TSGL: Hard disk access

[Anthony Shearman]

Hi Russell,

The BIOS is AMD 62710 (12/04/2003) but I can find nothing on their website 
so will not waste time looking for an update. It must be too old a model.
I tried installing a new IDE web cable and achieved the same negative result 
so will go with a failed motherboard.
Perhaps I should bite the bullet and buy another PC

Very much appreciate everybody's help.

Anthony

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell W. Coover" <coover at fastmail.fm>
To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 3:31 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Hard disk access


> Sounds like motherboard, BIOS, or cables. You can probably eliminate other
> problems.
>
> Russ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of Anthony Shearman
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 11:03 AM
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> Subject: Re: TSGL: Hard disk access
>
> I have tried to install Windows Xp on another drive. First I format the
> drive then I install Xp on it and once it has finished, a message comes up
> to restart the PC and that is when the new installation is not recognised
> and I cannot access the hard drive using FDISK.
>
> Anthony
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Russell W. Coover" <coover at fastmail.fm>
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> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 7:32 AM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: Hard disk access
>
>
>> If you have an extra hard drive, replace the old one with the extra,
>> install
>> an operating system (you don't have to register it), and see if the drive
>> is
>> recognized. That will tell you if you have a faulty drive.
>>
>> Russ Coover
>>
>> I am trying to find myself. If you see me before I do, please ask me to
>> wait
>> until I return.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
>> Behalf Of Anthony Shearman
>> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 6:20 AM
>> To: list at tsgserver.com
>> Subject: TSGL: Hard disk access
>>
>> PC with 896Mb RAM
>> Windows Xp Professional with SP2 and updates
>>
>> My HDD is not available. The PC identifies it properly in the BIOS but
>> when
>> I turn it on it comes back and says there is no Operating System.
>>
>> I have tried formatting using the Windows CD and it goes through the
>> formalities and installs Windows but when I re-start, I get the same OS
>> unavailable message.
>>
>> I tried to format from DOS but when I go through FDISK, it comes back and
>> says No hard disk present.
>>
>> The HDD is readable in another PC so that is not the problem.
>>
>> Does this mean that my Motherboard needs replacing or is it a problem 
>> with
>> the cables.
>>
>> Any solutions will be very welcome.
>>
>> Anthony
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