I am in MSDOS on my computer but it wont see my hard drive please help?
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When a computer has a hard drive that is/was not partitioned  using DOS's FDISK partition tool, and formatted FAT 12 or FAT 16, authentic IBM and or Microsoft DOS through 6.22 for Microsoft and 7.0 for IBM the single largest partition that can be "seen", accessed and or used is 2 Gb. Additionally authentic IBM and or Microsoft DOS through 6.22 for Microsoft and 7.0 for IBM do not have the ability to "see", access and or use partition types of any size that are formatted with a file system other than FAT, such as Windows XP's NTFS or any Unix/Linux partition.\n\nAs for booting from the cd drive, there are several factors:\n1) Some older CD Drives canot read the boot image from the CD\n2) Some CD drives "lose" the ability to boot as they begin to fail\n3) The systems BIOS needs to have the CD drive(s) listed in the boot order, preferrably before the hard drive.\n4) And of course the CD disk in the drive must be a bootable one.\n\nWindows 98 had a file system called FAT32, which is also "invisable" to a real DOS boot, however a Windows 98 Boot Floppy can boot in what looks like real DOS and access the FAT32 partitions.\n\nFrank
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did u install an operating system or not yet ?\n\nif yes, then open "My Computer" if u use windows operating system and right click on each drive and chose properties.\n\nif no, then the easiest way is to plug ur hard drive to another pc which has an operating system and do the same\n\n\ngood luck mate.. ;)
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It should tell you on the front of the drive.  Should either have a sticker or be engraved.  Looking in your hardware configuration is not necessary or valid for the most part.  What if you have installed the wrong drivers?  Your hardware will list it under whatever you've installed - not what it actually is.
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If it isn't automatically detecting it, you'll likely need to manually enter the information.  There should be an option in the bios to manually enter it - you'll likely need to consult your HD documentation to get the drive's geometry so you can input it.
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you could be having a hardware problem rather than just windows not seeing your drive, it depends on your motherboard's ability to support that capacity drive!\nwhat you need to do is provide the specs of your computer so readers can get an idea of what we're dealing with here so we will be better able to advice you, but in my opinion it more seems hardware than software problem, sometimes it could even be simply a jumper setting on your hard drive or mainboard that will allow windows to see your full capacity, it can be a sticky situation, check your board's BIOS also and see if updates are available for it as that could also be a problem too, in all of this i do wish you good luck.
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have you reinstalled the driver for this drive? if you go into my computer is your drive there? if not it sounds like you need to go into the bios and change the drive settings
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There is nothing else you need to do. It should have worked. \n\nTry to see if the drive is visible from the bios when you start the system. It might be that there is a conflict with some other device that is sharing the same IDE cable. Try changing it from master to slave or the opposite! (there is a little jumper on the back of the drive for doing this).
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I will be guiding you on my Win 2000 but it's almost the same.\nGo to My Computer -> right click -> Properties.\nMove through the tabs until you see something like "Startup and Recovery". It should be in the "Advanced" tab or something close to it.\nThere you can uncheck the option to detect existing operating systems.Afterwards it will be OK and it won't show up anymore.\n\nYou might want to make sure you format your drive on the next reinstall of windows XP (it will happen sooner or later :) )\n\nGood Luck to you
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Run chkdsk by right clicking on the drive letter and going to "Properties" and click on "Tools", then "Check now", check "Automatically fix errors" and click "Start". That should find any errors and fix them, also check to see if the drive is mounted by going to the "Start" button and clicking on "Run" and typing "compmgmt.msc" without the quotation marks in to the run box, click on "Disk Management" and check to see if the drive shows up in there.
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It sounds like there is a lose connection between the hard drive and the motherboard.  Check your ribbon cable.  If that is not it maybe do a chkdsk/f to check for any errors the drive may have.
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What I would do is re-install Windows and all your software on the new HD and slave your current crashed HD without formatting see if you can recover any data from it.  Here are instructions on HD installation. http://www.basichardware.com/HowTo_Install_Hard_Drive.html
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Try re-installing the drivers for the drive through the Device Manager in the Control Panel.\n\nIf you are unsure whether you have the drivers go to the manufacturer website and search for your model.\n\nThen you sgould be able to download the drivers with instructions on installation.
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windows should able to recognize the drive without any driver, but if yours is special, see if you got any luck with this site\nhttp://www.driverguide.com
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the hard drive did not come with a disk? i would look at the box that it came in. if it dose say windows me. then you should be able to find the website adderss on the box or owners guide
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Boot off the system CD and reformat your hard drive - multiple pass and zero data. Use Disk Utility. Would take a good amount of time depending on your comps' speed but it will securely erase ur hard drive.\n\nYou will need to re-install the system (since EVERYTHING is erased) then the comp is good to go.
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By any chance did you make your folder private before reinstalling Windows?  I did the same thing and it took me awhile to figure out how to access the data.\n\nYou need to use Windows backup to backup the data and then you can restore it.  At one point, you will have the option to only back up the data or to back up the data and the security.  Only back up the data and then after restoring it, you will be able to access your files.\n\nIf you have XP Pro, then this utility is already installed.  If you have XP home, then you need to install it from the CD.  See the article below for full details on installing and using this utility.\n\nGood luck!
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http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm\n\nthis will help, i can not because i need you to be more specific on your guestion