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I Had Built a computer a while ago, it broke and I decided to fix it. I replaced the Hard drive and i want to boot up XP. the computer wont see the Disk drive. How do I fix this?

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July 15 10:00 AM (9 minutes and 10 seconds later)
         
when it broke, what exactly was broken and what did you change when you fixed it?
Sim Tack -- Computer Repairer -- 100% Positive Feedback on 7 Computer Accepts
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July 15 11:21 AM (1 hour and 20 minutes and 44 seconds later)
         

Have you entered the BIOS and checked the IDE section to see if it is listed? Also, most BIOS allow you to scan for new IDE devices.

If it is not listed in the BIOS, make sure the connections are constant. If the connections are fine and it is not showing the drive in your BIOS, then you probably have a dead drive or an incompatible one.

If the drive shows up in your BIOS, and if you have a Windows or DOS boot disk, insert it and restart the computer, when you recieve a DOS prompt type "fdisk" and choose "4" to view current partitions, if it is not in the list you need to choose "1" to create a primary DOS partition, after doing so, restart the computer and leave the bootdisk in, when you recieve a DOS prompt, type "format c:".



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Sim Tack -- Computer Repairer -- 100% Positive Feedback on 7 Computer Accepts
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July 15 11:30 AM (5 minutes later)
         
Ohh yes, if the drive doesn't show up in your BIOS, try using a different cable to plug the drive in. Thanks Sim

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