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27-Aug-2004, 01:20 PM #16
You can use FDISK to look at the current configuration.
http://www.computerhope.com/sfdisk1.htm
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27-Aug-2004, 06:13 PM #17
i tried "fdisk" and i only get a message "no fixed disk present".
i have tried everything i can think of in the dos prompt and nothing works.
one min i get a message telling me "you cant install windows to a network or cdrom drive".
then i get a message telling me "no operating system found"
which is tell me maybe the data on my hard drive has been deleted.

i'am waiting on the one that will tell me.

"the number you have reach is not a working number please try again or ask your operator for assistances"...lol

well i'll do a little more research maybe ill luck up.

thanks for you input.
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27-Aug-2004, 07:47 PM #18
Your BIOS obviously isn't recognizing your hard drive. Check the cable connections (both power and data) and make sure it is jumpered properly...
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27-Aug-2004, 11:40 PM #19
Sound to me like you have a bad hard drive. If you get not fixed disk present it's not seeing the drive, which goes along with the next message "you cant install windows to a network or cdrom drive".
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