It's a tower (http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread18368.html) :)

I've heard of the freezer trick working, but it didn't for me the one time I tried it. I think it's mainly for a drive that won't spin though. If you want to try it, it shouldn't hurt anything as...

DFWDRUMMER, you should start a new thread. What OS do you want to install? For XP, see this thread:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread6632.html

I would assume that Fujitsu deals with this in a similar manner to Dell:

Call Fujitsu tech support and tell them the problem. They will ask for verification that you are indeed the rightful owner...

You would need a third-party program in order to do that, something like PartitionMagic. Make sure your data has been backed up before using any program of this type as things can go wrong.

Are...

The jumper settings won't work the way you have described; you either need to set both for Cable Select (CS), or -- generally preferred -- with the jumper for the Master drive set to Master (MA) and...

You can find instructions for Windows XP here:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread6632.html

If you have a different OS you want to install, which one?

As long as you don't want to boot to XP, that should work.

However, if you can you still boot up with the XP computer, I think you'd be better off to put your Win2K drive in the XP computer as a...

I recently purchased one of those do-it-yourself machines and it seemed to be adding scratches rather then removing them, so I put in a CD without any scratches and sure enough, it came out with...

That is weird how it comes and goes. It could have a bad connection, bad ribbon cable, or even a bad molex (power) connector. Try replacing the ribbon cable and connect it to a different molex.
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Good idea! :) Is there a reason you still have Windows 95 on your computer? If not, after you get all your data copied, you could format it (use FAT32) and use it to store all your data -- away...

After you get another hard drive, install this old one as a slave and see if you can access the files. If not, try the restoration utility suggested earlier. But if the drive stops running...

It sounds to me like your drive is dying. You could try to put it in a system as a slave drive and see if you have access to your data. If that doesn't work, you could try this utility:...

Open My Computer and right-click on the C:\ drive, click on Properties. In the window that pops up, select the General tab. There will be a couple of lines near the top that say:
Type
File...

And/or a different cable.

Keep in mind that this is only a temporary solution, you'll be lucky if you get it to boot even once, so be ready to backup as quickly as possible.

Restoration is mainly for restoring deleted files... I don't know if it will help you or not... read about it (and download it) here (it's free):

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

CS is Cable Select, the computer is supposed to automatically determine which is Master and which is Slave by their connections on the cable; the Master should be connected at the end and the slave...

If you just want to access/transfer the data, this may work, but it will cost you more $$. Get an external case for the drive that connects through the USB port. I have one for that purpose and...

Did you install the motherboard drivers and set the BIOS to auto-detect your drives?

If the drive has been completely wiped, you have no choice but to do a fresh install of WinXP -- unless I'm missing something here?

Assuming you already have a hard drive with WinXP on it, and you just want to add another drive, you won't need to reinstall XP at all. If you're trying to do something else, please clarify. Here's...

I have a computer (no OS yet) that will not boot from the floppy drive. I checked all the connections and everything seems fine. I checked the BIOS and made sure it was set to boot from the floppy....

Contact Gateway and see if they can give you a password.

With an HDD password, you can't use fdisk either; if you can't get the password, you have an expensive paperweight.

I went to the link you posted and all I saw were programs to use a password,...

He said it was a HDD password, not an Administrator password; I've dealt with this before and the only way is to contact the vendor that I could find. Someone else suggested putting it in another...

Is this a Dell laptop? If so, you can contact them and they'll give you a password to unlock it if you can offer them sufficient proof that you are, in fact, the owner of this laptop. This may be...