Hard Drive Error

[spikeskee]

help me! I got P4 2.26 Computer, 1gb memory and 80gb Hard Drive.
i tried to reformat my Hard drive.. after Formatting and copying it will restart, then after restarting, it wont boot on hard drive, i tried to reformat the 80gb on my other computer, it works. then after that, i return that 80gb on its own cpu. when i boot it up,it will hang ... it will not boot on windows, i tried to reformat it again, then i found out that it only detect 7gb out of my 8ogb hard drive.. can some one help me... thanks...

 

[mike99]

If you reformat your hard drive it wipes all the data, so you would lose your OS, so of course it won't boot! If you want to re-install windows, you do it from system CD. If the install program only sees 7GB, you have a problem. Run manufacturers diagnostic and RMA if faulty and still under warranty. Many drives have 3 - 5 year warranty from manufacturer.

Mike.