hard drive not found

updating from windows 98 to xp. power turned off before finishing. now all i get from both disks is hard drives not found can not continue, when i try to reinstall either.the only name i can find on the computer is i-sys,the mother board is kudos 7. any help or nudges in the right direction would be great. many thanks

 

Explain turn power off before finishing?

Check your HDD cables, both IDE & Power
A bad or loose cable might be the problem

You can try ruining HDD diagnostic utility, the utility is free to download, Each HDD manufacture has them available for free, some are available here at MG, you just need to know the brand of HDD

 

thanks asus power cut in our house.ashamed to ask,how do ifind the brand of hdd

 

The Brand will be printed directly on the HDD, you might have to remove it to read it.

Most likely it's WD, Maxtor or Seagate

 

thanks again.may be a while before i get back to the forum. have to run to and fro .this my mates computer.going to find brand out now

 

hdd is wd400,downloaded and ran dia.tool error/status code 0120 drive not found.does this mean new hard drive needed.all cables seem to be o.k but funny its only just gone when trying to upgrade to xp,thanks for taking time out to answer asus it means a lot thanks

 

If you had a power cut before OS was fully installed then I would strongly suggest reinstalling. Especially as you say, the drive was ok before.

Before you do though, try pulling a ribbon cable from another drive,CDROM or DVD and try it with your hard drive.

 

thanks faulty basil.i'll try that,let you know tommorow

 

many thanks asus and faulty basil.problem solved,moved ribbon hdd back.
still dont know what i've done but thanks for all advice if i did'nt have it, i'd have thrown the lot out