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Offlinetrent
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my computer is a piece of junk
    #7585580 - 11/01/07 08:53 PM (16 years, 2 months ago)

this all started when i tried moving some files from one hard drive to another. i plugged in the second hard drive and found that i couldnt access any files because they were corrupted and unreadable. then i go to run checkdisk on it and it tells me that it needs files from windows and to restart the computer. finally i restart my computer and it wouldnt detect the hard drive. so after trying all the jumpers it finally shows up as a cd drive or something. NOT A HARD DRIVE! am i stupid? what am i doing wrong? how do i make it detect a hard drive so i can run checkdisk and hopefully fix the problem im having?


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Re: my computer is a piece of junk [Re: trent]
    #7985413 - 02/06/08 01:20 AM (15 years, 11 months ago)

Im sure theres a linux live cd that would allow you to run a chkdisk.


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Re: my computer is a piece of junk [Re: Fnord]
    #7992026 - 02/07/08 02:46 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

if you go into setup (usually hit F2 or F10, something like that, when its doing the POST checks) and look at the list of boot devices, does it list your harddrive? it should have something that might be a model number or whatever. if your bios doesnt show a harddrive, you have a hardware problem (dead drive, bad connection, etc).


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Re: my computer is a piece of junk [Re: dudemanstan]
    #7992053 - 02/07/08 02:55 PM (15 years, 11 months ago)

If you have another cable try switching your HD cable,sometimes the conectors fail for no reason.

Also try a linux live cd as mentioned and try to mount your normal HD to see whats up. Ubuntu is a wonderfull one for windows users to start with.Also unless you have like 6 gigs of ram or whatever the cd will go really slow if you have enough ram it can load the entire 4 gig OS into it and run at its normal speed as if it was installed.Which is VERY fast.


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