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corpse The Illuminated Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1545	Posted: 07-15-2009 11:30 PM                  I have a computer with vista and all of a sudden it wouldnt turn on. Turned out to be power supply. Now, with new power supply, it says, "insert system disk and press any key....etc." I put this vista hard drive into an XP computer as a slave and it boots and finds the drive, but when I open the drive it doesnt list documents and settings or all the usual things. I assume the drive is dead, but want to check and get a couple opinions.
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obsidian I'm the dude! Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Posts: 10427	Posted: 07-16-2009 08:34 AM                  What do you see when you actually open the drive while it is plugged in as a slave? Do you see any files at all or is it completely blank? I doubt the drive itself is dead if it still operates at all while plugged in as a slave, it may be an issue with a malfunctioning windows master boot record (which can potentially be repaired). If you have a Live CD of some sort, like Ubuntu, try booting off of the CD and see if you can see the files on the hard drive from within Ubuntu. _________________ GtkRadiant | Q3Map2 | Shader Manual
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corpse The Illuminated Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1545	Posted: 07-16-2009 08:44 AM                  When I open as a slave it shows "recorded tv shows", "a couple of folders with long names with letters and numbers [nothing in them", and thats about it.
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^misantropia^ Mentor Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 3957	Posted: 07-16-2009 11:15 AM                  Sounds like the drive itself is fine but the file system on it is whacked. Try a repair tool first, a reformat second.
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