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Recently Replaced Hard Drive Not Booting Windows
Definitely, it was a good idea, and I appreciate it. It turns out that wasn't the problem, as you said, but I had no idea such a technological hurdle as the one you mentioned had ever existed, so I definitely learned something new at least. By the way, I did get it fixed, thank you. I ended up...- HydeTheFormer
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Recently Replaced Hard Drive Not Booting Windows
Ok, that makes sense. I think I'll try the last suggestion first, due to the circumstances. Thanks for the help!- HydeTheFormer
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Recently Replaced Hard Drive Not Booting Windows
That is certainly possible. I admit I wasn't aware of this issue. I don't know if that hard drive specifically falls into this category or not (I don't have access to it at the moment). Still, though, wouldn't that affect the installation of Linux as well? From what I can tell, the problem...- HydeTheFormer
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Recently Replaced Hard Drive Not Booting Windows
I have a client who wanted a larger hard drive. She upgraded from a 40GB to a 320GB. She went about this by simply copying the contents of the one to the other. She only had Windows XP Pro. She came to me because her computer, when powered on, told her that it could not find an OS. I...- HydeTheFormer
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