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• HARD drive internal not recognized by Device Manager.

  I've been trolling these forums for the last few days in search of some answers, but nothing seems to get close to my problem.

  First basic info. Dell Inspirion D630 laptop computer Windows XP Prof SP3. Hardware config: 120 GB drive HARD internal, DVD player, 2 GB of memory. Pretty basic configuration. No hardware changes have been made.

  Here's the senerio problem. Notebook PC starts without any problems, but while XP is loading all the services I get error that meet "Generic Host Process for Win32 services has encountered a problem and needs to close...". ', the error msg and the laptop is pretty useless at the moment (explorer, Task Manager, etc.) does not run. I then close the laptop and can start in "safe mode", but pass messages "the instruction at 001ba6ae tried to access memory at the location 000000, the memory could not be written" every few minutes. But I can access Explorer, Task Manager, etc.. Thought may have viruses or malicious and software ran Mcafee several times and came back clean everytime. Could not MalwareBytes to run, but was able to run GMER (it was suggested on the forums). There is no report on any specific malware, but it showed that several sectors on the HARD disk showed malware like behavior. But he also showed that he could not detect the hard drive (showed the HKLM...\CurrentControlSet\ info for the reader, he tried to find). So long story even longer, made a few inquiries via these forums as determined as SVCHOST. EXE was not while trying to run "winmgmt. Also discovered was that the Device Manager and Storage Manager does not show the Hard Drive AT ALL. They do not show the DVD player and if I install a USB they show, but they show that the Disk 0 in the lists. (If installed USB watch drive 0, another DVD wise shows disk 0). If I open Windows Explorer, it shows the drive c: hard, I can access all the files on the disk without problem. If I show the 'properties' for the reader, it indicates the correct used/unused space for the reader. If I click on the "Hardware" tab, the only one listed is the DVD player.

  So I know a bit what is the problem, I just do not know what to do to FIX IT. other that my last resort resort which would be to do a full clean install of windows. Any suggestions?

  Sorry for the long winded question, but I wanted to provide as much information as possible.

  See you soon.

  Use the hd Dell utility audit or, failing that the Seagate bootable Seatools utility test

• I have always used the windows logo + L key to lock my computer, I remove things from my hard drive and now it locks not for me... need your help :)

  I have always used the windows logo + L key to lock my computer, I remove things from my hard drive and now it locks not for me... need your help :)

  Hi ddbowers01,

  The other shortcut keys work?

  Try pressing CTRL + ALT + DELETE and then try to lock the computer and check.

  Check the setting below:

  a. in the Control Panel, click user accounts.

  b. click on change the way users log on or off the power.

  c. Click to uncheck use the screen of welcome for a quick and easy connection.

  d. click OK.

  With regard to:

  Samhrutha G S - Microsoft technical support.

  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• 2nd HARD drive internal for e9180f

  Hi, I want to add a second internal hdd to my e9180f for the purpose of a backup drive. In my view, there is a spare Bay and a connection SATA spare available in the wardrobe, however there is no power cord. I notice that the power for the primary drive crosses a short red cable attached to the motherboard, and I also notice that there is an identical form on the right side of the motherboard which is used to power the main drive.

  I am wondering therefore if Ineed to do, is to get another identical to the one that powers the main hard drive cable and connect it to the above mentioned plug?

  Thank you!

  Hello Eaglezeye, there is a space in the hard drive next to the HDD cage existing.

  The Red wire plugged into the existing hard drive is the data cable. There is also a longer power cable connected to the drive.

  You can order a retail hard drive that should come with a red data cable. This cable would connect to the sata port existing next to the one you already have.

  It takes a power connector in the wiring harness available for the new hard drive, probably just above the hard drive cage.

  The new hard drive must be partitioned and formatted before that you can use.

  The commercial version usually has a CD in the box that you can insert into the optical drive and restart the system. It will open the configuration screen and provide instructions on how to partition and format the new drive.

  When it ends, just remove the CD and restart the system. When the screen appears, you will see a message that new hardware be found and drivers required for this drive will be installed very quickly.

  The new hard drive will be recognized by the operating system and be ready to use.

  I hope this helps.

• Hard drive is not recognized in the BIOS - Equium A60

  Hi hope someone can help. I have a Toshiba Equium EA60-173 and the hard drive is not recognized in the BIOS. When I remove the hard drive and put it in another laptop it is detected fine. I also tried another hard drive in the Toshiba and that does not work either. So I suspect the IDE controller has disappeared, but can I do to confirm this? I wish there was an option in the BIOS to force detection. I updated the BIOS but still the same.

  This laptop is only just out of warranty, so if it is the controller would I need to replace the motherboard? Are there other options at my disposal?

  Thanks in advance.

  Hi Neil,

  Unless there is some physical\problem with the cable/connector hard drive, then it is most likely that you will have a new mainboard for your laptop. I suggest you to contact an authorized service partner and ask them to check your laptop and give you an estimate of the cost of the repair. Then you can try to shop for less expensive alternatives.

  Kind regards

• No boot sector on hard drive internal?

  I got a Dell Latitude D610 with XP Professional pre-installed on a few years ago and it worked fine up until last month. I discovered that the hard drive crashed so I bought a new.

  After I installed the new hard drive, when I turn on the computer to reinstall the operating system, I get the error "no boot sector on hard drive internal no bootable devices - strike F1 to retry Reboot, F2 for Setup utility"

  Now, whenever I look in the BIOS, it is said that she read my hard drive. (40 GB HARD DRIVE) I know that the drive is empty and the OS installation disc has service pack 2 on it, but when I put the disc in I get the same error message. The drive, which I am using is a clean CD Windows XP Pro I had earlier.

  I'm guessing that because the HARD drive is perfectly clean, is it not a MBR hard disk. I don't know how to get the disc to run and the diagnosis says that everything else is fine.

  I am a student with a part-time job full time and cannot afford a new laptop or even an operating system for the moment. Could someone help me find a solution to this problem?

  OK, I solved the problem:

  -J' have torn the XP Pro CD Image and stored on this desktop computer.
  -J' mounted the ISO on my flash drive.
  -J' took my laptop HARD drive
  -On my laptop, I set the BIOS to boot from USB
  -I reconnected it the HARD drive while the computer has booted the OS Setup
  -J' reinstalled the operating system of the
  -Download the drivers on the Dell site and put on another flash drive
  -Install the drivers on my laptop

  Now, it works fine. Like everything new again. Daavee and THIS_IS_INSANE, you two are awesome! Thanks for the help. x]

• Replaced hard drive. Now USB ports do not work.

  My hard drived has crashed and my local computer guy took my external drive and used in my computer to replace the drive crashed.  Everything seems to work fine, but today, I realized that the USB ports on the front of my computer do not work.  There are two in the back, but they seem to work since everything which is plugged into those are usable.  What could have happened?  Can I repair myself or do I have to carry it up to him and spend another $100 that I don't have?

  Well an operating system could be run from an external hard drive, but now that its gone, what

  place with the old hd, why run outside so the inside is corrupt... If you're in the hd was not

  replaced by a new one, buy a new one, install, install the xp cd, boot from the xp cd, have xp format

  & install a clean operating system. Unplug the old one during xp installation, plug it in again after startup pc

  in the BIOS, set the drive boot priority, once under xp, get any data you want on it, then format, use

  as storage and a swap file... Get more information from kb307889 & kb303079

• External hard drive is not recognized

  My external hard drive is not recognized by windows, the led lights up but no display on 'my computer '.

  Try it on another computer, if it doesn't, it could be a bad cable or hard drive box. Use a different cable or an enclosure.

  If it works on another computer, on your computer check the disk, if it is displayed in computer management. In Explorer, right click on "Computer", click 'manage '. Under computer management, storage, click on "disk management". If it is showing a right click on it, click on «Change drive letter and path...» ", click the"Edit"button and then assign a drive letter.

  Or if the reader is displayed, you can check in the Device Manager. In the device under Universal Serial Bus controllers Manager looking for the drive generally a mass storage device, right-click on it, uninstall and then restart. If does not uninstall everything under USB controllers, then restart your computer.

• How to use the utility disk first aid for hard drive internal el captian

  How to use the utility disk first aid for hard drive internal el captian

  Select the drive and click first aid.

  If something is not repairable because this is the system drive, then you need to start using the recovery partition and run disk utility it.

• How to import bookmarks Firefox to a hard drive in another PC Firefox browser? The hard drive containing the bookmark has been deleted from a computer whose mother is dead, but the hard drive can be recognized outside on the new computer.

  How to import bookmarks Firefox to a hard drive in another PC Firefox browser? The hard drive containing the bookmark has been deleted from a computer whose mother is dead, but the hard drive can be recognized outside on the new computer.

  See this support article:
  
  http://support.Mozilla.com/en-us/KB/recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

• Satellite A200 PSAF6A - HARD drive is not recognized. No recovery of product

  The drive HARD in my Toshiba Satellite A200 PSAF6A-0US01N is not recognized in the machine or any other computer, so I can't run any windows/toshiba repair.

  I know that readers have a factory reset hidden on the disc and press 0 to the power upward, but with the unreadable disk, how can I repair my installation of Windows Vista?

  Hello

  If the HARD drive is not recognized by the BIOS or other laptops, then I would say that your HARD drive is defective.
  In this case, you need to replace the HARD drive.
  In this case, you will not be able to start the recovery procedure from the HARD drive because it works badly as he has already said

  Are you from the Australia? If you need a recovery disk, I recommend contacting the local Toshiba ASP to get this drive

• How to replace the hard drive internal on Satellite 2450?

  Hello!
  Last month, after a BSOD displayed (I don't have the code of error message, unfortunately) my laptop decided to not work again.
  At the start, he reached the start menu and then displays a black screen... no message, no auto restart... nothing. Just a weird noise coming from the hard drive (like a scratched cd).

  I tried to format the drive, but without success. After choosing the boot source, trying to read the cd and the black screen appears again, with no message. I checked if the Bay of cd is not working properly and it is. (I think)
  So I replaced the HDD in my satellite 2450. A new toshiba ide 2.5 30 GB hard drive. But when I install a new one, the system does not recognize.

  The control panel of the Bios says that "no hard disk" is available, and I can not change this option. (locked)
  With the Windows Xp cd in the drive, the Setup program runs all properly until the 'select drive' format menu, witch says that no hard drive is recognized (with a new drive hard in).

  I don't really know what to do!
  Is something missing in this process?

  Thank you for the patience

  Hello

  The laptop did not recognize a new HARD drive. Which is one reason why Win XP cannot follow the additional installation steps

  I can't say exactly why the HARD drive is not recognized, but the 30 GB IDE should be ok.
  I remember one of my friends had a similar problem with the new HARD drive.
  Some hard drives have a jumper (3.5 HARD drive and 2.5 IDE HARD drive too)
  Maybe you should check if a rider has been set to the right position (slave?).

  Check it otherwise that I recommend to test with another new HARD drive

  In the worst case the disc HARD controller might be faulty, but it would mean replacing a motherboard

• Cannot start. Don't get the error "no boot sector on hard drive internal.

  Original title: computer does not load.

  After that I turned on my laptop (windows XP) I get a black screen saying "no boot sector on hard drive internal" "no devices bootable-strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for installation; After pressing F1 displays the same screen and if I press F2 Setup screen appears and then I'm lost. Help please!

  Hi Jose_luna47,

  1. Did you the latest changes on the computer?
  2. When was the last time it was working fine?

  Method 1

  I suggest that you perform chkdsk analysis on the computer to check and fix the errors on the hard drive by using the recovery console.

  Chkdsk

  http://www.Microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/proddocs/en-us/chkdsk.mspx?mfr=true

  How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/307654

  Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console for advanced users

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/314058

  Method 2

  If the previous step fails, then you will need to check the settings in the basic input/output system (BIOS) and you need to contact the computer manufacturer for help with basic input/output system (BIOS).

  Important: Change (CMOS) BIOS/complementary metal oxide semiconductor settings can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the configuration of the BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Changes to settings are at your own risk.

• somehow I have scratched my order of device driver / & audio volume from my hard drive and now I have no sound. What have I done?

  somehow I have scratched my order of device driver / & audio volume from my hard drive and now I have no sound. What have I done?

  Fujitsu lifebook

  Hello

  Thank you for writing to Microsoft Communities.

  Until we start troubleshooting on this issue please provides us with additional information by answering a few questions below, this will help us better solutions to the problems.

  1. What is the exact model of your computer?

  2. what exactly happens when you try to play sounds on the computer?

  If you are not able to hear sound on the computer, then I suggest you to try the steps mentioned in the link and check if this may help.

  No sound in Windows: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/no-sound-help#no-sound=windows-xp&v1h=win8tab2&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab1

  Select the appropriate model and try to install the sound drivers from here: http://www.fujitsu-pc-asia.com/driversupport/selectioninterface/selection.html

  Please follow these recommended steps and post if you still experience the problem.

• I have a laptop has replaced the hard drive and now it gives me a list of the available networks.

  Impossible to get all the networks

  have a laptop has replaced the hard drive and now it gives me a list of available networks with I know because my Tablet connects fine as it is

  Hi deborahmoore,

  ·         You get the error message?

  Follow the steps in the article.

  Solve problems, find wireless networks

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-problems-finding-wireless-networks

  Windows wireless and wired network connection problems

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/wired-and-wireless-network-connection-problems-in-Windows