Why does the error message Primary Hard Disk Failure appear?
There are many different causes for apparent hard disk failures. Sometimes the problem is in the disk itself, but just as often, it could be a configuration or other problem. 1. Check whether the jumpers are set correctly on your drive(s) and that the primary is set as primary, and the secondary or slave, if existent, is set as secondary. 2. Check to make sure the signal cable is inserted with the proper orientation (that it is not reversed at one of the two ends). Also, check if the signal cable is in good condition. 3. Check if your CMOS Setup has the correct parameters for the drive. In most modern systems these parameters are automatically detected, but you need to make sure that the drive is enabled in Setup. 4. Boot from a boot floppy and run FDISK to confirm that there is at least one DOS partition and that if it is your boot drive, that it is active and bootable. 5. Boot from a boot floppy and attempt to access the drive. If you can, it is likely that your boot files have becom
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