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Anonymous Posted on Mar 19, 2011

Error code 0f00:0244 during hard drive diagnotic test

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The drive has developed some bad sectors on it
click start run type cmd then type chkdsk/r/f which will scan for and attempt to repair any bad sectors and automatically fix any corrupt files on your hard drive or
click start control panel administrive tools,computer management ,disk management right click on your drive select properties click tools you should see click check now click start two boxes automatically fix files and scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors place then a tick in both boxes then select check now,start should schedule this task when restart
do not do anything while the chkdsk utility is in progress any input may damage your computer
then defragment your hard drive
or you could download partition magic
when you download partition magic you will have the option to make rescue to disks to boot from make these disks then change your first boot device your to floppy drive this will give you options to partition then partition only the good sectors of your hard drive and install an operating system to the good partition Partition Magic 8.0 Partition Magic 8.0
http://www.filehoo.com/download/Partition-Magic-8,0.aspx

hope this helps

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    Brian Sullivan Mar 20, 2011

    incase the link does not work http://www.filehoo.com/download/Partitio...

  • Anonymous Mar 20, 2011

    cannot get to start

  • Brian Sullivan
    Brian Sullivan Mar 20, 2011

    i would check the leads from your motherboard to hard drive Ide,Sata make sure they are securely seated or just replace them if faulty they can give out a similiar error message also no dust built up
    you could download it to another hard drive just to make the floppy discs to boot from then uninstall it if you do not need it

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