maxtor SATA drive problem
shniflbaag
Fairbanks, AK
hey all, I've finally given up and gone out for help.
I have a Maxtor diamondmax 9 SATA drive on my computer, and it worked fine for a long time. However, upon routinely turning it on one day, it eventually gives me the message: "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\windows\system32\config\system"
pretty self explanitory, it then tells me to insert the windows XP disk and press 'r' to use the repair button, makes sense.
I restarted and inserted the windows disk, but upon pressing 'r' setup tells me that no hard drive is detected, even when during the boot process before the error you can see it is there, the disk has no jumper switch in it at the moment, but that's how it was when the computer passed to me and it worked fine for a long time, I even tried it with the switch set to master and there was no change, help?
I have a Maxtor diamondmax 9 SATA drive on my computer, and it worked fine for a long time. However, upon routinely turning it on one day, it eventually gives me the message: "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\windows\system32\config\system"
pretty self explanitory, it then tells me to insert the windows XP disk and press 'r' to use the repair button, makes sense.
I restarted and inserted the windows disk, but upon pressing 'r' setup tells me that no hard drive is detected, even when during the boot process before the error you can see it is there, the disk has no jumper switch in it at the moment, but that's how it was when the computer passed to me and it worked fine for a long time, I even tried it with the switch set to master and there was no change, help?
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With the computer off and disconnected from power, remove both ends of the hard drive SATA cable, reconnect, and try again. At least with P-ATA drives, sometimes the cable will vibrate slightly loose after a couple years of use. I haven't seen this happen with a SATA cable, but I suppose it's possible.
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