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An IDE hard drive in a notebook PC does not respond. What are two methods the technician can use to determine if the problem is the hard drive or the notebook's IDE interface? (Select TWO)
The correct answer is B. test the unresponsive laptop with a healthy hard drive D. test the unresponsive hard drive in a healthy laptop. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
An IDE hard drive in a notebook PC does not respond. What are two methods the technician can use to determine if the problem is the hard drive or the notebook's IDE interface? (Select TWO)
Options
- Aboot from a floppy and then run FDISK
- Btest the unresponsive laptop with a healthy hard drive
- Creplace the notebook's motherboard, then confirm whether the hard drive works
- Dtest the unresponsive hard drive in a healthy laptop
- Eboot from a CD and then run FDISK
How the community answered
(46 responses)- A4% (2)
- B72% (33)
- C15% (7)
- E9% (4)
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