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  1. nato308

    Second HD not accessible

    You had better back up the data on the drive that you could not access, sounds like the drive is going out.
  2. nato308

    HD cable postion?

    FYI Most of the old 40 wire IDE connectors were not cable select so it did not matter where you connected the master and slave. Most of the new 80 wire IDE cables ARE cable select, the master must go on the end and the slave in the middle.
  3. nato308

    Upgrade for Award 4.51 PG v. 1.0A BIOS

    Does your motherboard manufacturer have a bios update that will support larger drives? If not, you will probably need a bios transaltion program so the full drive will be recognized. If it is a Maxtor drive try http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/maxblast3.htm
  4. nato308

    Dead drive?

    If the hard drive from computer A is spinning up okay, the controller board for the drive may have gone south. What I have done before to recover data in this situation is to buy an identical drive and swap boards long enough to recover data, erase the drive, then contact the drive maker for a...
  5. nato308

    Can't Format Hard disk

    fdisk MBR takes care of a lot of issues.
  6. nato308

    win 98, can't reinstal

    Phillihp Sounds to me like you have Windows installed or copied to one of the other partions. If you have registry/Windows information anywhere on the harddrive and are trying to use Windows 98SE or Windows ME for re-installation, the process will start and then tell you it cannot continue...
  7. nato308

    hard drive displaying incorrect

    George54, go to http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/maxblast3.htm this site should give you all the help you will need.
  8. nato308

    Beware IBM Hard drives DJN-371350, 13.5 gig, 7200 rpm

    A friend brought me her computer because it started having problems booting, I could not get the computer to turn on. I checked the power supply, it was good. I disconnected all of the peripherals except the video card still no luck, tried a different video card, again no luck. Pulled the...

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