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    TP600 boot question

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jimzcatz, Aug 20, 2005.

  1. jimzcatz

    jimzcatz Newbie

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    I have a TP600/366 that will not see any hard drive I try.I boot to floppy and fdisk says no fixed disks present.i have tried 4 different drives,of which 2 had a working windows install on it.Is the machine toast? Please help.

    Jim Scarpine
     
    jimzcatz, Aug 20, 2005
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  2. AuroraS

    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    Sounds like your hard drive may have died... that really sucks.
    But try another hard drive first to be sure... if it still doesn't recognize the drive, then you have a bigger problem on your hands.
     
    AuroraS, Aug 20, 2005
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    jimzcatz Newbie

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    Like I said in my original post,I have tried 4 different drives,of which 2 have a known good windows install.
     
    jimzcatz, Aug 20, 2005
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