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Originally Posted by overhaul
i have a dell 8200 with 128*2 rambus ram and a 30gig hard drive. not sure the processor(non celeron) but the pc is about 7 years old. Computer is running windows xp but freezes when service pack 2 is installed. I was going to re-install windows because barely anything will run without service pack 2(to clean malware and potential virus) but 50% of the time i get a "abort and retry" error message at boot up. When I check the bios is shows no IDE drives installed, no hard drive or cd rom drive. I receeded all ide drives but this does not fix the problem. If i unplug the power directly from the power supply this sometimes help getting back into windows. Could it be that im having a hardware failure.
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Dead hard drive. Not entirely dead yet, but once it dies you'll have a pretty expensive problem. Cheapest way to fix - get a new Seagate internal hard drive. It will come with some software on the CD. Ignore that software. You will use something a lot better :)
160GB units should be extremely cheap now.
Now, download Seagate Disk Wizard (this is a FREE limited edition Acronis TrueImage that works whenever a Seagate or a Maxtor device is detected in the system)
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/...s/discwiz.html
Follow Seagate's instructions on how to clone the hard disk.
ATA technology uses the controller of the Master drive to run the Slave drive. Therefore, I recommend connecting the dying drive as a slave to the new Master.
You will probably enjoy much faster performance as a side effect of this procedure.