Hard Drive not recognized-it's not there?

chief2punks

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Oct 27, 2006
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Home built nforce 4, Opteron 175, 3.25 GB ram

I have Vista Ultimate on one HD (It Ultimately SUCKS) (I ultimately have driver problems with my scanner and I have to settle for Ultimately generic drivers for everything else) and XP on one Hd because I have no choice at this point! I used to have several flavors of Linux but now I can't reload the hard drive's. No hard drives are present.

I tried to secure erase, patition commander, even the utility discs that came with the hd's but nothing works

I can load windows once I F-6 and specify drivers to load from floppy. At least it's not like the guy in one thread around here with sparks and smoke coming from his pc. I know it's not funny but I was rolling on the floor when I read that one!

So anyway, what can I do short of buying a new hard drive as they are always recognized when I install a new one. I wonder what's changing during my use.