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    snomet Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 3, 2007, 06:13 PM
    "found new hardware" for boot drive
    Running Windows XP Pro with update 3, recently started getting "Found new hardware" on bootup for my boot (C:) drive, which has been working fine for some time. Haven't installed any new programs recently. Get this message every time I boot up. Checked "system devices" and found that my Western Digital 120 Gb drive has no drivers, but this is a standard dirve that the XP OS should be able to recognize. The system works okay, but is slow on boot due to this error. Any suggestions welcome!
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    Oct 19, 2007, 04:36 AM
    The OS recognizes drives, but it needs a driver to operate one. It sounds like your disk's driver got corrupted. When XP says it recognizes new hardware, does it say that it is finding and instaliing a driver, or does it ask you to supply one?
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    Nov 12, 2007, 08:15 AM
    Your hard disk is getting problem
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    Dec 11, 2007, 10:24 PM
    Western Digital hard drives used to be very good, but lately they have been notorious for not working right. If you decide to get another hard drive, I would go for Maxtor, because I have had very good luck with them.

    Could also be an OS problem, and they may be coming out with a fix on it.
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    Dec 12, 2007, 01:35 PM
    Win xp proessional use to recognise Western Digital hard drives but if it well configure and well mouted on controller if the problem still persist reinstall the window
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