On Sep 10, 2:08 am, leanne <lea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Drive 2 not found: Paralell ATA, PATA-O (PRI IDE Master) strike the f1 key to
> continue, f2 to run the setup utility
"Uncle Grumpy" <pauld1943@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| On Sep 10, 2:08 am, leanne <lea...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
| > Drive 2 not found: Paralell ATA, PATA-O (PRI IDE Master) strike the f1
key to
| > continue, f2 to run the setup utility
|
| drive died
|
leanne wrote:
> Drive 2 not found: Paralell ATA, PATA-O (PRI IDE Master) strike the f1 key to
> continue, f2 to run the setup utility
Well of course. Either your hard drive has died, the cable is bad, the
motherboard connector is bad, power supply has failed, or a combination
of all of the foregoing.
Since you are getting the message before the operating system has loaded
- and it can't load because the drive containing it is missing - this is
hardware problem and has nothing to do with Windows.
Standard caveat: Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out
suspected parts with known-good parts. If you can't do the testing
yourself and/or are uncomfortable opening your computer, take the
machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local
equivalent of BigComputerStore/GeekSquad).
Make sure the ribbon and power cables are plugged in tight at both ends.
--
Regards
Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007
"leanne" <leanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Drive 2 not found: Paralell ATA, PATA-O (PRI IDE Master) strike the f1 key
> to
> continue, f2 to run the setup utility
Has anyone had this problem on startup 
Linear Mode
