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#192161 - 06/12/2003 08:39 Broken Hard Drive
burdell1
old hand

Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 931
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
I recently installed a 200gb hard drive in my computer. I have Windows 2000 on my original 40gb hard drive. However, last night I noticed a few programs weren't working, then I noticed the 200gb hard drive wasn't showing up in 'my computer'. I tried restarting the computer and could hear the hard drive start and stop several times. Does this sound like my new hard drive is shot? I

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#192162 - 06/12/2003 15:02 Re: Broken Hard Drive [Re: burdell1]
Dignan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
First try this:

In Control Panel, open Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management

Does the drive show up in there?
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#192163 - 06/12/2003 15:13 Re: Broken Hard Drive [Re: burdell1]
Daria
carpal tunnel

Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
Could be a flawed power or IDE cable.

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