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Primary Master Fails - Help Needed
I bought a new WD Hard Drive which came with a diagnostic disk. I used it and got an error message and sent it to WD Support who replied that my drive was faulty and that I would have to get it replaced. It was working fine before and then all of a sudden it stop for no apparent reason, I...- WyldEyes
- Post #64
- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Primary Master Fails - Help Needed
Thanx Kerlouarn My cables and jumpers are all ok, I've installed another drive and it works fine. I contacted Western Digital and they say they don't have a firmware for it and I'd have to send it in to get replaced, but I lose all my data. Thanx anyways looks like I'll be losing my data.- WyldEyes
- Post #62
- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Primary Master Fails - Help Needed
I too am having this problem, I have a 40GB Western Digital (WD400AB). It is not detected by the BIOS or any Utilities posted here. It was acting really sluggish the other day, so I rebooted it and when it was booting up I got the message Primary Master Drive Fail. I haven't been able to get it...- WyldEyes
- Post #60
- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Primary Master Fails - Help Needed
I too am having this problem, I have a 40GB Western Digital (WD400AB). It is not detected by the BIOS or any Utilities posted here. It was acting really sluggish the other day, so I rebooted it and when it was booting up I got the message Primary Master Drive Fail. I haven't been able to get it...- WyldEyes
- Post #59
- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Strange Freeze in Internet Explorer. Help appreciated.
I too am having this problem, my PC config. is as follows: P3 1000 ASUS TUV4X MOBO 575MB RAM WIN98SE (all updates + IE6) ALL-in-Wonder 128 Video SB Live 5.1 Sound. USR 56K Modem I was able to get a better response when I started changing the Memory settings (ie setting a virtual memory and...- WyldEyes
- Post #12
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
