Boot Disk Disabled

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This happened all of sudden to my XP Pro system. When I power my system up it displays the Gateway Logo and stalls for a while then the BIOS screen comes up and the following error

Primary Master Hard Disk Erro
Press (F4) to Run Setu

After I press F4 ==> Boot ==> Hard Disk ==> Selec

System display

1st Hard Drive [Disabled

I press Ente

System display

ST312002
Disable

I select the Diasbled option and I tried toggling the Disabled setting with Rt Arrow, LF Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow, + sign, - sign, PgUp, PgDn Nothing happens!!!! I am clue less, don't know whats going on. Is the hard drive hosed? Is there way to Enable the drive, if so how? Any help will be appreciated. Thank
 
Dabir said in news:[email protected]:
This happened all of sudden to my XP Pro system. When I power my
system up it displays the Gateway Logo and stalls for a while then
the BIOS screen comes up and the following error:

Primary Master Hard Disk Error
Press (F4) to Run Setup

After I press F4 ==> Boot ==> Hard Disk ==> Select

System displays

1st Hard Drive [Disabled]

I press Enter

System displays

ST312002A
Disabled

I select the Diasbled option and I tried toggling the Disabled
setting with Rt Arrow, LF Arrow, Up Arrow, Down Arrow, + sign, -
sign, PgUp, PgDn Nothing happens!!!! I am clue less, don't know whats
going on. Is the hard drive hosed? Is there way to Enable the drive,
if so how? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
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Did you check if the IDE ports are enabled? Time to replace your CMOS
battery?
 
Sounds like the hard drive has failed (this is NOT an
absolute guarantee). Is the system in warranty ? Has
anyone removed the computer's cover recently ?

When you look at the BIOS screen (where it says DISABLED)
you might try putting the cursor on Disabled and hitting
the ENTER key . . .

Good Luck !
-----Original Message-----
This happened all of sudden to my XP Pro system. When I
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power my system up it displays the Gateway Logo and stalls
for a while then the BIOS screen comes up and the
following error:
Primary Master Hard Disk Error
Press (F4) to Run Setup

After I press F4 ==> Boot ==> Hard Disk ==> Select

System displays

1st Hard Drive [Disabled]

I press Enter

System displays

ST312002A
Disabled

I select the Diasbled option and I tried toggling the
Click to expand...
Disabled setting with Rt Arrow, LF Arrow, Up Arrow, Down
Arrow, + sign, - sign, PgUp, PgDn Nothing happens!!!! I am
clue less, don't know whats going on. Is the hard drive
hosed? Is there way to Enable the drive, if so how? Any
help will be appreciated. Thanks
 
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