My system is unable to detect the hard drive.

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• XP Pro - unable to detect the hard drive during the upgrade

  Hello

  I was trying to add a second IDE hard drive to my PC, after the installation of the system tells me not hard are detected. Press FI to try again. F2 to set up. I did both, but the drive still not detected and the system could not start.

  I try to install back my original drive (a drive), but the problem persists.

  Can I know how to fix this?

  It can because of the IDE Hard Drive cable?

  Thank you

  Low

  It is not at all what you did (for example, why do you of the re - install your original disc).  However, if what you were doing was to connect the new drive to the middle connector on the cable and then disconnect it, maybe all what you did was disconnect the cable at the end of the motherboard.

  Yes, your problem may be a faulty IDE cable... but that seems unlikely given that it worked before... unless you damaged the cable while you were trying to connect the second drive.

  Look carefully at the end of the motherboard of the cable and make sure it is properly connected, do not offset by a PIN or two and - if you had unplugged, that you do not bend the pins when you reconnect it.

• Message "Unable to locate the hard drive" after using XP Pro recovery disk

  I used my reinstall windows Home drive to recover a file system corrupted on a windows operating system pro. I hit the 'R' to repair key when he asked but now when I rebooted... I get a message "unable to locate the hard drive. Does anyone have an idea what went wrong? And I order a Windows OEM Pro installation disc and just do a clean install?

  
  

• Portege 3500 didn't detect the HARD drive in the BIOS

  Hi forum,

  I go out the HARD drive, when I stick to the rear; the BIOS didn't detect the HARD drive.
  How can I configure the HARD drive in the BIOS? The discs i/o isn't editable t option.

  I need urgent help...

  Thank you

  Try to access the BIOS and set the defaults. Don t forget to save the changes. ;)

  A friend of mine had a similar problem and the BIOS default settings has been the key.

  So check it out

• Acer gateway ne570 won't boot upward and I tried the bios and it always detects the hard drive

  I have an acer gateway ne570 and it does not start and I tried the bios and it always detects the hard drive but first boot priority is boot windows which is the only thing on the menu Manager startup options when you press on enter where the box "no boot device, press a key" comes after starting the laptop and when the gateway logo appears. I've had for over a year and the hard drive still works and my laptop didn't come with a recovery or recovery usb drive. And I also used the alt + f10 button that linked me right back to square "no boot device, press a key. Anyway, what should I do?

  you need a PC to use the tool of creation of the windows window.

  to boot from the CD or USB, press F12 on startup and choose the correct boot device.

• Unable to defragment the hard drive get a message that says: incosistancies in the file system

  Original title: cannot defragment the hard drive

  I have windows xp. All dates are updated. Whenever I try to defragmant my c drive I get a message that says: incosistancies in the file system and told me to run chkdsk and scan disk and try to defragment again but I keep getting same message. How can I fix it?

  Hi cliffordsevec,

  Follow these methods.

  Method 1: Follow these steps:

  Step 1: Relocation of defragmentation

  (a) in the disk, find the directory c:\Windows\Inf. If the system directory is not on the c: drive or not named Windows, find by clicking on "Start", then "run" and type %Windir%\Inf in the area.

  (b) find the file called dfrg.inf.

  (c) right click on the file and select "install".

  Step 2: Repair defrag

  un) Click on "Start", then "run", run this command: regsvr32 dfrgsnap.dll.

  (b) click "Start", then "run" and execute this command: regsvr32 dfrgui.dll.

  (c) run Defrag.

  Method 2: Follow the steps in the article.

  Disk Defragmenter does not work on a Windows XP-based computer

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/922379

  Method 3: Follow the steps in the article to check the drive for errors.

  How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/315265

  Note: If bad sectors are found in the hard drive, then it could try to fix this particular sector. If you have any data on that, it can get lost.

• Re: My laptop does not start, it cannot detect the hard drive

  I'm having the same problem but a bit different. I noticed that the support said to replace the hard drive and that's what I did with a disc Windows 8.1 and I took a step after test and see if my hard drive is not really usable. I put it in another computer that is also running Windows 8.1. It worked but my origianl computer still does not work, it says always "no drive detected". What the heck!

  think at this point, the best thing to do for you what we call. It is perhaps that the computer is a little less than a year and is still under warranty. Whatever the case, a technical support professional phone can certainly discuss your options with you.

  What you can do, is to use the following link to create yourself a file number, then call and it can help to expedite the appeal process:
  
  Step 1. Open the link: www.hp.com/contacthp/
  Step 2. Enter the product number or select Auto detection
  Step 3. Scroll up to "still need help? Fill out the form to select your contact options.
  Step 4. Scroll down and click on: contact HP options - click Get phone number
  
  File number and phone number are displayed.

• New NB550D clean system and TOSHIBA recovery on the HARD drive.

  Hello

  I was wondering, if I install a new clean Win 7 on my NB550D I keep TOSHIBA recovery on the HARD drive and when I need to use it.

  If so, how can I do?

  > I was wondering, if I install a new clean Win 7 on my NB550D I keep TOSHIBA recovery on the HARD drive and when I need to use it.
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  Document reading s user manuals. You will find exact description, how it works.

• When you try to re - install Windows XP, it does not detect the hard drive.

  Hi all. I tired to do a reinstall of Windows XP today. It seems to take a lot of time, and then I did a very stupid thing. I turned off the laptop that I had to go. Now when I try to start the laptop on the cd, I get as far the screen where I have to press on enter to install Windows XP pro on the system or press R to repair. The problem is that there is now no facilities to choose from in the box below and the system is not recognizing the hard drive. I can't even as much as the screen to format the drive. When I press ENTER to install windows xp, then I get a blue screen telling me that the system shuts down to protect my pc. Is anyone able to tell me what to do to solve this problem please. Thank you very much in advance for your help. Noel

  original title: I did a stupid thing... Windows XP Pro

  Sounds like a hard drive problem then. Your drive is maybe defective. First of all, you can use the partition of diagnostic Dell (F12) for its determination.

  In case there is a SATA problem, press F2 to enter the BIOS and change the setting of hard disk SATA to legacy. (Might as well try this first.)

• I installed a new hard drive on my dell 1545, I bought preimum windows 7 64 bit and install it dosent detect the hard drive

  I broke my hard drive on my dell inspiron 1545, I bought a new 1 TB WD HDD and a new operating system windows 7 preimum 64 bit. I installed it

  He dosent see the hard drive, it says re seat the drive and it's in the rite. What should I do

  The hard drive is may be defective. Take it back to the store and get his change for a good...

• Equium - does not detect the HARD drive more

  I just got this Toshiba 1 TB HARD drive and it has worked well so far... it's the thing like that

  Computer detects something (no dolls just the standard plug and unplug a usb) and that's it. Cable is fine, it is in the rear port USB 2.0 into a witch, he has always been, without modifications have been made to the operating system (this is a computer storage without an internet connection).

  Any suggestions?
  Thanks in advance for you're time

  Hello

  Maybe you should post more details about it:

  -Exact cell model
  -Is an external HARD drive?
  -If Yes, what is the description of the exact model?

  However, you may try another USB cable. I had a similar problem and the reason was a faulty USB cable.

• Help me. H700 RAID does not detect the HARD drive.

  Hello everyone!

  My Dell C2100 used CPU X 5650 and 700 Raid Perc.

  After connection, system says:

  "Enclosed envelope does not support in the direct mapping of the controller mode.

  Please contact your system.

  System was interrupted because of the supported configuration. »

  I replaced the H700 raid, then wire and FW update. System not notification but after press Ctrl + R, perc raid h700 not detect any hard disk.

  Please help me!

  TKS!

  TrungDV

  The issue is due to backplane having a bad rider on the expansion of the plant.  To correct this remove J15 the C2100 3.5 "bottom of basket, or backplane C2100 2.5 J7".  Refer to the below pictures to help locate the jumpers.

  3.5 "

  

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• Win7 doesn't detect the HARD drive Bay upgrade

  When I took the DVD player (which works fine) and put it HDD, Windows 7 does not detect this disc HARD (it does not appear in 'My Computer' or computer management-> storage) but it is detected in linux (parted magic), in the box to the USB and when I open Intel Rapid Storage it's show here.

  Do you have any idea what past?

  My laptop:

  8470w

  Upgrade Bay is enabled in the bios

  I replaced: 1x4Go-> 2x8GB RAM, 640 GB-> 1 TB HARD drive

  added mSata SSD

  I'm trying to replace the DVD drive for the third HARD drive

  I'm sorry, but to get your question more exposure I suggest posting in the trade forums since it is a commercial product. You can do so at http://h30499.www3.hp.com/hpeb/ .

  I hope this helps.

• RECOVERY CD CAN NOT DETECT THE HARD DRIVE

  Hello!

  I HAVE HP PAVILION xt412 NOTEBOOK. AFTER THAT IT CRASHED, I TRIED TO RECOVER MY LAPTOP USING THE RECOVERY CD.

  AFTER A WHILE A MESSAGE COME TO SAY "SETUP COULD NOT DETECT ANY HDD, PUT IN PLACE WILL LEAVE."

  BEFORE THE CRASH IT WAS WORKING VERY WELL, NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I'D APPRECIATE ANY HELP.

  Thank you.

  Looks like your hard drive failure caused the accident. You need to replace it and then start with recovery disks to install hard drive again.

• M6-1105dx cannot detect the hard drive

  my machine is m6-1105dx with Windows 7. It cannot start with an error "boot device not found, please install an operating system on your hard drive. The error number is 3F0 and he recalled by pressing F2 for system diagnostics.

  In diagnostic tests, memory test works fine, but the hard disk check gives error "SMART Check: NOT INSTALLED; "DST short: DO NOT INSTALLED."

  I tried with two different hard disks and there were mistakes. Anyone know what is happening?

  Assuming that hard drives are actually showing good on another PC, then the SATA cable may be bad, does not have the connections, or the contoller is bad.  I would like to start by refuse as those first several elements - HDD, SATA cable, connections, etc are good.  If it is the controller, it is not easy to repair on a laptop.  Probably needs a new motherboard.  I used something similar to THIS to make sure that the disc is good or not.