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by mohamed_salah_el_din

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when i turn on my PC the bios recognize my hard disk after that it say to me that "my primary master HD failed".i tried to change the jumber setting but it doesn't successes. Please help me to solve this problem. THANKS to all

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by thechas

The BIOS received an error message from the controller electronics on your hard drive.

Start by double checking that the data cable is in good condition, and plugged in securely and correctly.

Listen carefully when you boot up the PC.

Does the hard drive spin up?
If no, does the drive contain data that is worth a lot of money to you?
If no, check out the TR download "200 Ways to revive a dead hard drive"

http://tinyurl.com/9xaa

If the data is valuable, DO NOTHING more to the drive. The less you try, the less expensive it is to recover the data.

If the drive does spin up, it is possible that the controller on the hard drive itself has failed.
The best test, is to swap the drive electronics with another drive of the samemake and model.
You can also try some of the tips in 200 ways.

Either way, you need a new hard drive.
Should you get the drive to operate, back up ALL DATA right away!!!

Chas

by donmars

instead of changing jumper settings try removing them entirely. also If you have Windows NT / 2000 / XP, you can boot from startup floppy disks or CD-ROM, choose repair option during setup, and run Recovery Console. When you are logged on, you can run FIXMBR command to fix the MBR.

by data ninja

Listen carefully when you power on your PC.
If the drive spins up, most likely the controller IS OK.
Next listen for any other sounds such as grating(grinding) or clicking. If either of those noises are heard STOP immediately! Either the heads have made contact with the platters and have 'scored' the surface or the heads/servos have failed and are unable to properly align to the tracks/sectors. The only solution in these cases are to have a data recovery service attempt to retrieve your data in a clean room situation.
DO NOT attempt to open the drive since a piece of dust 1/5 the thickness of a human hair can cause irrepairable damage to the surface of a hard drive!
Granted, data recovery is very expensive, so you will have to gaugewhether it is worth the $500 to $3000 investment for a recovery service to attempt it.

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