New Harddrive recognized by BIOS but not Windows? (NWS)
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11-10-2007, 04:26 PM
#15
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Re: New Harddrive recognized by BIOS but not Windows? (NWS)
The master boot record is fucked. Use a MBR repair utility like ontrack disk manager. You should be in good shape after that. I had the same thing happen with a drive I found that a roomate left. I recovered 100gigs of teh hardcore ****. Some of it was prego **** though. 
It had me wondering about him. 
It had me wondering about him.
11-10-2007, 07:54 PM
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Re: New Harddrive recognized by BIOS but not Windows? (NWS)
The drive doesn't show up in Disk Manager.
Shows up in "Devices" and in BIOS only.
Under Devices it says the drive is working properly although you cant actually get to the drive.
Im looking for a (free) MBR utility now to give that a shot.
Shows up in "Devices" and in BIOS only.
Under Devices it says the drive is working properly although you cant actually get to the drive.
Im looking for a (free) MBR utility now to give that a shot.
11-10-2007, 09:10 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
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Re: New Harddrive recognized by BIOS but not Windows? (NWS)
Found Hirens latest BootCD and am downloading it now.
I just found out (from previous seller) that this Harddrive was previously used in his modded Xbox (has some games on it). How does that affect everything when I plug it into a Windows OS computer? Im not familiar with using a HD on an Xbox. How will that affect fixing the problem?
I just found out (from previous seller) that this Harddrive was previously used in his modded Xbox (has some games on it). How does that affect everything when I plug it into a Windows OS computer? Im not familiar with using a HD on an Xbox. How will that affect fixing the problem?
