I have a Compaq desktop. Before, the disk was stuck in the drive but I got it out with the little hole. Now its open but how do I get the drive to exist again? Please help
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wow , hehehehehe 16 years for bullding thim and u didnt help him alchiment .   let's get it over \nlook ,there are 2 ways to make it :\n1-  u can restart your pc for how it was befor that thing happin , which u have to do it at your control panel , restore system . \n\n2- if u realy dont want to take it to someone to fix it , u can download the daemon tools ( download the v 3.46 ) go to google and search for \n  " download daemo tools " and then u can make new driver \n\ngood luck
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I'm no expert on how to fix computers, but if your CD is still jammed in there, look for the manual release. There should be a tiny hole on or near your CD tray; stick a pin or something slender in there and your tray should open.
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How long ago did you purchase your machine? Most good retailers will give a years warranty. Have a look on any manuals you have for the "serial No" of any software you have lost and if you do mange to retreive any make sure you always make a back up disk. Daft i know but did you try system restore or scanreg/restore???
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Find My Computer. You'll see Drive C for your computer's hard drive, Drive D for the DVD rom (or whatever your system has)...\n\n... anyways look for a new drive letter. Look for one with ~about~ 256MB of free space. Voila that's the new drive.\n\n(NOTE: if you have the USB drive plugged in, and don't see it on the My Computer drive list... then you may need to add a driver for it).\n\nNow that you have the drive letter... open it. Then you can simply DRAG files from your computer .. onto this drive (up to 256MB) and that's it.\n\nRemember its best to use the Safely Remove Hardware icon to RELEASE the USB drive before pulling it off the laptop.\n\nI hope this helped.
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you have to format and name the drive using the admin tools then it will show up as a drive\n\nuse control panel/admin tools/computer management/storage then disk management right clcik the new drive and format as ntfs and the drive should show up in "My Computer"
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try saving it to a different drive... thats what our computers teacher told us to do...
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Have you got a recovery disk?\n\nIf yes try that.\n\nIf no, seek expert help.\n\n///
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.\nWe know what normal looks like, but your description of "stuff like local disk c is all over the place" is so vague that no one can understand the problem.\n\nI would suggest that you do not format;\njust go to your last known good configuaration:\nthat would be a restore point BEFORE the problem began.\n\n1.  Click START > Programs > Accessories >\n2.  Click System Tools > Click System Restore\n3.  Select a date prior to the problem, and then follow the prompts to complete the wizard.\n\nh2h
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I am far from a computer expert, but if I were in your situation:\n\nI would not authorize any work to be done on my laptop.\n\nI would try to call Gateway and describe the situation to them, including the missing restore disk. You'll need model, ID number of your laptop. Listen to what they have to say. Then you can make an informed decision.\n\nDepending on the problem and the skill of the repair person, be aware that you may not regain any files you had saved on your hard drive.\n\nI hope it goes well for you and would be interested in knowing what you find out.
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what I would try is wipe your hard drive clean and install professional again. What I think is happening is there is some code in the compaq version of xp that explains why this is happening.
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Ouch!\n\nIf you lost your restore disk, then you have no choice but to buy the software -- that is unless the place that sold you the PC will give you a new restore disk. Perhaps the computer manufacturer will have a restore disk you can purchase for a nominal fee. \n\nIt's an expensive lesson otherwise.
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Right click on my computer --> manage\n\nGo to disk management and post back and let me know if it sees the hard drive.\n\nDo you have any thing on the hard drive ( I know you said it as new ) but if you have any data on there and you wipe it, you will obviously lose it.\n\nAnyway if not then just format it in disk management and it should then appear in windows.\n\nIf thats not the case then please post back with more specific info , ie motherboard make and model.\n\nIf you need help with getting that info post back as well.
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Do a complete uninstall in the Hardware window and re-install. If that still doesn't work, it is possible that either the drive has died and must be replaced. That would be more likely than that the port on the motherboard has died, but that is possible as well as the not-likely ribbon cable failure.\n\nOne thing you might look at before replacing it is an IRQ conflict if you've added any hardware lately.
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I would suggest you right click on my computer and go to manage and then that will bring up a console and you go to disk management and you should be able to see what it says about your external drive ie if its un allocated or w/e. Post back with that info, btw did this hard drive work correctly in your other computer before it broke down or did it break down because the hard drive broke down or what ?
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What brand of computer?  I think a friend of mine has a HP with a recovery partition on the hard drive, no cd's.  Check the mfr's website and if you can't find anything there give them a call.  The more I think about it I think some Dells came with a Symantec restore feature on the hard drive also.\n\nNew info:\nIf you reformat, everything will be lost.  Make sure to back up any important files to cd or dvd.  Try this, double click on My Computer.  Do you see 2 hard disc drives?  Most systems only have 1 hard drive and it is labelled with a C.  If you system shows 2 then you probably have a partition (a section of your hard drive) with the info you will need.  Check the owner's manual for directions on how to use it.  What model HP?  I assume it is a Pavilion, but what series.  Go to HP and look in the support and drivers tab and enter you model number and poke around there for more info.  \nGood luck.
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usually theres a pin hole in front of the drive.  push a paperclip or similar sized object in and it should pop it open enough to pull it out and get the cd
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I will be guiding you on my Win 2000 but it's almost the same.\nGo to My Computer -> right click -> Properties.\nMove through the tabs until you see something like "Startup and Recovery". It should be in the "Advanced" tab or something close to it.\nThere you can uncheck the option to detect existing operating systems.Afterwards it will be OK and it won't show up anymore.\n\nYou might want to make sure you format your drive on the next reinstall of windows XP (it will happen sooner or later :) )\n\nGood Luck to you