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Answer» Repair Install of XP I suggest reading it thru and printing a reference copy... If you've gotten this far you're 1/2 way home... Remember you will need to re-install the Dell drivers when finished. Enter the Service tag # at Dell's site and they will be all listed for you.Try a different IDE ribbon.This post could be a duplicate I am not sure...had TROUBLE uploading a file pic. Anyways, as I said b4...you guys are the best. Out of 6 different forums I posted, this is the only one that showed any real interest...thaks allot for all your help. Please see below for solution. I decided to put aside the HDD issue and concentrated on why both the drives would not work. I knew they worked b4, and I also knew it would be HIGHLY unlikely both drives would bite the dust at exactly the same time, so I circled round in the bios for an hour b4 finding the trouble. I THOUGHT that if the DRIVE is listed in BIOS that it must be configured right....WRONG. I noticed a tick beside the HDD (in boot sequence) but not against the others. I wondered why id this so? I also noticed that by pressing the space bar toggles between a tick and no tick. No idea what this meant but who cares...just try it. Exit and save and voila ... both drives work fine now. Surely you would THINK that manufactures would make this most important step a bit more clearer to the inexperienced operators like myself. I mean unless you knew this you would NEVER of known that not having a tick (no box btw) meant the drives were disable for crying out loud. And the question has to be asked....how did they BECOME disabled on their own? I never did it. All I can think is Ghost had something to do with it. Might have disabled them as part of the restoring image so that there could be no interference, and when the crash came...well your guess is probably better than mine, but they would stay disabled I guess. Anyway...problem solved and thanks to you guys for the help. PS: anyone know how to close this thread now? [attachment deleted by admin]There's no need to close the thread. If you want, you can add [SOLVED] to the thread title to let everyone know. |
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