Laptop HDD Crash ? (luyger) english theme

Zitat von NyLe

hallo leutz , neulich wollte ich xp auf meinen alten win98se rechner(p2 450mhz,128 ram) installieren, was ja auch bis zur text installation ganz gut klappte..danach wurde neugestartet und es kommt der aller erste lade bildschirm(press f2 for biossetup, nicht der desktop). Und nach 2 min kommen folgende meldungen "IDE Primary Channel slave Drive Error"und "Equipment configuration Error". Ich komm zwar ins bios rein, jedoch passiert beim neustart das selbe wie vorher...und von diskette + cd bootet es nicht..ich brauch dringend hilfe..(würde mich nur ein bios update retten?)

hi all, im brazilian and i cant understand your guys lang, so pls try to help me, im replying to this post because i could only understand the problem of "Nyle" which is "IDE Primary Channel slave Drive Error"und "Equipment configuration Error".

i have the same problem but mine aint slave drive but master, the follow error:

error:
IDE Primary Channel Master Driver Control
Equipment Configuration Error

and puter wont boot up, its a laptop ACER 525 PIII 700mhz 128mb and 10gb, it was working today and then when i went to my room and reseted it, it gave me the error:

error:
IDE Primary Channel Master Driver Control
Equipment Configuration Error

and i get stuck there, i didnt change anything, the laptoper was working and just started to give me that error... what i can do about?
when i go SETUP the only thing i can notice is that there is no HARD DRIVE, like "HARDRIVE: NONE" but i didnt remove it.

could be weak battery?

thx.

hey, thanks for the fast reply.

ACER Travelmate 525TE
PIII 700mhz,
128mb,
HD 10GB.

i have windows XP PRO installed with NTFS.

but i dont think its a OS problem, doesnt look like it, because the laptop would need to bootup 1st so the OS could access it, but dunno...

hen i go to bios setup and System information, i see:
Hard Disk Drive ------------------- None.

but i didnt add or remove anything or bios update...

i tried to Load Default Settings, but didnt work.

thx for the help.

hey, there is just one HD.

1 HD and 1 CD ROM

there is no options on setup, the setup is very simple doesnt give me nothing special or advanced, i can only see system information, change data and hours and onboard ports stuffs.

i dont know the reason of the problem, i just know the error message:

============================
BIOS V3.3
_________________________________
0130638 KB Memory Good

IDE Primary Channel Master Driver Control
Equipment Configuration Error
Press <F2> to enter Setup, <F12> to enter Multi Boot Selection Menu
etc...
============================

since there is no HARD DRIVE on setup i can guess that is part of the problem since the computer cant "see" the hard drive, like i said, it was working and when i reboot it wasnt anymore.

to bootup i have, HARD drive, flood disk, cdrom and lan options, but it akways have been set for Hard drive.

i can try to bootup through a disket, which i dont have one right now but i would be just stuck to disket, since computer cant "see" hard drive, so i wont be able to access "c:\"

thx.

no, the cd cant access the HD, its like there is none HD, just like i said on bios setup.

i tried to bootup through cd though, but dont work, the CD from windows XP says "there is no hard drive in your system, pleasy install one 1st blablabla" press F3 to quit.

its weird, cuz it was working good and now seems that there just aint a hard drive, i tried to remove hard drive and add again, still the same error:
IDE Primary Channel Master Driver Control
Equipment Configuration Error

some how it not reading the HD anymore...

i just remembered it made come clicking noises b4 i turn off and like 5 minutes later when i tried to boot up started the error.

now im afraird that HD is dead 8O

yes, i just read lots of post about the "equipment configuration error" that i forgot about the clickig noise.

i was hoping to be a battery problem and it may not getting info right from HDD, but its probably dead, i will try to test somewhere.

i cant buy a new one, the price u said sounds good, but i dont live in germany, im in brazil and theses stuffs are very expensive and i cant put money that.

anyway thx.
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

ya, just a very hard time for me :cry:

i do, this laptop, probably have 4 or 5 years old, so the hd...
but the laptop was my baby. :roll:

hi, thx for the help, but i think theses linuxs copy temporary files to HDD if im not wrong.

i have slacware 10, ill try to use one of theses that run from cd. :wink:

MAN, what the hell its working now and i did nothing, now bios setup says
HARD DISK DRIVER ------------------------- 9590 MB
DDD Serial Number 17H972X6110

and win xp started

oh yeah now i got it, i went to install something and it just doing the clicking noise non stop from HD
:oops: