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  1. Jun 29th, 2004, 08:17 AM #1
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    Startup disk and viewing the hard disk *RESOLVED*

    On my PC when I put in a startup disk and I select the startup method (with or without cdrom support) I get to access the hard disks... A friend of mine tried it (even with the same disk) but couldn't see the hard disk Any ideas?
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    Hard-disks could be broken, or they could be using NTFS.
    What operating system is the machine running?
    On the start-up disk, try running fdisk.exe, and see if you can view the hard-disks there.

    If you cannot, then open up the computer. See if the hard-disks are attached. Reboot and check if they're recognized during the system post/startup...
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    Turns out it is NTFS... I got a program (NTFSDOS) that solved the problem Thanks


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  4. Jun 30th, 2004, 05:54 AM #4
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    Another option, which is far far easier, is to just take the hard-disk out, and fit it to a computer running Windows 2k or XP
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    That depends on how you define easier


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