My desktop is a 5 year old Dell Dimension 8400, Has run XP since the day I got it, and about three years ago I added a second internal HD to expand its memory.
Recently, its been having trouble finding that second HD. For no particular reason that I can tell, during operations, the HD will vanish from the system, and
I will have to reboot (sometimes several times), to find it again. Once, this happened with my primary HD, but was solved after a friend looked at it. (Just
looked. Didn't mess with the insides at all.)
I've already dug around inside and tried my best to tighten up the connectors in there, but its still recurring.
Any help would be appreciated immensely. I don't have the funding currently to even think about buying/building a new desktop machine, and I have separate
problems with my laptop.
Recently, its been having trouble finding that second HD. For no particular reason that I can tell, during operations, the HD will vanish from the system, and
I will have to reboot (sometimes several times), to find it again. Once, this happened with my primary HD, but was solved after a friend looked at it. (Just
looked. Didn't mess with the insides at all.)
I've already dug around inside and tried my best to tighten up the connectors in there, but its still recurring.
Any help would be appreciated immensely. I don't have the funding currently to even think about buying/building a new desktop machine, and I have separate
problems with my laptop.