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Solve : Media test failure, please check cable??? Computer was working, now it is not...? |
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Answer» This is my first post on here, thanks to anyone with any help. This is a 4-5 year old Gateway laptop that I really need to get a little info off of before she goes into the trash. She was working LAST Friday but when I came in this morning she gave me this screen. I searched this forum for a solution but didn't really find anything that helped. Here's a picture of the screen: Go to the website of your hd manufacturer and download and run their diagnositc utility. Alternatively, if you are running XP you can boot to the Recovery Console and run chkdsk /rI am running XP... Can you explain both of these in a little more detail?Boot to your XP Cd. CHOOSE the FIRST repair option (that will take you to the recovery console). Once there, run chkdsk /r Quote from: Allan on December 20, 2010, 10:30:15 AM Boot to your XP Cd. Choose the FIRST repair option (that will take you to the recovery console). Once there, run chkdsk /rgotcha, working on it now, thx. I'll let you know how it goes. RobIt will take a while and run 5 passes. Let it finish. When it does, type EXIT and press ENTER (or just do a hard reboot, either is fine). Quote from: Allan on December 20, 2010, 10:38:28 AM It will take a while and run 5 passes. Let it finish. When it does, type EXIT and press ENTER (or just do a hard reboot, either is fine).Actully it took me here after I ran the first repair choice: Bad huh? Or did I do something wrong?When the "install" process first starts it tells you to press F6 if you need to install the SATA drivers. You'll need to have the sata drivers on a floppy and then press F6 at that point. Or - read this: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/01/21/install-xp-setup-did-not-find-any-hard-disk-drives-installed-in-your-computer/ I don't think the BIOS is recognizing the hard drive. Quote from: Allan on December 20, 2010, 10:48:29 AM When the "install" process first starts it tells you to press F6 if you need to install the SATA drivers. You'll need to have the sata drivers on a floppy and then press F6 at that point.Is there a way to intall it without a floppy? Maybe from a CD or thumb drive? I don't have floppy and no real easy access to one. Also Lets say I installed all of Windows XP on an extrenal hard drive, would that work? Could I than mess around with the broken drive, in my laptop, and get my STUFF off of it? Thx again for all your help, RobOn Gateway Solo Laptop, hit F2-key on power up to enter BIOS. If the hard drive is not recognized, it has probably failed. |
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