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From: John Doue on 14 Apr 2010 07:59
On 4/14/2010 1:45 PM, Bob Villa wrote:
> On Apr 14, 3:30 am, undisclosed wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I tried various things and came out with these answers:
>>
>> - the disk is correctly recognised in POST as IDE drive. I obtained
>> another disk and it was also correctly recognised in POST
>>
>> - Setup does not recognise either hard disk -it says "No HD"
>>
>> I tried out UBCD (DOS version). It is full of utilities . One of them:-
>> Hitachi fitness test recognised the HD as:
>> No. 00 ATA (!!!) primary master IC25N060ATMR04
>> It also listed the CD drive as:
>> No. 01 ATAPI secondary master slimtype DVDRW SDW-4
>>
>> It analysed the disk correctly but on the Function Test it said "Device
>> is Password protected and can not be tested" Disposition Code 0x22
>>
>> The Setup has a password setting facility for User and Supervisor but
>> the hard drive lock is greyed out
>>
>> So that's all I have to contribute - I gladly await your comments
>>
>> --
>> kalten_jm
>
> Can you F-disk and reformat and then try recognizing it? (I don't have
> a clue about being locked-out!)

I am out of my depth here ... Hope someone will help you ... and me
understand what is happening here.

--
John Doue
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