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   Yogis Private E-2

   Hi guys.
   i have recently been given the task of fixing a net book that apparently was dropped, after turning on it tells me that C:\windows\system32\ utility's is missing so i started a full windows xp format(which was the original OS). after booting from disk it comes up with no drive path or drive to partition. so am i right in thinking that the hard drive is dead and it needs a new one. thanks

    

   Yogis, Dec 6, 2011

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   plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

   The fall could have loosened the drive; it might still be okay.
   Take the drive out and reseat it. See what happens.
   

   Again the hard drive might be SATA. Since XP does not include SATA drivers, you'd get a message about not being able to see the hard drive. When installing XP, the SATA drivers must be loaded before the OS or slipstreamed into the XP OS.

    

   plodr, Dec 6, 2011

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