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I have an external hard disk i want it to boot before windows start to open herein boot cd
Answer
Instructions
Things You'll Need:
* Windows OS system disks
* HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool installed
* HP Drive Key Boot Utility installed
* USB drive (at least 2 GB of memory)
Step 1
Plug the USB drive into your computer's USB port.
Download and install the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool program (see Resources section below for link). Then launch the program, select your USB drive and format the USB drive in NTFS format.
If desired, type the name of your USB device in the "Name" field.
Exit the utility program when formatting is complete.
Step 2
Download and install the HP USB Key Utility program (see Resources section below for link).
Open a window for your USB drive by selecting the drive under "My Computer" located in your Start menu.
Step 3
Insert the Windows installation disk into your CD/DVD drive.
Launch the HP USB Key Utility program and click the "Next" button to begin the wizard.
Select the drive letter from the drop-down menu for your CD/DVD drive.
Click the "Next" button.
Step 4
Select the radio button next to the option "Create New or Replace Existing Configuration" and click the "Next" button.
Select the option "Create New Filesystem" and click the "Next" button.
Select the option "With Partition" and click the "Next" button.
Select the option "HP Firmware Flash Package" and click the "Next" button.
Click the "Finish" button when the Completion screen is displayed to exit the utility.
Step 5
Launch your Internet Explorer application and type "c:" in the address bar.
Select "Folder Options" under "Tools" in the top menu bar. Select the "View" tab and click the option for "Show Hidden Files and Folders" in the left frame.
Deselect (i.e., uncheck) the boxes next to "Hide Extensions for Known File Types" and "Hide Protected Operating System Files."
Click the "OK" button.
Step 6
Select the following files in the window by holding down the "Control" (CTRL) key while clicking:
boot.ini
ntldr
ntdetect
Drag these files to the open window for your USB drive (they will copy to the drive).
Step 7
Safely eject your USB drive and remove your Windows installation disk from your CD/DVD drive.
Hope it helps. For more info: http://www.iyogi.net/
Instructions
Things You'll Need:
* Windows OS system disks
* HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool installed
* HP Drive Key Boot Utility installed
* USB drive (at least 2 GB of memory)
Step 1
Plug the USB drive into your computer's USB port.
Download and install the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool program (see Resources section below for link). Then launch the program, select your USB drive and format the USB drive in NTFS format.
If desired, type the name of your USB device in the "Name" field.
Exit the utility program when formatting is complete.
Step 2
Download and install the HP USB Key Utility program (see Resources section below for link).
Open a window for your USB drive by selecting the drive under "My Computer" located in your Start menu.
Step 3
Insert the Windows installation disk into your CD/DVD drive.
Launch the HP USB Key Utility program and click the "Next" button to begin the wizard.
Select the drive letter from the drop-down menu for your CD/DVD drive.
Click the "Next" button.
Step 4
Select the radio button next to the option "Create New or Replace Existing Configuration" and click the "Next" button.
Select the option "Create New Filesystem" and click the "Next" button.
Select the option "With Partition" and click the "Next" button.
Select the option "HP Firmware Flash Package" and click the "Next" button.
Click the "Finish" button when the Completion screen is displayed to exit the utility.
Step 5
Launch your Internet Explorer application and type "c:" in the address bar.
Select "Folder Options" under "Tools" in the top menu bar. Select the "View" tab and click the option for "Show Hidden Files and Folders" in the left frame.
Deselect (i.e., uncheck) the boxes next to "Hide Extensions for Known File Types" and "Hide Protected Operating System Files."
Click the "OK" button.
Step 6
Select the following files in the window by holding down the "Control" (CTRL) key while clicking:
boot.ini
ntldr
ntdetect
Drag these files to the open window for your USB drive (they will copy to the drive).
Step 7
Safely eject your USB drive and remove your Windows installation disk from your CD/DVD drive.
Hope it helps. For more info: http://www.iyogi.net/
what is wrong with external hard drive?
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i have a 500gb seagate expansion portable hard drive, it was working, but now when i plug it into my pc, it does not show up in my computer, but it show up in devices and printer ( in windows 7)
my life is in this hard drive help............................................
Answer
Though hopefully not the case, you should be prepared (mentally at least) that the data on the drive is unrecoverable. With whats happening its a delicate situation. Check in the device manager ->disk manager and look what kind of drive it is showing up as. If it shows up in there that's really good. It might just have somehow got switched (by the OS) to the offline setting. All you would need to do then is initialize the drive (wizard will do all the work for you) and wait to see what comes up. Long as the data isn't corrupted you should then be able to use the drive again through the regular windows explorer.
If the computer will let you, run scandisk on and it might be able to fix the disk with just that. Even if it still doesn't work afterwords, it will report any unfix able errors it might have come across. Some of these errors you can still work on, while some basically say your disk is toast.
Not sure what kind of external drive you have, if the above fails or doesn't show up; another possible solution is to take the drive out of the enclose and hook it up directly to the pc. If the motherboard successfully identifies the drive you might be in the clear. Once you're booted into Windows check if its in the explorer pane, if not repeat the procedure about about adding the disk. If it works under this case, something in the enclosure is broken and you just need to replace that.
What I'm afraid that might happen is that one of these two methods will let you successfully mount the disk, but your data might not be there. It just shows up as a 0gb drive and will ask you if you want to format. This means your disk index is probably corrupted and unable to read the data on the disk now. If that's the case you're looking at data retrieval services; though if that is the case I know of a good freeware forensic disk program that could possibly salvage your data if the worst case scenario is what it has become. At that point contact me via email and I'll send you the info, you could also mail me as well if some other kind of strange behavior pops up.
Assuming that you're at least able to get back to the data, I would go to Seagate website and download their SeaTools diagnostic program. Run it on the disk and see what comes up, it could come up with the error that the drive is defective and must be returned (basically it gives you a generic message saying that the drive is dead and nothing you can do about it) or replace. It might be possible that we're able to get the disk readable and up and running, but you should run the diagnostics anyways to see if the disk is reporting any failures. A partially broken disk can still continue to function until you pass a certain threshold or you get a catastrophic failure. After completion it will usually say that your disk is fine, or that its replacing, or you should replace it before it does fail.
Though hopefully not the case, you should be prepared (mentally at least) that the data on the drive is unrecoverable. With whats happening its a delicate situation. Check in the device manager ->disk manager and look what kind of drive it is showing up as. If it shows up in there that's really good. It might just have somehow got switched (by the OS) to the offline setting. All you would need to do then is initialize the drive (wizard will do all the work for you) and wait to see what comes up. Long as the data isn't corrupted you should then be able to use the drive again through the regular windows explorer.
If the computer will let you, run scandisk on and it might be able to fix the disk with just that. Even if it still doesn't work afterwords, it will report any unfix able errors it might have come across. Some of these errors you can still work on, while some basically say your disk is toast.
Not sure what kind of external drive you have, if the above fails or doesn't show up; another possible solution is to take the drive out of the enclose and hook it up directly to the pc. If the motherboard successfully identifies the drive you might be in the clear. Once you're booted into Windows check if its in the explorer pane, if not repeat the procedure about about adding the disk. If it works under this case, something in the enclosure is broken and you just need to replace that.
What I'm afraid that might happen is that one of these two methods will let you successfully mount the disk, but your data might not be there. It just shows up as a 0gb drive and will ask you if you want to format. This means your disk index is probably corrupted and unable to read the data on the disk now. If that's the case you're looking at data retrieval services; though if that is the case I know of a good freeware forensic disk program that could possibly salvage your data if the worst case scenario is what it has become. At that point contact me via email and I'll send you the info, you could also mail me as well if some other kind of strange behavior pops up.
Assuming that you're at least able to get back to the data, I would go to Seagate website and download their SeaTools diagnostic program. Run it on the disk and see what comes up, it could come up with the error that the drive is defective and must be returned (basically it gives you a generic message saying that the drive is dead and nothing you can do about it) or replace. It might be possible that we're able to get the disk readable and up and running, but you should run the diagnostics anyways to see if the disk is reporting any failures. A partially broken disk can still continue to function until you pass a certain threshold or you get a catastrophic failure. After completion it will usually say that your disk is fine, or that its replacing, or you should replace it before it does fail.
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