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Pls Help, Gurus!!! by Cerebellum: 6:21pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
Good evening computer and laptop gurus My Dell inspiron operating on windows 7 started to bring up something as soon I on it this evening "Hard drive not found". Have looked online but I couldn't get the right thing to do. Pls Help me!!! |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by Nonso92(m): 6:22pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
The hard drive has been detached from the motherboard. Look for a way to get to the hard drive, disconnect it and reconnect it back, it should be fine. |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by Cerebellum: 6:35pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
Nonso92: You mean I should unscrew the Hard drive compartment? |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by HelpYourself(m): 6:36pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
Cerebellum: Enter the bios and first check for attached devices to see if the hard disk is listed If your bios has a diagnostic function run a check on the harddrive Did the laptop fall down from a height ? If the harddrive isn't detected by the bios then maybe it's disconnected from a fall or it's crashed. If you have a flash drive boot into windows installation to find your drive Or if you have a windows install disc use that to boot into installation to see if it detects the drive then use the disc to repair windows It could be a virus some.viruses attack the boot records of the windows harddrive This is especially common in windows 7 You should upgrade to 10 after this. Cheers |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by Cerebellum: 7:01pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
GofuckYourself: It didn't fall And the diskette drive is been listed and clicked already when I checked the booting configuration or so |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by HelpYourself(m): 7:04pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
Cerebellum: Please explain properly so I get you . Did you view attached devices via the bios or installation media ? Did it list the harddrive? 1 Like |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by Cerebellum: 7:17pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
GofuckYourself: This is what I see whenever I press F2 SETTINGS * GENERAL - -Boot sequence(under) Diskette drive clicked) Then under SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SO I DON'T KNOW IF AM TO CHANGE IT TO ATA? |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by HelpYourself(m): 8:16pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
Cerebellum: Click on I ternal.harddrive to see if it's seeing the full size or has a diagnostic option Don't change any settings that weren't changed before this thing happened |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by Cerebellum: 10:40pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
GofuckYourself: Thanks Someone told me to go through the memory noticed that the Primary hard drive displayed "none" indicating it absence So I need to unscrew and connect it back But how obvious will it be if truly it where the problem lies? |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by HelpYourself(m): 10:46pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
Cerebellum: You would see it , though if the laptop didn't fall down there is no way the hard drive could have disconnected . But check all the same . I still believe the laptop fell down |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by Cerebellum: 10:49pm On Apr 14, 2021 |
GofuckYourself: Alright..Thank you I'll give you feedback |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by Nonso92(m): 6:06am On Apr 15, 2021 |
Cerebellum: If you don't know how, search YouTube for the model of your laptop and type hard drive replacement in front for example (Hp 655 hard drive replacement) you should see a video that explains how to remove your hard drive and replace it. Just remove it, and put it back properly, and gently. It should be detected by the bios. |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by Cerebellum: 8:47am On Apr 15, 2021 |
I did as you Gurus said and my system is back and running! Nonso92 and GofuckYourself, I'm so grateful and thanks so much for the guide Cheers |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by Nonso92(m): 9:36pm On Apr 15, 2021 |
Cerebellum: I had to read this comme t like twice, at first I thought I saw "Nonso92 gofuckyourself" You're welcome bro. Happy to help |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by Cerebellum: 10:26am On Apr 16, 2021 |
Nonso92: Lol.. |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by Patrioticbreed9(m): 2:36pm On May 06, 2021 |
You are big fooll |
Re: Pls Help, Gurus!!! by Afromentalist: 10:42am On May 11, 2021 |
Patrioticbreed9:Who is a fool ? |
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