My computer is down and i am not very tech smart. i tried rebooting it with disk and it is telling me that it cannot find my hard drive. is this a hard to fix problem? If someone could come help me ill pay you monies. please name difficulty of fixing problem and fee you would charge. thanks

8/18/2008 10:17:46 PM

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"Sex : F "

i'm sure you won't have trouble getting help...

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 10:21 PM. Reason : i'll do it if necessary but i'm lazy and would rather let someone else volunteer]

8/18/2008 10:20:45 PM

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"cannot find my hard drive"

not good

8/18/2008 10:24:50 PM

^^about that...i dont remember clicking female when setting up my account and could never figure out how to change it. I hope this doesnt hurt my chances of finding help. again i will pay monies for your knowledge

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 10:28 PM. Reason : .]

8/18/2008 10:27:19 PM

how much monies are we talking about here?

8/18/2008 10:28:17 PM

haha, it doesn't matter to me if you're a dude--might be relevant to evan's interests though

8/18/2008 10:32:32 PM

price is relevant to difficulty of fixing problem
if it is an easy fix ill give you $30
if it is more complicated ill go up to $65
again i am not up to date on the going rates of college computer help
thanks guys

8/18/2008 10:38:02 PM

Have you dropped it recently?

Is it a laptop?

How old is it, i.e. is there a warranty?

Its likely that if you dropped it, the hard drive simply slipped out of the connector. If its a desktop, very easy fix. If its a laptop, probably not that bad. However, opening a laptop period voids the warranty on them.

8/18/2008 10:46:28 PM

^opening a laptop does not void the warranty. At least for dell/or my dell warranties.

I typically have Dell send me my parts, and I install them. However, they do not cover damages during installation (if you're doing the installation)

[Edited on August 19, 2008 at 8:41 AM. Reason : .]

8/19/2008 8:40:44 AM

try entering the BIOS and check whether the HD is there.

8/19/2008 9:25:44 AM

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"price is relevant to difficulty of fixing problem if it is an easy fix ill give you $30 if it is more complicated ill go up to $65 again i am not up to date on the going rates of college computer help thanks guys"

It may not be quite that simple. But, if you want, my coworker and I will take a look at it and let you know how much a fix would cost. It could be possible that you will need a new HD, God forbid. Or, it could be a simple check the connector.

8/19/2008 10:05:37 AM

thanks guys for the responses
lafta is coming to look at it tonight. says he had a similar problem before. if he can't figure it out i may have to try someone else
thanks again

8/19/2008 2:11:00 PM

8/19/2008 4:38:39 PM

hey i still need someone to fix my comp
wickerman never showed up
I'd like to get it fixed this weekend if possible thanks

8/23/2008 12:51:32 PM

desktop? laptop? how old is it?

8/23/2008 2:06:05 PM

I might be able to help...

8/23/2008 10:11:23 PM

my PM's are obsolete to torrez

8/25/2008 8:24:15 AM

one of 3 things is most likely wrong

Your disk is bricked
Your disk is corrupted
Your boot record is corrupted


1) Pop in your windows install cd and restart your computer. ---Make sure it boots from cd (google it if you have to).

2) let the cd run and do its thing for a bit until you get to a screen that gives you options like "install a new windows" "repair an existing windows installation"

3) choose to repair an existing (usually by pressing "R")

4) follow the directions until your computer looks like DOS

5) run the command "fixmbr"

6) let it do its thing, restart your computer and take out your CD to make sure it is trying to boot from your hard drive

7) if it's not fixed then get back to the DOS looking screen following the same process and run fixdsk

8) restart etc

9) if none of this works, go get some more computer help or go buy a new hard drive

I hope you get it fixed

8/25/2008 11:02:20 AM