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[mitsievo]

Hello,

I recently managed to fry my hard drive pcb, and have got hold of another one. When i turn the pc on i get the following message:

"Insert system disk and press enter to continue".

My question is this:-

If i insert the XP disk and use the repair XP instalation wizzard,will i be able to recover the data on the disk????

Thanks for your input

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[trackrat]

If the hard drive electronics are fried you will need professional help to recover the data.

[djohn]

Yes, with the added caution of it sometimes goes wrong. Generally though if you re-install NOT format XP it will repair the O/S without harming your files/data.

[mitsievo]

If the hard drive electronics are fried you will need professional help to recover the data.

Thats fair enough. I have replaced the circuit board and can get the drive to spin up. I have set it to slave and put it into another machine to try and get an image from it.

The problem i have at the mo is that i cant get the other machine to recognise the drive. I have had this prob before but have forgoten how to fix it.

Can some one help please.

Contact address removed to stop spam. [djohn].

Cheers for the help

[djohn]

Right click your 'My Computer' Icon, choose manage then disk management. You will see your slave drive there. initialise it by right clicking on it and select from the menu. It will now show up on your machine.

I have removed your msn address to stop you receiving spam. :)