Primary hard drive 1 not found

When I go to start my computer it says Primary Hard Disk Drive not found 1, strike F1 to continue, F2 to run Setup notility. Until yesterday, I could press F1 and still use my computer but now F1 does nothing. I can still get into Setup, but I don't know where to go to from there. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hi RebelxxQueen,

· What is the number and the model of the computer?

· You made changes to hardware or BIOS settings recently?

You may need to change the BIOS settings.

Important: Contact the manufacturer of the computer to do the below changes the modification of metal oxide complementary/BIOS semiconductor (CMOS) 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.

Enter your menu of the BIOS by pressing F2 at startup. Check the following settings:

Function of the option

Primary hard drive 0 displays the primary hard drive 0. The default value is Auto.

Main main Hard Drive 1 shows hard

Disc 1 (if installed). The default value is disabled.

Make sure that primary 0 is set to AUTO.

With regard to:

Samhrutha G S - Microsoft technical support.

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