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[kakhoshi]

hi, i don't know how to put this but..... i think my computer has caught a virus and somehow it won't read the hard drive and the cd rom drive in bios.... i tried reinstalling windows xp perfessional again.. but it won't work ! . any help would be GREAT!

[Geekgirl]

Hi kakhoshi



So you have no O.S. on the hard drive?

[teststrips]

are you saying the bios won't find the hard drive or cdrom at all?

The good news is, I don't believe it's a virus problem... the bad news, you'll have to open up your case. I would first try unplugging/replugging both drives (both cables, power and the wide 40 pin ribbon cable) I would also reseat the ribbon cable where it connects to the motherboard.

try to boot up.

if it's still not working, try another IDE cable... and after that try moving your IDE cable to the other motherboard slot (secondary slot)

let us know your findings