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  Hello

  1. What is the exact error message you get?

  2 did you a recent software or changes to the material on the computer?

  Method 1:

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• Qosmio F30 - 112 - Windows XP does not recognize the HARD drive

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  Just a question:
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  The fact is that your notebook has a SATA controller and you need a SATA (Intel Matrix Storage Manager) driver.

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  I think that your HARD drive or disc HARD controller of the motherboard is faulty, but I don't know m.
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  You replaced the HARD drive by a new one or the BIOS don't recognize the old HDD?

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  4. When you are prompted, type the administrator password. If you have not set a password for the account admin simply press on enter
    
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  When I try to update the firmware, the "not enough disk space" message.

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