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MBR or disk problem?

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by gordonmaloy

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My HDD is partitoned with FAT32 and has WIN 2000 and WIN 98 installed. I noticed occasionally i got the message "Cant find OS". It happens all the time now.
I have tried to fdisk and FORMAT/MBR using an MS rescue disk and Partiton Magic boot disks,but get No Hard Disk message.
How can I get in to fix it up or is it a new HDD?
El Gordo

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by hereinoz

It could be as simple as a faulty IDE cable, possibly faulty hard disk, and possible MBR. Try replacing the IDE cable, or swapping it if you have two, even if it is an 80 wire cable, you can replace it with a 40 for the purpose of the test. Get hold of another hard disk and give that a go, even if it is an old clunker, it will tell you the story.

If you get "No Hard Disk", I would suspect the IDE Cable first (cause its easy to replace - no other reason), then the disk itself, then the IDEcontroller on the MOBO, but follow the process of elimination and all should be revealed.

by dmiles

Try using a OS boot disk download from www.bootdisk.com

Use the bootdisk and type in FDISK /MBR,using a Windows 98 startup disk,eject and reboot

If the operating system are in the order that you have listed,download the W2K bootdisk,then select option to REPAIR

If the above does not work then you may want to consider doing a reinstall,load win 98 first then w2k,using fdisk

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