new to this forum so firstly, hi to all. i know absolutely nothing about hdd, other than when formatting through windows or reinstalling my os, and no computer genius either, so hope someone is prepared to offer some advice. my wife's laptop blue screened and would not boot any more. to start with, the hdd was showing as being there, but no more. is it possible to make the hdd recognised again so i can reinstall the os (xp)? looked in bios and no option to change the type of hdd (sata to ide etc).

many tnx for any help offered.

hi,
does your drive show me bios? please use XP CD boot & partition again if so. please contact me by MSN messenger or email if still have some problem. thanks.

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do you want the data or fresh install?

wanted to do fresh install. pretty sure now that hdd is failing. showed in bios after loads of reboots and not seeing anything. now its gone again. gonna give up and maybe replace hdd. tnx to all for replies

yes, that's the best thing u can do now.

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