Trying to reinstall Windows after Hard Drive failure
Started by
craziecomputer
, Jan 18 2009 09:34 AM
#1
Posted 18 January 2009 - 09:34 AM
#2
Posted 18 January 2009 - 10:18 AM
what is the make and model of your computer..
things to try...
unplug from the wall...
unplug everything except the keyboard...mouse and monitor...
nojoy..
try a different hard drive cable...
set the bios to boot from the cd drive first...then the hard drive second
set the bios to default or safe settings
things to try...
unplug from the wall...
unplug everything except the keyboard...mouse and monitor...
nojoy..
try a different hard drive cable...
set the bios to boot from the cd drive first...then the hard drive second
set the bios to default or safe settings
Edited by happyrock, 18 January 2009 - 10:20 AM.
#3
Posted 18 January 2009 - 10:27 AM
Got it to boot up, it works when the printer is on (weird but it has done that before). Its a Dell Dimension 8400 and the replacement hard drive is a WD5000AAKS. I was told that I need a SATA driver for the hard drive to get recognized, but the computer I am on now doesn't have floppy drive and a floppy is need to make the drive disk, so is there anyway around the floppy? Also the WD is recognized in BIOS, but when I try to install windows it isn't. thanks
Edited by craziecomputer, 18 January 2009 - 10:28 AM.
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