How do I determine if HDD controller is bad & how do I replace it?
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I would check the HD in another system and the IDE or SATA wire.\n\nYou can buy another control card that plugs into a PCI slot, it might even be faster.
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Back up everything while you can. See if the drive is still under warranty and able to be replaced by the manufacturer, if not then buy a new one.
842802
Reinstall the drive and program with a cd if you have one or go to control panel and look for it
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Hi Niks here,\nIf u have many errors then plz specify any one error. ok thats no problem if u r facing the errors related to hardware then install the drivers properly for that component and if u r facing problem related to OS then just repair it by inserting the setup cd if u r facing the problem related to HDD then run the scandisk to resolve the problem, and if u still facing the problems then just mail me on nikskuku@gmail with u r specific problem ok thanks.
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Use Fdisk to delete the partition then Reinstall Windows. Doubt its a dead harddrive
1119743
JUst change the HDD with another brand type HDD. Try Western Digital, they are pretty good at hard drives.
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http://www.pxserver.com/WinAudit.htm\n\nhttp://www.komando.com/tips_cat.asp?catID=11\n\nNote:  Another HDD diagnostic you can run is=newSeagate Technology SeaTools  = http://seagate.com/support/seatools/\n\n\nhttp://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Diagnostics\n\nhttp://www.pcpitstop.com
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Replace the hard drive, if it fixes the problem then you know that they hard drive was messed up, if not, then you got a whole different problem...Good Luck.
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The first answer is not true. What you may need to do is replace the EIDE or ATAPI cable with a new one, and check if the power is connected okay.\nHaving done that, put a CD in the drive and open My Computer. There should be an icon with a picture of a CD-ROM.
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check the cables and power. those are the most likely culprits, especialy if the computer has been moved or jarred.  failing that go into bios and see if the computer recognizes the hard drive as there and can read it.  if you need files from it, attach it as a slave and see if you can access it....if not its probably a screwed pooch from a virus and needs to be replaced.
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Give CD Check a try.  It will detect any errors and try to recover any corrupt files. It has saved my rear on an ocassion or 2.\n\nhttp://www.elpros.si/CDCheck/
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i think your extrernal HDD  have badsecters, pls run scandisk
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Welcome your new friend the B.S.O.D (blue screen of death)\n\nIf the message is saying your HDD is corrupt, then your chances of it working normally is pretty much slim, Your best chance is to re-install your version of Windows...\n\nOr if your using XP, try using the repair function on the disc instead of a full re-install...\n\nhope this helps
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Your Board is not defective at all. Your Hard Drive is in RAW format (that means it does not have a file system). You can put your CD/DVD ROM as First Boot Device and use it to Run windows Xp setup and format the drive.this should do it.\n\nOr you can buy a "usb laptop hard disk reader" (this should be around $20). use this to format your drive from a Cafe or using a fiends computer.
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I've run into this issue several times. Like the previous responder said turning off the feature in BIOS worked once, but I recall another time when the message was genuine and the drive failed within a week of the first message. \n\nBest thing you can do is ensure your data is backed up so in the event it does fail you're covered. But I wouldn't replace the drive until it does fail for good.
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Data can be removed from a bad drive and we do it all the time.  Make sure your jumpers are setup correctly.\n\nCS  Cable Select\nMS  Master\nSL  Slave\n\nThen there is sometimes a jumper for Master with Slave Present, make sure JUMPERS are right.  Boot into BIOS and select detect drives, or just set them for Auto both will work.  If the drive is pooched, we can get your data for you.  Contact info below
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If the drive won't spin up your could replace the controller board (on the hard drive), though it works rarely and you have to have another hard drive on you (that is pretty much the same model, if not exact).\n\nThere are programs you can use, I use Fujitsu Final Data. Most of them require licenses.\n\nThe freezer technique works rarely as well, but you may be able to get some data off it. I just used it with one of my client's hard drives and it worked for five minutes.\n\nData Recovery engineers will charge you as much as $1500 to $2000.\n\nYou might be able to slave it off and pull data from it.\n\nBut if you have damaged plates then you are pretty much out of luck with cheap solutions.