lupu-520 can't find Hard Drive
Posted: Thu 19 Apr 2012, 21:30
I am not a fan of Windows so have used mainly Apple products for the last 15 years. I inherited a Windows PC running xp pro Service Pack 3 and yesterday after running a file management utility the PC failed to boot up and I got the message " error loading operating system".
Someone trying to help me suggested I turn to Linux full time and make a start by using Puppy Linux to rescue data and files from the Hard Drive. I downloaded lupu-520 saved to disk, set the BIOS to boot from the CD drive and got what I presume is the standard GUI screen .
I hit the Mount icon but the scan only turned up with the floppy and one of the CD\DVD drives. I ran the deeper scan offered and it then found the second optical drive but again no sign of the internal HD.
Can anyone suggest why the HD is not showing up and what I can do to make some progress. I am a complete beginner with Linux and although I know my way round Windows I have no expertise at all with Hard Drive partitions and Registry problems etc.
I have a lot of valuable data on the PC hard Disk only some of which has been backed up and I can't afford to lose the rest so recovering the data is my current concern - if I manage to do that getting the PC to boot up into the OS and be operational again is the secondary aim.
Can anyone help ?
Someone trying to help me suggested I turn to Linux full time and make a start by using Puppy Linux to rescue data and files from the Hard Drive. I downloaded lupu-520 saved to disk, set the BIOS to boot from the CD drive and got what I presume is the standard GUI screen .
I hit the Mount icon but the scan only turned up with the floppy and one of the CD\DVD drives. I ran the deeper scan offered and it then found the second optical drive but again no sign of the internal HD.
Can anyone suggest why the HD is not showing up and what I can do to make some progress. I am a complete beginner with Linux and although I know my way round Windows I have no expertise at all with Hard Drive partitions and Registry problems etc.
I have a lot of valuable data on the PC hard Disk only some of which has been backed up and I can't afford to lose the rest so recovering the data is my current concern - if I manage to do that getting the PC to boot up into the OS and be operational again is the secondary aim.
Can anyone help ?