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    Can't start Windows Vista (hard drive isn't recognized?)

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by arlab, May 20, 2009.

  1. arlab

    arlab Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi.

    Suddenly, my computer freezed (just like it has been doing for some time now).
    When I restarted it, the computer asked for the Vista DVD, so that it could repair some files (I couldn't even boot into Safe Mode). I put the DVD inside the drive, and choose the "Repair your computer" option, but it reports that no Vista installation is found...

    I then boot into the Rescue and Recovery environment to see what's going on.
    The System Information detects everything except the Hard Drive (it reports "Not Available" for the fields "Hard disk free space" and "Hard disk capacity"). I also can't see the harddisk in the option to backup the files to a pen (the pen is recognized, though).
    Just to be sure, I run PC Doctor and my hard disk passes all tests.

    What's going on? How can I fix this? Help. :(

    My harddisk is: hitachi hts722020k9sa00 fde ata device
     
    arlab, May 20, 2009
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  2. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    Please don't double post your message.

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    Phil, May 20, 2009
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