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Thread ID: 75167	2006-12-18 22:06:00	Detecting Hard Disk....	gum digger (6100)	Press F1

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507810	2006-12-18 22:06:00	Hi I have a 4 year old computer lying around... Sometime when i start it, it takes long time to detect hard disk, "Detecting Primary Master..." and then it gives the usual disk error " please inssert the disk bla bla bla" I am guessing the hard disk is dying but how sure can i be?. Is it really dying. I ran HDDLifePro and it says the Health is OK! and Performance is Excellent!.	gum digger (6100)
507811	2006-12-18 22:27:00	Connect to the pc you're on now. And see if that picks it up. And then format it. And then reinstall whatever on it.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
507812	2006-12-19 00:04:00	Connect to the pc you're on now. And see if that picks it up. And then format it. And then reinstall whatever on it. bios has got nothing to do with whats on the hard disk.	gum digger (6100)
507813	2006-12-19 00:10:00	What i noticed was the CD ROM also did not detect sometime . & when it detected i opned the tray but i couldnt close it without pushing it . I also found a virus called preboot . A, which i disinfected by the help of F-Prot Antivirus .	gum digger (6100)
507814	2006-12-19 00:11:00	bios has got nothing to do with whats on the hard disk. I didn't say it did, I said connect it to see if the BIOS detects it. The BIOS has to see it before Windows sees it. Then format it, it maybe corrupted or there maybe viruses etc on it. Why its not working. Hmm maybe you shouldn't connect it, it may infect your system. If there's nasties on it somewhere. Check and see whether the hdd's / cd's are both on Master or slave. If they are, jumper them properly. And make sure the cd's aren't on the same IDE connection as the hdd/s.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
507815	2006-12-19 01:12:00	HDD is on Primary Channel as a master and CDROM is on Secondary Channel as Master. Do i still need to change the jumpers?.	gum digger (6100)
507816	2006-12-19 01:17:00	HDD is on Primary Channel as a master and CDROM is on Secondary Channel as Master . Do i still need to change the jumpers? . But is the jumper on the hdd on Master, and the jumper on the cd on Slave? I would also make sure the virus option in the BIOS is disabled . BUT, if u found a virus, that maybe the cause of the prob . . The hdd maybe full of spyware / malware .	Speedy Gonzales (78)
507817	2006-12-19 03:21:00	Either the drive is dying or the motherboard is. Having a problem detecting it will be hardware and nothing to do with the virus. The virus doesn't affect detection of the drive...............	pctek (84)
507818	2006-12-19 10:24:00	Either the drive is dying or the motherboard is. Having a problem detecting it will be hardware and nothing to do with the virus. The virus doesn't affect detection of the drive............... Thats what i was thinking too. But as speedy said does HDD - Primary master and CDROm - Secondary slave?.	gum digger (6100)
507819	2006-12-19 10:59:00	But as speedy said does HDD - Primary master and CDROm - Secondary slave?. I was under the impression that if you had one optical drive on the secondary channel you made it Master as well. You only have slaves when you have more than one device on an IDE channel. Is that right? :confused:	davehartley (3487)
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