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badyan
Hi,
I have a very serious problem I've been trying to solve for weeks now.
I need to format my hard drive, but the problem is that when I try to
boot from the XP installation disk it doesn't recognize the HDs. This
also happens with other boot CDs I've tried.
The drives themselves are fully functional when I boot from them.
When I entered BIOS, I saw that there is no Primary IDE Master
detected (only the CD-ROM as Secondary), but when the computer boots
there is an IDE detection phase where I see that the hard drives are
being detected.
I also tried installing windows using the CD from within windows, but
then when the computer restarts I get a blue screen.
My computer is infected with viruses, so maybe that is related too.
I tried updating my BIOS version but to no avail.
If you have any idea, please feel free to share...
I have a very serious problem I've been trying to solve for weeks now.
I need to format my hard drive, but the problem is that when I try to
boot from the XP installation disk it doesn't recognize the HDs. This
also happens with other boot CDs I've tried.
The drives themselves are fully functional when I boot from them.
When I entered BIOS, I saw that there is no Primary IDE Master
detected (only the CD-ROM as Secondary), but when the computer boots
there is an IDE detection phase where I see that the hard drives are
being detected.
I also tried installing windows using the CD from within windows, but
then when the computer restarts I get a blue screen.
My computer is infected with viruses, so maybe that is related too.
I tried updating my BIOS version but to no avail.
If you have any idea, please feel free to share...