I have Intel dual core 2.8 GHz on Intel 946GZ Express motherboard, 1GB RAM and 160GB Segate harddisk. I have Windows XP OS on it. It was working fine for last 2 years. However one day suddenly bios took a long time to boot, like a bios is hang. Then after 2 minutes it went ahead but it was not able to detect my 160 GB IDE harddisk. The disk has 4 partitions C, D, E and F. My data is present on D, E and F partition. Although I up the system by installing Windows on another old 40 GB IDE harddisk but I am not able to use my data on this 160GB harddisk. I pressed F2 to enter the bios and there it shows “Not Installed”. It is supposed to show my harddisk there but it is not showing. I replaced both the cables (Data and Power) but no use. My motherboard is able to detect my DVD writer on the same IDE port, so these IDE ports are definitely working. The harddisk already has the jumper to limit the operation to 1.5GB/s. Toggling this jumper has no effect in detecting the harddisk. I touched the harddisk and confirmed that it is spinning and not dead. Can somebody please help here ?
