before my P4 xp pc using 40gig HDD
and suddenly it crash for unknown reason
when i tried o start the pc it say something
"please save your important files blah.blah.blah"
but it cant load windows, i tried in safe mode but no luck
so i ask advice in a shop and they said you need to change it for a NEW one
(maybe they said that just to sell) so i bought 80gig
and then it needs me 2 weeks to find someone to recover my important file from the old one (service charge $40)
Now, i want to know if there is software/program or way that it can repair the 40gigHDD?
im not a pc expert, if there is what i must do? do i need to make it slave for to repair it?

thanks for reading....Make it slave...
but am afraid ur pc won't see ur old Hd ...
try to make it slave then report please.
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when i tried o start the pc it say something "please save your important files blah.blah.blah"
but it cant load windows,

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I have never seen that message.

Making it a slave drive is the best option for you. Do you understand how to do that? You will first have to reinstall Windows on the new drive BEFORE you attempt to hook the damaged drive up.

im sorry GX1_MAN, i really dont remeber what is written there at the time i post that
this what written
AWARD MEDALLION BIOS
blah
blah
then BLEOW says
WARNING: immediately Backup your data and replace you hard disk drive
A failure maybe immenent
actualy this some thing written

but now please read my log and kindly help me with my question below
(im not pc expert)

i got the other cover for the pins
i tried what you told to me and this is my log (i will # so we trace my log very fast):
1-
i Boot-up
then it appears the thing what happen when my old hdd crash
it says:
AWARD MEDALLION BIOS
blah
blah
then bleow says
WARNING: immediately Backup your data and replace you hard disk drive
A failure maybe immenent

F1 setup F2 continue

2-
so i tried F2
it happen same as above

so i tried F1
so i got BIOS

3- :-?
then i tried to modify the "slave" its in auto so i make it in HDD or something
then save exit
it boot again
now it load in windows, but its not yet finished to load it start to shutdown, so i wait till shutdown
then i start again same happen above (#1)

4-
so i tried again in F2, so it starts again to load windows but same again it restart again and shutdown again , then unplug electric

5-
then i take out the old (slave)
then plug start again, then it restarting itself again and again
i thought some wrong, so tried to go in safemode so i can system restore but no luck it restart again and again
so i tried to locate what i change in #3 i return in auto

Maybe my setting for the pins?
because it loads windows (but it restart again because what i make in #3)
so meaning is there possible to reformat?

And surely i shutdown my pc before i leave it last night (8:30PM) but when i saw this morning its running (it restart itself in 3:00am) but my ad-watch has alarm
AD-WATCH ALARM
Warning 10:26am
An atemp to alter a protected object has been detected
(attemp to add a registry value)
Root: HKEY_LOCALMACHIINE
Key:SOFTWARE\Classes\regfile\shell\open\command
Value:
Data:
New Data: NOTEPAD.EXE %1
Please choose how to proceed
Click here for Advice
Accept Block

what i must choose? accept it or block it?
if i click for the advice nothing realy there in their website help
please helpppppppp

WARNING: immediately Backup your data and replace you hard disk drive A failure maybe immenent

what i must choose? accept it or block it?