Cichlids_au Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Hi everyoneNigel has a corruption problem with his Windows 2000, and needs help.If anyone has a copy of 2000 and think they may be able to help him, please give him a call on 96329496.Obviously e-mails won't get to him for a while so if anyone has other business with him please call him and don't wait for him to e-mail you.Thanx for your help in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serial-Cichlid Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 I'll give him a buzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cichlids_au Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serial-Cichlid Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 MarkHis hard disk is gone mate. The BIOS doesn't detect it and even when I try to reinstall Windows 2000 it says there is no hard disk attached. I advised him to get a new hard drive as there's not much else I can really do unless he wanted me to pull apart his laptop.CheersPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Racer Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 He can get a Seagate Barracuda 120 Gig 7200 rpm 2mb cache hard disk for $134 www.msy.com.auThey are located in nearby auburn at bell tower complex on paramatta rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yowie05 Posted December 25, 2003 Share Posted December 25, 2003 hi before nigel gets a new hard drive c if you can find a program called easy recovery pro and install it on another puter that has enough free space on it to copy the entire contents of stuffed drive onto it then plug the bad drive in, turn puter back on and run easy reco.this alows you to recover 99% of the data on the drive anyway might helpiain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyme Posted December 25, 2003 Share Posted December 25, 2003 I reckon BIOS not being able to see a hard drive is more likely the cable rather than the drive. Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsey Posted December 25, 2003 Share Posted December 25, 2003 Nigels a bit rough on his computer parts is he good to see .Keep up the good work nigel and hdd problems no biggy have you back on here in a few days . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulva Posted December 25, 2003 Share Posted December 25, 2003 I would open up the case (if it isnt under warranty) and pull the data and power cable all the way out. Put them back in tight, and then see if it detects.If its a new drive he attempted to put in, it might be a jumper setting......but if it was working, then just quit, its either a cable, or drive went dead.I would give a call, but Im in the states lolI am a network administrator for a large call center, so if anyone has any computer problem, please ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyme Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 Nigel's computer is a laptops? I've not had a lot of experience fixing laptops but I've fixed 100s of full machines. First to do is as stated above is to plug the cables in again. Second is to check the power supply. 3rd is to replace the data cable with a known good one. If the mother board has a second IDE port I'd be trying that one, IDE controllers do fail. Before buying a new drive I would put the suspect drive into a known good box. If still not visable to BIOS, I would then assume the drive is buggered, but I doubt it is.Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishie4me Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 there is no use in taking all the parks out and the puting them in more tightly cos it wouldnt be lose after all these times hes been using it, like one of you guys said its the HDD its the prblem so getting a new one will do the job.another way you can check is to take out your old HHD with the problem (presumably) and try it on another laptop. if it detects then its a cable problem if not then its most likely your HHD.i've seen even worst case where the non detecting of the HHD is because the motherboard is not functioning properly. lets nope thats not the cse cos if you want to get a decent motherboard for a laptop these days, it will cost you alot.hope i helped in some way.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serial-Cichlid Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 Anyone here tried to pull a laptop apart, I've done it for my Toshiba but its a pain in the buM as all the parts are so much closer to each other. Have fun trying to swap hard drives and checking for cables in such a cramped environment.If you know exactly what you're doing, it could be simple and work out to be cheaper but from personal experience it takes a loooooooong time trying to troubleshoot the actual cause of the problem (in Nigels case it could be one of many) and chasing the parts. Their needs to be some consideration if hardware needs to be replaced as some parts are harder to find than others. Remember that this is a laptop, not all parts are the same size and easy to find as on a standard desktop PC e.g RAM, cable lengths etc.Best advice for Nigel is to contact Compaq and let one of their qualified technicians do the job or a computer shop that is willing to go around chasing the parts and fix it for him. Spending that bit of extra money will save him alot of time and headaches.CheersPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 All fixed and back on line. Thanks to everyone for the help most of all serial-cichlid for the windows 2000. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishie4me Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 nigel, good to hear that everything is all good now nigel and lets hope it wont happen again. but did you lose all data from before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Sure did lost everything. So now i have a brand new computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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