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February 3rd 08, 03:00 AM
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Hard Disk Drive 0 not found...
I have a computer club member's Dell desktop computer that has the following
message on startup: "Secondary Hard Disk Drive 0 not found... Press F1 to continue. " In attempting to cure an exceedingly slow Windows XP SP2 system. I have updated with all critical and optional updates. I have removed 478 malware programs using AVG Anti-Spyware. 14 "nasties" using Hijackthis. Any clues? 
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February 3rd 08, 04:00 AM
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Hard Disk Drive 0 not found...
Have you asked Dell?
"Charles W Davis" wrote in message ... I have a computer club member's Dell desktop computer that has the following message on startup: "Secondary Hard Disk Drive 0 not found... Press F1 to continue. " In attempting to cure an exceedingly slow Windows XP SP2 system. I have updated with all critical and optional updates. I have removed 478 malware programs using AVG Anti-Spyware. 14 "nasties" using Hijackthis. Any clues?
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February 3rd 08, 04:17 AM
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Hard Disk Drive 0 not found...
"Charles W Davis" wrote In attempting to cure an exceedingly slow Windows XP SP2 system. I have updated with all critical and optional updates. I have removed 478 malware programs using AVG Anti-Spyware. 14 "nasties" using Hijackthis. Any clues? Maybe there were 479 "malware programs" and 15 "nasties"?
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February 3rd 08, 05:38 AM
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Hard Disk Drive 0 not found...
"Charles W Davis" wrote: I have a computer club member's Dell desktop computer that has the following message on startup: "Secondary Hard Disk Drive 0 not found... Press F1 to continue. " You mean, after the "POST" test, before XP loads, I presume? Does the computer *have* a Hard Disk Drive on the secondary? May need to correct settings for drive(s) [in BIOS]. In attempting to cure an exceedingly slow Windows XP SP2 system. I have updated with all critical and optional updates. I have removed 478 malware programs using AVG Anti-Spyware. 14 "nasties" using Hijackthis. Any clues? I'd reinstall. Little chance of proper operation.
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February 5th 08, 05:03 AM
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Hard Disk Drive 0 not found...
"Script" wrote in message ... "Charles W Davis" wrote: I have a computer club member's Dell desktop computer that has the following message on startup: "Secondary Hard Disk Drive 0 not found... Press F1 to continue. " You mean, after the "POST" test, before XP loads, I presume? Does the computer *have* a Hard Disk Drive on the secondary? May need to correct settings for drive(s) [in BIOS]. In attempting to cure an exceedingly slow Windows XP SP2 system. I have updated with all critical and optional updates. I have removed 478 malware programs using AVG Anti-Spyware. 14 "nasties" using Hijackthis. Any clues? I'd reinstall. Little chance of proper operation. Problem solved. I opened the case, and pressed on all cabling. Something must have been loose. Has worked fine for the past 24 hours. Thank you!
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