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    jaymes Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 15, 2007, 10:31 PM
    Hard Drive Not Recognized
    Hi, Thanks for providing this service. I desperately need help on trouble-shooting my hard drive. It has all my data and does not bootup as a Master or accessible as a Slave. I have checked all the cables, jumpers, and the BIOS settings. At booting the message says, " Operating System Not Found." In the BIOS, the message says."Error 0200: Failure Fixed Disk 0."

    Before the drive failed, Windows XP would suddenly shut off, showing a blue screen. But I could restart the computer. Now, does not operate at all. The computer works fine with other hard drives, but not this one.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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    Dec 1, 2007, 09:01 AM
    Hi mate, Sounds like its had a problem where the OS is stored. I am not a total computer nerd but if I was you. Stick it in a usb caddy and copy the files off.. it sounds like a dodgy hdd to me.
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