hani nemati 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not if you cant access it by plugging it in to annother pc as a slave drive
2006-11-18 07:45:57 · answer #4 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hope it works:
use live linux cd like "knoppix","ubuntu",etc., and copy any important data u had onto some other media
2006-11-18 07:48:47 · answer #5 · answered by Sujay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋