Cup of Squirrel,

Yeah, sounds like it needs to be formatted.

J_

So, basically they are saying that if your hard drive crashes, you'll be able to recover everything except your private folders? I don't think so.

J_

Don A,

I would forget about trying to fix Windows and try to recover your files. Just use recovery software. I use GETDATABACK, but there are plenty of other options.

J_

tdfalls,

You can't just think of jumper settings, you need to find the right one. BIOS doesn't care what YOU tell it to do, it starts with the hardware level which is the cable and the jumpers....

cyburai,

Do you still require help? Forget Windows tools, you're wasting your time. I don't know much about how Windows controls hard drives so I don’t know how to fix the problem, but it's worth...

prakharprakash,

Try the USB troubleshooter. Right click my computer and select manage, locate the USB device list, right click and select properties. And/or Try Dell's Diagnostic Utilities: Dell...

sneekypete,

Simple. Your computer is trying to boot to the second hard drive. You must ensure the jumpers are set correctly. Either one to slave and the other to master, or both to cable select....

lukebond008,

You can't. Your controller supported SATA will end up being slower than your IDE ATA.

J_

joelr6,

Any time, but I still suggest you running the sfc while in windows. Unless of course you are going to re-format or something.

J_

joelr6,

Could be a number of things. Lets start with the most obvious, Windows. Insert your Windows CD into your CD-ROM drive and boot into the Windows Setup Screen. Press "R". Now since you have...

BILL S,

You are asking for software that does not exist. If you want to remove your personal data, you will need to do one of two things...

1. Delete the personal files yourself. Install and...

marceta,

Some towers have device "carages". The entire carage will slide out rather than the individual device.

Perhaps you're missing a screw somewhere.

Yank that sucker out!

J_

BILL S,

Privacy Guardian will not remove windows. You'll need to use a wiping utility from windows to wipe a slave or from a self booting program to wipe the primary.

J_

amd_sucks or someone help me figure out what the hell is going on.

look at the source of the link provided by amd_sucks

Who owns duoservers? Does the person who owns http://computer-gods.com/...

ricky91,

25 people have viewed your post, but you've gotten 0 replys until now. Know why? Type the following in google:

dvd-r dvd-rw

The first link (not including the product ad) that...

BILL S,

In order to explain this well enough, you need to come away with some basic understanding of how Windows deletes and uninstalls files. (I'm not an expert, but I can pretty much explain the...

BILL S,

I wouldn't trust a program to search & adequately remove personal/sensitive information from my computer's hard drive. Please give the following article a read.
...

chrisbliss18,

Yeah, I realized my link error after the fact.

I just went to the Intel site and found my motherboard's specs. I didn't know enough to realize ATA/100 compatibility would be...

bakerskin,

SprinRite recovers data from damaged sectors. kained's problem is recovering files that were deleted in a format, not inacceable due to sector damage.

J_

kained,

I've got just what you're looking for. (aren't you happy?)

GETDATABACK: http://www.runtime.org/

I use it all of the time for crashed hard drives. I've tried a few other programs here...

I currently have a [30 GB Ultra-ATA/66] and I was wondering if I'll have any problems upgrading to a [250 GB Ultra-ATA/100].

I'm not familiar with hard drives, but as far as memory goes, I...

GETDATABACK is a windows application, however, there are various types including non-windows and non-gui. User prefrence!

J_

jwh2321,

Although I've never tired this for password-protected files, presented with your situation, I would use a hard drive recovery utility.

My favorite recovery utility is GETDATABACK:...