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Old 5th Aug 2008, 06:46 PM
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HELP!!!!!! I turned on my dell demension 8000 and it beeped at me at startup saying that it could not recognise my hard drive.....and my hard drives not spinning... What do i do?????
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Erm, sounds like your hard drive is dead.
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yea i thought that.......bugger
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See if it shows up in your BIOS if it doesn't it's probably toast.

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it says there is an unknown device..... is there such a thing as a virus that attacks your bios?
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Nope, like I said if it wont detect it it is shot.
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thanks for your help...... i'll give a computer forensics company a call and see if they can get the data of.
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thanks for your help...... i'll give a computer forensics company a call and see if they can get the data of.
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