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Hard drive problem

  • 21-11-2008 10:43am
    #1
    kikel
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭


    Right, got a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo pro. Running XP. Hard drive is seen in BIOS and will start to boot XP. But it never loads. Scroll bar just keeps moving, and windows will not finish loading, Got a windows boot disk and tried to to a repair install. No joy, When i select R for repair it says no hard drive is present. The same happens for a fresh install. Got my UBCD and that doesn't see the hard disk either. Got Ubuntu live CD and everything works fine. I can access the hard drive with no problems. Anyone got any ideas what wrong?


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  • #2
    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    Try a BIOS flash, might be a bit flaky.

    MC


  • #3
    kikel
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭kikel


    Just try that and the same problem. :confused:


  • #4
    kikel
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭kikel


    Put another hard drive into the laptop and still the same problem. Windows disk doesn't recognise the hard drive. The disk is seen in the BIOS and starts to boot. It recognises windows was not shut down correctly and gives option of safe mode etc. None of the options work. In normal mode the scroll bar just keeps scrolling. It doesn't stall like what you'd normally see a windows system do. In safe mode it stops at mup.sys, doubt this is the problem.

    Probably looking at a new motherboard..


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