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hi, i hav a problem.. last friday, i cleaned my processors fan n graphic card fan...and after putin everythin back again, i tried startin back n it couldnt detect my hardisk!! it was sayin NTLDR is missng press ctrl+alt+del... and i checked my bios and it was sayin my master HD was "not installed" my slave was ok...what do i do?? can my HD can repaired?? how bout my data?? can i recover it back?? i really want my data back... but to recover from a recovery company it bloody damn expensive..im still a student dun relly hav tat kinda of cash..do help guys...

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already tried the jumper/cable suggestions from and the tip from and even tested the drive in another PC, so the usual master/slave wiring fixes appear to be exhausted. The next steps separate two paths: whether the drive is still getting power and spinning (a software/boot/partition issue) or whether it is a hardware/electronics/mechanical failure.

If you can hear or feel the drive spin when the PC powers on, try non-destructive, software-first recovery. Boot from a Linux live CD/USB (or a Windows recovery CD) and see whether the disk or partitions show up there. If Windows reports NTLDR is missing but the drive is visible, the Recovery Console can restore the boot files and repair the boot sector: copy NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM from the XP installation media to C:\ and run fixboot and fixmbr. If the partition table or filesystem is damaged, use tools such as TestDisk to restore partitions or PhotoRec to pull files. For failing-but-detectable disks, create a read-only image with ddrescue and work from the image to avoid stressing the original.

If the drive does not spin, clicks, or is not detected by multiple systems at all, it is likely a hardware failure (electronics or heads). Avoid repeated power cycles and home “fixes” like freezers — they can make recovery harder. A USB-to-IDE/SATA adapter or external enclosure is a cheap next test; if that fails, professional recovery is the safe option for important data. For cheap or non-critical files, attempt imaging with ddrescue only if comfortable; otherwise seek a recovery lab. The AMD cooling question is unrelated to this storage issue and should be asked in the CPU/cooling section.

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check the jumpers on the hard drive, are they both on the save ide cable. if so, remove the clave, set the master to single hard drive then try to use the bios to detect it. after you boot up shut down set the master jumper to master with slave and set the slave jumper to slave..
this that does not resolve your issue some times cable select work best for some bios, so put the master at the end of the cable and the slave at the next notch. and set both jumpers to cable select.

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Look on the top of your hard drive for the jumper confic.

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Look on the top of your hard drive for the jumper confic.

lol m not tat new into tis stuff tat i dunt knoe da jumpers config

check the jumpers on the hard drive, are they both on the save ide cable. if so, remove the clave, set the master to single hard drive then try to use the bios to detect it. after you boot up shut down set the master jumper to master with slave and set the slave jumper to slave..
this that does not resolve your issue some times cable select work best for some bios, so put the master at the end of the cable and the slave at the next notch. and set both jumpers to cable select.

i tried that..but when i put my slave HD which is workin as master, it detects that not the the other 1...i even tried the HD on my frens comp..didnt work..:P

btw is amd x2 6000+ comes with is own heatsink cooling system that u don need a external cpu fan?? :P

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