"I use Acronis to image my OS drive " is that like I had to make the .iso cd yesterday for the hard drive diagnostic program? Sounds like it...
Not had time to try to resolve it. But as my primary hard drive crashed yesterday, problem has been resolved unwittingly. Now, I will just...
Ok, I had a feeling that you would tell me that. So.... How do I make a backup which would restore all my programs and registry in case of...
Ok, I have installed windows & it works. I have connected up the old drive as a slave & I can see all the data on its 2 partitions (in...
Thanks PeteC. I think i'll try adding a Sata drive... once I've got the other problems sorted out. Regards
Okay, I guess no one can help. Thanks for looking anyway.
Can you mix IDE & SATA Hard Drives in a PC? I just discovered my motherboard only has one IDE port & I have a HDD & the DVD on that. I also...
I concur. I am just running diagnostics on the 2nd drive to make sure it is ok, before I install windows. I am gutted about this, I really just...
Ok, the disk is working now, Got the following mesg: InitDiskError reading partition table drive 00 sector 0 That sounds like a death in...
"The file you downloaded was intended to be run from within Windows " Yes I realise that now. Just goes to show that my experience is with...
"Can we be sure that you have not burned the .iso file directly to the DVD/CD? " It was a .exe file I burned. But to be honest with you, I am...
Well, the link to ASRock's P4i65G is the same pic I have in my book, and guess what, the Bios battery is in a completely different area. I guess...
Sorry, my hardware knowledge does not extend to that info. My motherboard actually only has one ide port and that one is blue. (The book says I...
Already phsically changed the cable for a new one. Also I have unplugged the power to the DVD & put the hdd diagnostic onto a USB flash drive....
Hi Wildfire, I have downloaded the Seagate diagnostics program, made sure that the PC knows to boot from the DVD & tried to boot up. After a...
Ok, I am using the original hdd as master (& the DVD is slave). I don't have a floppy drive. If I download the diagnotic program onto a DVD &...
PC will not boot up (after I tried to install slave hard drive). All I get is the message "Error - Reboot & select proper Boot device ". I...
Ok. many many thanks for that link to Samsung website. I am gonna do it, so I am.
Thanks Steve, I thought I had stated the problem in the title of my thread. Didn't realise that I had to repeat it in the body. I think it would...
Thanks Arie, much appreciated
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