Did You Say Formatting?
<div class="IPBDescription">well I said HELP.</div> Here's the back story that you don't need to read but can if you want:
So one day I look at my desktop and think, wow, I have a lot of games that I don't play anymore. Why don't I delete some and free up some harddrive space? So I start deleting programs when one of the unistallers freezes. Then poof it unfreezes and all my programs are uninstalled. All except the ones that were running at the time. (winamp.. yay!). I didn't loose my files, just the programs. I wasn't too mad cause I needed to reformat anyway.
Here's the kicker:
When I go to reformat my computer, winXP cd in drive and the setup loads on my computer, the setup tells me every time I want to start the setup (reformat then reinstall) that it can't find a hard drive. It's in my device manager and its in my bios. What the hell is going on!?!
Help me ns forums, you're my only hope!
So one day I look at my desktop and think, wow, I have a lot of games that I don't play anymore. Why don't I delete some and free up some harddrive space? So I start deleting programs when one of the unistallers freezes. Then poof it unfreezes and all my programs are uninstalled. All except the ones that were running at the time. (winamp.. yay!). I didn't loose my files, just the programs. I wasn't too mad cause I needed to reformat anyway.
Here's the kicker:
When I go to reformat my computer, winXP cd in drive and the setup loads on my computer, the setup tells me every time I want to start the setup (reformat then reinstall) that it can't find a hard drive. It's in my device manager and its in my bios. What the hell is going on!?!
Help me ns forums, you're my only hope!
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the good news is that you didn't lose your files, i suggest IMMEDIATELY backing those up to CD/DVD/HDD and then just manually formating the using FDISK or some such thing. that's what i would do.
What's FDisk? - *googles*
and by manual do you mean taking the drive out and smashing it type thing?
Also before anyone suggests - I've taken the drive out and put it into another computer and it didn't register then either. Maybe I didn't set it up right but in either case it's still not working.
What's FDisk? - *googles*
and by manual do you mean taking the drive out and smashing it type thing?
Also before anyone suggests - I've taken the drive out and put it into another computer and it didn't register then either. Maybe I didn't set it up right but in either case it's still not working. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well that's your problem right there, you're not supposed to bake the drive prior to formatting.
.. err anyway. bake? How will that affect my hard drive? It's in the same condition as it was before I put it in the other computer. Nothing changed the problem is the same.
It finds the CD drive just fine. It can't find the hard drive.
everytime it does that i get this bad feeling like it actually wont find my computer and i'll have to start killing things. yeah, this is like that.
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double edit: well you can go back 10+ years and find ISA ones if you really want
Get the drivers, put them on a floppy and go ahead.
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btw you can get the drivers off the HDD manufacturer's homepage.
c: [enter]
dir [enter] (to check if it's the correct drive you which to format <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
a: [enter]
format c:/q/s [enter]
Only works of course if the file system isn't something other then FAT(32)
to get the bootdisk goto <a href='http://www.bootdisk.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.bootdisk.com/</a>
Oh and even if I did have drivers it doesn't give me the option of loading them at all. It goes like this:
Reboot comp with CD in drive.
Windows XP setup menu appears.
I get the options to :
-Continue installing XP
- Repair XP
-Something else.
To reformat and make partitions and all that jazz you normally go with the setup. So I go for that and it gives me the error right away saying that "setup cannot find a hard drive connected to this computer please ensure it is connected correctly blah blah blah...."
I'm not buying a new HD.. This one is fine otherwise (I'm using it now) and it's 250 gig. :\
so...... if I did get the drivers what would I do with them. Just install them and hope that more than just the bios recognises the HD?
I'll nose around a bit and see. I think it's western digital so I'll give it a go.
Thanks for the continued help. You guys are a great tool..errr...helpful people.
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It might be small, but even I have seen it already.
ugh..I'll keep trying.
I also want to know how people say they need help with their computer and the problem they state sounds like they cant get the thing working, but are able to post here?
wth?
Both can be used for accessing the Internet.
I hope this doesn't shock you, but it is the truth.
Anyway.. I'm going to work. I'll mess with it more later.