Hard Drive Not Installed And Detected
Jun 5, 2010i have use more than 10 disk of windows xp to format compaq pressario v3000.. when i press enter to format.. it shown that the hard drive is not installed. what should i do sir?
View 1 Repliesi have use more than 10 disk of windows xp to format compaq pressario v3000.. when i press enter to format.. it shown that the hard drive is not installed. what should i do sir?
View 1 RepliesNot sure what is going on here, but my XP system is finding a 3rd drive which is a 'AXV CD/DVD-ROM ScSi Cdrom device'. The only thing I can figure is it has to do something with the zip drive.I have a cd burner and dvd burner also, both of which are detected and work correctly.I have tried to uninstall it but it keeps coming back. What could be causing this? My system suddenly just reboots when playing games now also. I have run spyware, antivirus and hijackthis to find something and nothing comes up. I'm thinking the sudden reboot is related.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI get an error on the boot and it tells me that the hard drive can't be detected. then just goes to a blinking curser on a blank black screen.I looked in the bios and read what other forums wrote and things seem to be set correctly.I did switch it to enable UEFI Boot and that just made it to where I can't get into the BIOS Settings now.I am running xp and am connected to a central server.I have only had the pc for a year with no major problems.I can't get a hold of my IT guy since it is the weekend.
View 6 Replies View Relatedhave tried 1.6ghz 512mb xp pro sp2 and 1.2ghz 512mb memory 256mb graphics memory xp home sp2 drive is 250gb maxtor. the situation is if i have it in my external HDD enclosure it assigns a drive letter but i get " the device is not ready" error if i attempt to access it and if i put in my main computer as a slave drive it is detected during boot but not in windows.can anyone help me i tried deleteing the driver and having windows redetect but no luck.it might be unrelated but delayed write failure keep happening on g:/$mft and g:/$bmp.
View 19 Replies View RelatedRecently I opened up my computer to take the dust out of it as I have before. I hadent done so in a long time so there was some caked on dust on some components. I took the RAM out an cleaned it, re-installed it. I also took my vidoe card out because the heat sink had been cloged with dust aswell. After putting everything back and restarting my computer I recived this msg before windows start up. Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
WINDOWSSYSTEM32CONFIGSYSTEMand it followed with instruction to use the xp setup disk to repair the problem. so I threw the windows CD in, and tried to repair however the program tells me I have no hard drive installed. Which I do since my computer is 3 years old now and has been working fine. I hadent changed any bios settings, I never disconnected the hard dirve either.
A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again follow these steps.Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard disks or hard drive controllers.Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated. Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a second hard drive installed on my computer. Lets call this F:My main hard drive, were I am running WXP SP2, Home Ed., and were my program files are kept. Lets Call this drive C:IP3, 733mhz, 384 mb, HOMEMADE. works well, very happy $5.99 OBO.I am filling up C: and have tons of room on F:. Can I put program files on F:, easily that my computer will recognize and be able to use effectivley and effciently? With out jack-ups? Yes I understand that this an imperfect world, but If I could do what I wish within this situation, I will be closer to.
View 7 Replies View RelatedIn addition to my other posting here, I want to ask you professionals, if it is possible to mirror my existing hard drive onto a much larger hard drive?My partition C became way too small over the years, the Windows XP files have blown up their size. Partition D (which contains all installed programs) is still fine. But I was never able to use software like "Partition Magic" to adjust the space between these two partitions.So I might just have to buy a new hard drive. But I want - I even HAVE - to keep the installed XP the way it is now. Lots of software installed. So I wonder, if there is any way just to "mirror" the existing version of XP onto a new hard drive, and then just to exchange the old hard drive with the new one?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have a 2nd hard drive installed on my computer and i noticed yesterday that everything on it except for one folder has been deleted everything from my music to my videos. However, when i check the properties of the hard drive it still shows that space is being taken up on that 2nd hard drive as if all my files are still there. I went into my itunes and tried to play the music i have on my 2nd hard drive through itunes and to my surprise it still plays which it shouldn't if the files had in fact been deleted.
View 8 Replies View Relatedrecently someone installed windows xp sp2 on my laptop acer 5611 Awlmi it has built in cd/dvd rom now when i insert dvd or cd rom it is not opening files even i installed nero and it doesnt shows cd/dvd rom.when i go to device manager and check for cd/dvd rom devices there is something installed with name HL-DT-ST-DVDRAM GSA-T10N.when i open my computer it shows in devices with removable storage CD DRIVE (G and CD DRIVE )There is only one cd/dvd rom in my laptop.
View 9 Replies View Relatedinstalled second hard drive,moved program files from c drive to folder i created in new drive.installed farcry onto new folder.but farcry files where scattered allover & not in folder of its own.uninstalled farcry with program called my uninstaller.pc then froze couldnt get into task manager,so switched off pc.when i restarted,disaster, folder in new drive had gone along with my programs ,mostly games,
View 1 Replies View RelatedHelp. I've installed a 2nd hard drive (windows XP). Everything went
smoothly, however, when I was prompted to copy all files over to the
new drive, I opted not to do so, not realizing that would cause me to
not be able to install programs on that drive. Now my new drive is
just used for storing music, pictures and movies. Please tell me what
I'd need to do so I can install programs on that drive. Thanks
A user has snagged a toolbar that has no name but is termed ''Search toolbar'' in the Internet explorer Add-ons manager. Offers gambling porn etc. The initial link seems to have been http://thequicklink.com/.I got rid of this previously with AdAwareSE plus -- but not working this time. Also not listed as a program in the Add/Remove programs.It keeps trying to lock itself in by setting ''NoBandCustomize'' to Value = 1 in the Registry, which AdAware is blocking.I have been thru all the users disabling this pest, and unchecking 'Install on Demand' in the Advanced tab of Internet Options. But it is still in there somewhere.The above driver kmaph.dll is associated with it in the Add-ons Manager. It is in Windows/system32. Is this driver malware? Should i delete it (with no bad effect)?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI've been using an USB enclosure successfully for some time with no problem. I upgraded to a Maxtor 100 gig in the same enclosure. When turned on it does the "plug and play" chimes and it shows up in the device manager as installed and working properly. But it is not shown in My Computer as a drive letter.
Dell dual core, 1 gig RAM, Windows XP service pack 2
just installed a second internal hard drive. tried to access bios at start up (to setup hard drive) but system doesn't respond to ANY keyboard keys. system just continues with normal Windows boot-up. once XP is running all functions and software seem fine. no matter how many times I try at "Press Del to enter Setup" nothing works. Jusat before I had this problem, I had a problem with software (which I have removed) that caused my system to lock up. when I rebooted system stopped and offerred reboot options, ea: Safe Mode, but I the arrow keys would not work, system just went directly to Windows boot up.how can I access the bios if system doesn't respond to keyboard?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI just recently installed a new hard drive and uploaded windows xp professional. To my surprise I continue to get this box that pops up and says" Critical error message! Registry damaged and corrupted. To fix this problem: open IE and type www.registryxp.com Once you load the web page, close this message window. After you install the cleaner program you will not recieve any more reminders or pop ups like this one". I went to that page and it wants to charge me to sign up for a registry cleaner. This box pops up every 2 minutes or so . I've tried other registry cleaners and pop up blockers, spyware removal, deleting cookies, add/ remove programs, everything I can think of but to no avail. I know that it's hiding somewhere but I'm not too computer literate to go to far into my system without the proper help.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI did a new hard drive install. When the new HD was complete I thought I would copy the data from the old drive to the new.They both still had os installed They were both connected to the system at the same time.When I finished, I removed the old drive. The new drive wouldn't boot. "Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter". After recovery disk completed, the system booted fine. I could reboot from the shutdown option.
The problem I have is when the system is shutdown completely. It requires the system disk again. It will reboot after the system disk is reinstalled. I continually get the "Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter" error message.During bootup after a shutdown, I can F2 into the bios before the error message. It will allow me to exit and then windows will boot without the error message.
Installed new hard drive, along with XP Home (recovery disk).Before my system crashed all my motherboard drivers were on D: partition.XP loads okay, but it is unstable - for example I cannot start msconfig under "Normal" start up. It crashes. I will not list all the BSOD - but XP doesn't like something.I have no devices connected apart from basic graphics card (which XP loaded the drivers for okay). I am waiting for XP Pro to be delivered, so I am hoping that my unstable XP will become stable after I upgrade (or full installation) of a retail version.
Prior to installing my current XP (one time of at least 30 others - as kept crashing),I tried to load my motherboard drivers from the disk my manufacture supplied.is it possible that my XP Home is unstable BECAUSE I do not have my motherboard drivers loaded? That might seem a naive question - but I honestly do not know, and I've started to become a tad paranoid as these problems have been ongoing for 5 weeks.
I just installed a new hard drive on my computer, it is a dell dimension E521, it had windows vista os on it, this was installed on the pc when I bought it ,after putting my new hard drive in I didn't have a recovery disk with windows vista but I did have an xp cd from my laptop so I've used it. The windows xp installed just fine on my pc but the problem I've run into is the drivers, the disk that came with it wouldn't work so I went to dell's website put in my service tag and downloaded all the drivers that it says my pc needs. everything installed ok except for my broadcom, which is not allowing internet, my warranty on this computer is out so I can't get any advise from them without paying a fee even though I bought the hard drive from them, and the computer! Just hoping I could get some help, and wondering if I have to install vista for everything to work right.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI recently installed a new Seagate 120 GB hard drive as a slave. I also installed iTunes and am importing songs from my CD collection. Since doing this I am frequently getting a blue screen on Windows XP w/ Service Pack 2. It also seems as though my system is a little sluggish.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI recently installed a new hard drive into a friends computer and installed XP Home.
I ran all the updates and service packs.
I left later that day and let him install all his applications.
I got a call tonight from him saying he really screwed up and doesn't know what to do.
I had to follow his thinking over the phone so I hope I get this all correct.
He had trouble loading the drivers for his HP printer. He would get an error saying that a C: empHP_WebRelease folder was missing. He did manage to figure out that for some reason when I installed XP it called the Boot drive "I" instead of "C"
When i start my pc then show H. D. D not detected & press f1 for conti how solve problm?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am running a AMD 64, 1 GIG memory, Asus motherboard, real nice computer.Everything has been working fine until last night. I received the BLUE SCREEN and now when I try to re-boot I get a message which reads NO HARD DISK DRIVE DETECTED.I dont want to lose all the family photos and such that I have loaded up on this machine.
View 2 Replies View RelatedDumped Vista and installed XPP. Went smoothly, except get this message on start-up. Adapter 1 -no array defined -no hard disc detected continues on and windows starts, no problem.
i have a problem with my cd-rom, i asked a technician to re-format my laptop it is a acer aspire 3620. all other parts of the systems works normally but then my cd-rom is not functioning the comp cant read the cd-rom.. it does not even show on the computer system.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAlthough a systems check says my cd/dvd drive is installed and working fine, neither winamp or Sonic DigitalMedia LE detect a suitable drive when commanded to burn a disc.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have windows xp installed in my pc,but for last 2 days my pc isn't detecting dvd drive in my computer but its there in bios setup.I tried all the techniques posted here but none of them worked..what i did,i installed xp in another drive and now its showing the dvd drive.So anyone could help me out to detect my dvd drive in the initial case.
View 1 Replies View RelatedThis one has me baffled. My DVD/CD drive is no longer detected in the Bios of my Asus A8V Motherboard. I have it attached as the Primary Slave and the Bios says that it's not detected. It used to be, how else would I have installed XP. The drive works fine for burning Cd's and DVD's and shows up as working normally in Device Manager. Any thoughts?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a Dell computer where one of the loading .dll files came up 'missing' one day, so it won't boot. I want to get all the photos and other docs off the hard drive. I had downloaded one version of linux and was able to see the files on the internal hard drive, but was unable to copy them to a memory stick or external hard drive. Now I've downloaded ubuntu and booted off a memory stick... this time, it's telling me that the internal hard drive has all kinds of bad sectors and won't let me access any of the files on there.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy laptop died and I removed the hard drive.i hooked the hard drive up to my new laptop via a SATA/IDE cable.
I can see the old hard drive in the E drive and it appears that all the contents are there by the size of the hard drive (same as when I had it in the old laptop) but I can only see, actually view, a very small percentage of the drive.
My goal: I want to transfer all old music, word documents and photos from old laptop into new laptop.
current HD going bad, have second HD installed and using as back but now i need to make the second HD my primary, can i do this without having to reformat in order to add booting files.
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