I was on my PC last night and it froze so I shut it down and when I tried rebooting it, I got a error message that said "The hard drive can not be found"  I tried to troublshoot and I got this message, "A problem with the hard drive has been detected."  Then it would not START...  

I have a Gateway PC with Windows ME.  I don't know a ton about computers, but I can USUALLY fix them.  This time, I have no clue what to do.

Any ideas?


Thanks,
AndyIt is likely that the computer is no longer detecting the hard DISK drive. We would recommend you check CMOS and verify that the hard disk drive is being seen. It is likely that it is not being seen in CMOS, if this is the case you could try disconnecting and reconnecting the hard disk drive data cable from the motherboard and hard drive and make sure the power cable is connected to the back of the hard drive.

If all connections look good and the drive is not being detected in CMOS, unfortunately it is likely that the drive is bad.

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