Vista does not recognize the 640 GB hard drive

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  Hello

  HP 6120 t (vista) BIOS does not recognize the second IDE hard drive connected via IDE-SATA controller. The other SATA disk and the DVD player came with the machine.

  I hooked my old 200 GB Hitachi drive via the controller. I also put the jumbers in the present as a slave. I also took the original WD drive and just connect the IDE hard drive. BIOS do not show any drive at all.

  I would try something possible at this time I have a lot of my data on the old disk.

  Thanks appreciate any suggestion.

  Try to enter the BIOS and I believe under change of Advanced menu of SATA to IDE or Enhanced.

  You need to do when you install Windows XP or you will get a blue screen and it does not start.

  Don't forget chang back when you put it in your drive home hard sata.

• Portege M400: Windows XP does not recognize the 160 GB HARD drive

  Hello

  I have a Toshiba Portege M400 with Windows XP Tablet Edition. Now, I bought a new 160 GB drive. This disk can be recognized within the location Phase Installation of XP. Do I need a new driver?

  Best regards

  Karl Weber

  Hello

  You have to install and include the Portege M400 RAID drivers.
  It's a bit confusing because little protégé M400 does not support 2 HARD drive, but the RAID driver is required.

  Please check the Toshiba European page and download the RAID driver. During the installation of XP her you have to press the F6 key to include the driver from an external USB FDD drive.

  After you have included the don t RAID driver format HARD drive because this will lead to the driver losing.

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• Satellite A55-S106 does not recognize the 160 GB HARD drive

  I replaced the 60 GB IDE HDD in my laptop Toshiba Satellite A55-S106 with a 160 GB one of Western Digital.

  I've restored a Ghost 10 image to the new drive on a hard disk external. The computer still recognizes only 60 GB. Belarc and HD Tune to see a 160 GB drive, but show the volumes as being only 60 GB.

  Disk management Windows show 93,16 GB as unallocated.
  I am running Windows XP SP3.

  Someone at - it ideas? The BIOS can be crippled somehow? I can't find anything in the BIOS that seems to address hard drive size.

  I started directly on the Ghost recovery CD after installing the new drive. Should I have formatted, it firstly somehow? Here I used the original recovery CD to recover everything first and then restored the Ghost image?

  I put a 160 GB drive in an old 1999 Dell desktop running Windows 98 and no problems like that. It is hard to believe that a laptop from 2005 would have this problem. It is, however, my first attempt at using a version of Ghost Windows hard drive recovery.

  > I started directly on the Ghost recovery CD after installing the new drive. Should I have formatted, it firstly somehow?

  Yes, I suppose the HARD drive was not formatted in NTFS file format.
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  Please check first!

• Tecra M9 - does not recognize the 320 GB HARD drive

  Hello @ all,

  I tried to install the HARD drive, but it seems to be not recognized by the BIOS. Any chance to get this problem resolved?
  With Acronis Disk Man. I get an error message: No. HDD installed!
  BIOS version is 1.80, HARD drive is a Seagate ST9320421ASG (Momentus 7200.3 320).

  Thanks in advance

  Hello!

  Have you tested the HARD drive in a laptop or in an external enclosure? Maybe it s faulty.
  Or you test another HARD drive in this notebook.

  Normally a 320 should work in Tecra M9.
  There is a new version of the BIOS on the Toshiba, but I doubt that the problem of the article, but try to update.

  Good bye

• my computer does not recognize the WD external hard drive

  I use WD My Book external hard drive in my laptop (Vista) DELL for extra storage space. But all of a sudden I don't see in my computer!

  When I looked at , , info., (in addition to the "OS" & "Recovery") I saw "'unknown disc', so I tried see its properties by right-clicking, then I saw"WD My Book external hard drive"name in it and she said"working properly "; but when I played with it, I must have done something wrong, this name of 'unknown disc' missing from the list in my computer. How can I make my WD get work again?

  Hello

  Thank you for posting.

  I suggest you to contact the manufacturer of the device. They should be able to help you.

  Check out the link

  http://support.wdc.com/?wdc_lang=en

• Vista does not recognize the mass storage controller driver

  How can I get microsoft to recognize their own software and files show as my controller driver of mass in diagnostic checks and updates storage?

  * original title - BUG not installed mass storage controller driver *.

  I don't really understand your question. The mass storage controller driver is available from the website of your computer mftr. (if you have a machine of brand OEM like HP, Dell, etc.) and is included in the card mother/chipset drivers OR you would get the driver from site of the card mother mftr. If you have a generic construction machine. You don't want to update these drivers from Microsoft Windows Update in all cases. If you installed Windows 7 and that you have not installed these drivers, this is your next step.

  General information on the drivers:

  Never get the drivers from Windows Update. Bring:

  1. site of the device mftr. ; OR
  2. site of the card mother mftr. If the material is on board; OR
  3. website of the OEM manufacturer for your specific machine if you have a PC OEM (HP, Dell, Sony, etc.).

  Read the installation instructions on the Web site where you get the drivers.

  To find out what hardware is in your computer:

  1. read all documentation that you got when you purchased the computer.
  2. If the computer is OEM, access the site Web of the OEM for your specific model machine and look at the specs (you'll be there to get the drivers anyway)
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  http://www.gtopala.com/ - System Information for Windows

  MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

• Tecra S3: Installation of Vista does not recognize the HARD drive

  I try to install Vista Ultimate on my Tecra S3, but installation does not recognize the HARD drive.

  I tried to find the driver for Vista for my computer, but not found RAID.
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  Do you have an idea where I can download Vista drivers for RAID?

  THX

  Hello

  Your suggestion is good. The Tecra S3 supports the RAID, and the RAID driver is required to install the OS on the HARD drive.
  On the European driver Toshiba page I found a RAID for XP driver.

  I put t know if this driver will run under Vista, but I recommend to test.
  The RAID XP 1.3.8.0 driver version can be downloaded from this site:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp?service=EU

  Please note; You can store the RAID driver on an external USB and Vista should recognize it!

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• Satellite A100 does not recognize the new CD/DVD drive

  I bought a new CD/DVD drive for my A-100 of Toshiba Satellite age of four year old went crazy and wouldn't work.

  Unfortunately, I bought a DVD of Toshiba Portege A100 / reader Combo CD - RW that is not exactly what I had before the jump that it will still work.

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  I just plugged it because that's the way I was told to do.
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  The BIOS does not recognize this new CURIOUS because the player seems not to be fully compatible.
  I think there bad master/slave/c-salt settings

  As you know these settings can be changed on the external CD/DVD drive for desktop switching jumper. But it is not possible for computers portable CD/DVD players.

  You can solve it only purchase a new compatible disc.

  Usually the ASP in your country could help you buy this disc of these guys here
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• Vista does not recognize the auto-disque external eSata hard.

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  worked but stopped, got a new mouse and still does not recognize it. I really need it... help please

  Hello

  
  1. do you get an error message?
  2. would either not detected other USB devices in the same port?
  
  Method 1: perform the steps in the article mentioned below and check if the problem persists.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/tips-for-solving-problems-with-USB-devices
  
  Method 2: run the Fixit and see if the problem is resolved.
  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/en-us
   
  Method 3: update the chipset drivers and see if the problem occurs.
  Note: you must contact the manufacturer of the computer to update the chipset driver.
  
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• Windows Vista does not recognize the removable storage device

  ISSUE INITIAL 2010-03-03)
  Here's the scenario:
  1. Insert the card compact flash.
  2 computer recognizes the removable storage (that is, it is assigned a drive letter and appears in disk management).
  3. use the icon remove the device safely in the taskbar to stop the machine to remove safely.
  4. remove the card compact flash.
  5. Insert the compact flash card.
  6. the computer does not recognize removable storage (that is, it is not assigned a drive letter and does not appear in disk management).

  The only way I can get windows to recognize the drive is to restart my computer. How can I get windows recognize the drive without having to reboot?   This problem does not occur with USB flash drives.

  Windows Vista Hame Premium, 64-bit, Service Pack 2 operating system

  UPDATE (04/03/2010):
  I have more information, I hope this helps to reach a solution.

  -J' repeated the steps above 1 to 3, with open Device Manager.  In step 3, in the Device Manager window, the icon for the question USB mass storage device becomes the exclamation point in yellow triangle icon.  Check its properties on the tab "General", in the "Device status" box, it says: "Windows cannot use this hardware device because it has been established for"safe removal", but it has not been removed from the computer. (Code 47)  IX this problem, disconnect the device from your computer and then reconnect it.  Click on 'Search for solutions' to send data about this device to Microsoft and to see if there is a solution available. »
  -J' then removed the card and rest of the error state.
  -J' I re inserted the card, and rest of the error state.
  -J' I then tried to update the driver by accessing the tab "driver", click on "Update driver", click on "Automatically search for an updated driver", and the result was "the best driver for your device is already installed."

  I found the solution on this hp web page:
  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/document?DocName=bph07910&tmp_task=solveCategory&LC=en&DLC=en&cc=us&product=3876397&lang=en#N1074

  Basically, it says NOT to use the function "remove the device safely.  Instead, just right-click on the drive in the Solution Explorer, then choose "Eject".  Works perfectly.

  Some excerpts...
  "Memory card readers are devices that use the icon remove the device safely in the notification area in the taskbar). Do not click stop in the window, remove the device safely. Doing so can disconnect the card memory reader for Windows. In this case, restart the computer to reset the memory card reader. »
  "An alternative to the restart of the computer is to use the option optimize for fast moving functionality in Windows.

• Windows Vista does not recognize the drive c does not appear in 'my computer '.

  When I try to use the c drive, it turns only. 'My computer' does not show the c drive, but did before. How can I get Windows to recognize the drive again?

  Hello

  Try the microsoft 'fix - it' for your problem below

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/en-us

  and read this information too

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/982116/en-us

• Windows Vista does not recognize the graphics card and the broadband

  Original title: recognize the graphics card and the broadband connection

  Windows vista can't recognize the graphics card and the broadband connection in the Dell laptop

  Hi mfadhelmu,

  1. When did you start to question?

  2. you remember to make changes to the computer before this problem?

  3. you receive messages or error codes?

  4. have you updated all device drivers?

  You can try to launch the Fixit and see if it helps:

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  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/

  Hope this information is useful.

  Jeremy K
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• Vista does not recognize the previous Windows forms (2003) and Excel spreadsheets. Is there any solution for this?

  Vista does not accept Windows 2003 documents and spreadsheets - is there a solution?

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  By 2003 documents and spreadsheets are you referring to Microsoft Office 2003? Vista is not a copy of Microsoft Office as part of the operating system; You can buy a copy of Microsoft Office. However, if it is simply a case of you is not not able to read (to create, you will need a copy of Microsoft Office) there is still rlevant application "Viewer Office." You need a viewer for each application, but, basically, it allows you to 'see' the documents word, excel etc. documents without having a copy of Microsoft Office on your system. As I said, you can "show" them if you need to change or create excel spreadsheets or word documents, you must purchase a copy of office.

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