You need to format and partition the drive.
If it's XP, just boot from the CD and follow the directions.
If it's another OS, let us know.


Chris Gagne wrote:
> I recently used KillDisk (free version) to wipe a primary hard drive. Now, when I re-boot it shows that the primary slave, secondary master and secondary slave do not exist. At the bottom of the screen it says "Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter".
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> What do I have to do to make the system recognize the hard drive so that I can reinstall Windows. Thank you all!
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> Chris
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