Hard disk not detecting

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I was using WinXP, My system crashed & I used the Restore
CD with the system. But unfortunately I couldnt fing C'
drive But It was showing D drive I installed XP in this
partition. after the installation my hard disk no more
dectecting. I tried with another pc with the same Hard
disk, tried to install windows Me, But while doing the
FDISK, it is showing No Fixed disk present ! I am using
Western Digital 40 GB HDD. Kindly help.
 
abd said:
I was using WinXP, My system crashed & I used the Restore
CD with the system. But unfortunately I couldnt fing C'
drive But It was showing D drive I installed XP in this
partition. after the installation my hard disk no more
dectecting. I tried with another pc with the same Hard
disk, tried to install windows Me, But while doing the
FDISK, it is showing No Fixed disk present ! I am using
Western Digital 40 GB HDD. Kindly help.
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Here are a few links that might help:

http://www.restorer2000.com/r2k.htm
http://www.hddrecovery.com.au
http://bootmaster.filerecovery.biz
www.acronis.com (RecoveryExpert)

I have used the last product a few times, to recover partitions
that had vanished. It worked as designed on each occasion.
 
If BIOS does not see your hard drive after a system crash, the most likely
scenario is that your hard drive is dead.

As Pegasus suggested, try the drive in another system -- if it is not
visible to BIOS in another system, it is dead.
 
Pegasus:

Can these utilities actually access a hard drive that the BIOS does not
recognize?

steve
 
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