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Hard Drive doesn't boot up

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by IvanH, 2007/10/25.

  1. 2007/10/25
    IvanH

    IvanH Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    My PC is running XP Pro SP2. It doesn't boot up after RAM checking. Last time I put an original XP CD-ROM and the hard drive was repaired automatically. This time this trick doesn't work anymore.

    1. Any suggestion?

    2. I don't want to use mirroring or RAID-5 for this desktop PC. Can XP Pro SP2 do a system backup?
     
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  2. 2007/10/26
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    Is the drive recognised in BIOS?

    In view of the past history of this drive it may have failed - I suggest you download the diagnostic software from the drive manufacturer's web site and check out the drive ....

    ExcelStore ....
    http://www.excelstor.com/en/download.asp
    Hitachi .....
    http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
    Samsung ....
    http://www.samsung.com/in/products/harddiskdrives/utilities/hutil.htm
    Seagate, Maxtor, Quantum .....
    http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/
    Western Digital ....
    http://support.wdc.com/download/

    In XP Pro you can use Automated System Recovery to create an image of the main drive - but as I recall it backs up only to another physical drive and requires a floppy drive too. A better option is to use Drive Imaging software such as Acronis.
     
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