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No Hard Disk Found
I just finished putting a computer together today, and every time I try to turn it on I get the error message "No hard disk found". Its a new HD and so I've gone through and tried adjusting and trying different things in bios but I just get the same message. Part of what I dont get is that in Bios theres an option to change the boot order of the drives and in that section there it is "WD blah blah 640" ect... yet when I try and boot it still claims to not find it. I've tried moving around which SATA slot its in and messed with cables and everything. So then I thought well maybe the HD is bad so I plugged in my old HD which I know works with my old setup and I still get the same message. Maybe Im missing something but every post Ive read so far on the topic has not helped. Some talk about editing bios settings that I don't have and others recommend running disk checks and programs and stuff that I can't do because I have not installed my OS yet (because I cant get it to recognize my disk). Im really stuck here anything I could try would help. - Thanks -- mike6493 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mike6493's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/124770.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...es/1231606.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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No Hard Disk Found
mike6493;1112381 Wrote: I just finished putting a computer together today, and every time I try to turn it on I get the error message "No hard disk found". Its a new HD and so I've gone through and tried adjusting and trying different things in bios but I just get the same message. Part of what I dont get is that in Bios theres an option to change the boot order of the drives and in that section there it is "WD blah blah 640" ect... yet when I try and boot it still claims to not find it. I've tried moving around which SATA slot its in and messed with cables and everything. So then I thought well maybe the HD is bad so I plugged in my old HD which I know works with my old setup and I still get the same message. Maybe Im missing something but every post Ive read so far on the topic has not helped. Some talk about editing bios settings that I don't have and others recommend running disk checks and programs and stuff that I can't do because I have not installed my OS yet (because I cant get it to recognize my disk). Im really stuck here anything I could try would help. - Thanks -- mike6493 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mike6493's Profile: 'mike6493's profile on TechArena Computer Hardware Support Forums of India' (http://forums.techarena.in/members/124770.htm) View this thread: 'No Hard Disk Found - Vista Hardware Devices' (http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...es/1231606.htm) 'TechArena Community - Technology and Computer Hardware Support Forums of India' (http://forums.techarena.in) Are you installing to this Hard drive??? Cuz if so, you need to put in ur windows disk and format and install to it. The message no hard disk can generated from no MBR being found. Put the windows disk in and see if u can install to the hard drive in question. -- krazyl |
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No Hard Disk Found
You refer to your mobo manual for the appropriate settings and for whether
you need to connect your hd to a specific connector. If you messed with your bios settings I'd advise ueing the option to reset to defaults, then check you have used the hd correct connection point. You can run disk checking toolsm you simply need to use those that can be run from a bootable floppy / cd As it is insert the win dvd & reboot "mike6493" wrote in message ... I just finished putting a computer together today, and every time I try to turn it on I get the error message "No hard disk found". Its a new HD and so I've gone through and tried adjusting and trying different things in bios but I just get the same message. Part of what I dont get is that in Bios theres an option to change the boot order of the drives and in that section there it is "WD blah blah 640" ect... yet when I try and boot it still claims to not find it. I've tried moving around which SATA slot its in and messed with cables and everything. So then I thought well maybe the HD is bad so I plugged in my old HD which I know works with my old setup and I still get the same message. Maybe Im missing something but every post Ive read so far on the topic has not helped. Some talk about editing bios settings that I don't have and others recommend running disk checks and programs and stuff that I can't do because I have not installed my OS yet (because I cant get it to recognize my disk). Im really stuck here anything I could try would help. - Thanks -- mike6493 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mike6493's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/124770.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...es/1231606.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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No Hard Disk Found
"mike6493" wrote in message ... I just finished putting a computer together today, and every time I try to turn it on I get the error message "No hard disk found". Its a new HD and so I've gone through and tried adjusting and trying different things in bios but I just get the same message. Part of what I dont get is that in Bios theres an option to change the boot order of the drives and in that section there it is "WD blah blah 640" ect... yet when I try and boot it still claims to not find it. I've tried moving around which SATA slot its in and messed with cables and everything. So then I thought well maybe the HD is bad so I plugged in my old HD which I know works with my old setup and I still get the same message. Maybe Im missing something but every post Ive read so far on the topic has not helped. Some talk about editing bios settings that I don't have and others recommend running disk checks and programs and stuff that I can't do because I have not installed my OS yet (because I cant get it to recognize my disk). Im really stuck here anything I could try would help. - Thanks -- mike6493 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mike6493's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/124770.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...es/1231606.htm http://forums.techarena.in If you plugged in a known working hard drive (as you stated in the post) and it now doesn't work, I would suspect a definite hardware issue. After restoring the bios settings to what they were before the drive swap, ensure that all cables to the hard drive are firmly seated (both ends on the data cable.) If this doesn't fix the problem, try a new cable to the motherboard. If still, use a different power supply cable to the drive. Can you actually hear the drive spinning up when you power up the machine? |
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No Hard Disk Found
LVTravel;1112529 Wrote: "mike6493" mike6493.3wwanb@xxxxxx wrote in message news:mike6493.3wwanb@xxxxxx I just finished putting a computer together today, and every time I try to turn it on I get the error message "No hard disk found". Its a new HD and so I've gone through and tried adjusting and trying different things in bios but I just get the same message. Part of what I dont get is that in Bios theres an option to change the boot order of the drives and in that section there it is "WD blah blah 640" ect... yet when I try and boot it still claims to not find it. I've tried moving around which SATA slot its in and messed with cables and everything. So then I thought well maybe the HD is bad so I plugged in my old HD which I know works with my old setup and I still get the same message. Maybe Im missing something but every post Ive read so far on the topic has not helped. Some talk about editing bios settings that I don't have and others recommend running disk checks and programs and stuff that I can't do because I have not installed my OS yet (because I cant get it to recognize my disk). Im really stuck here anything I could try would help. - Thanks -- mike6493 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mike6493's Profile: 'mike6493's profile on TechArena Computer Hardware Support Forums of India' (http://forums.techarena.in/members/124770.htm) View this thread: 'No Hard Disk Found - Vista Hardware Devices' (http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...es/1231606.htm) 'TechArena Community - Technology and Computer Hardware Support Forums of India' (http://forums.techarena.in) If you plugged in a known working hard drive (as you stated in the post) and it now doesn't work, I would suspect a definite hardware issue. After restoring the bios settings to what they were before the drive swap, ensure that all cables to the hard drive are firmly seated (both ends on the data cable.) If this doesn't fix the problem, try a new cable to the motherboard. If still, use a different power supply cable to the drive. Can you actually hear the drive spinning up when you power up the machine? I think thats all great advice. But he says that he can see it in BIO's. o there for that elminates the cable and everything else. With the windows disk in the cd drive and going to install, does it find it in the installer??? -- krazyl |
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No Hard Disk Found
Install the new HD on the SATA 1 connector.
Turn the computer on. Enter the BIOS. Choose the option to load default settings. Save and exit. After the boot process stops -probably with a no HD found message, shut the power off. Restart. Enter the BIOS again and check the Boot devices and boot order. Make sire the DVD/CD is set as the first in the boot order and that the HD is present and is set as second. If there are no other HDs installed, there should be no other HDs in the list. Save settings and exit. Place the Windows DVD in the drive. Boot the machine from the DVD. Use the facilities on the DVD to set up the HD and install Windows. The 'Perform a clean installation' sections of this might be useful: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918884 Let us know. Tom Ferguson Perform a clean installation Let us know. "mike6493" wrote in message ... I just finished putting a computer together today, and every time I try to turn it on I get the error message "No hard disk found". Its a new HD and so I've gone through and tried adjusting and trying different things in bios but I just get the same message. Part of what I dont get is that in Bios theres an option to change the boot order of the drives and in that section there it is "WD blah blah 640" ect... yet when I try and boot it still claims to not find it. I've tried moving around which SATA slot its in and messed with cables and everything. So then I thought well maybe the HD is bad so I plugged in my old HD which I know works with my old setup and I still get the same message. Maybe Im missing something but every post Ive read so far on the topic has not helped. Some talk about editing bios settings that I don't have and others recommend running disk checks and programs and stuff that I can't do because I have not installed my OS yet (because I cant get it to recognize my disk). Im really stuck here anything I could try would help. - Thanks -- mike6493 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mike6493's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/124770.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...es/1231606.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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No Hard Disk Found
"krazyl" wrote in message ... LVTravel;1112529 Wrote: "mike6493" mike6493.3wwanb@xxxxxx wrote in message news:mike6493.3wwanb@xxxxxx I just finished putting a computer together today, and every time I try to turn it on I get the error message "No hard disk found". Its a new HD and so I've gone through and tried adjusting and trying different things in bios but I just get the same message. Part of what I dont get is that in Bios theres an option to change the boot order of the drives and in that section there it is "WD blah blah 640" ect... yet when I try and boot it still claims to not find it. I've tried moving around which SATA slot its in and messed with cables and everything. So then I thought well maybe the HD is bad so I plugged in my old HD which I know works with my old setup and I still get the same message. Maybe Im missing something but every post Ive read so far on the topic has not helped. Some talk about editing bios settings that I don't have and others recommend running disk checks and programs and stuff that I can't do because I have not installed my OS yet (because I cant get it to recognize my disk). Im really stuck here anything I could try would help. - Thanks -- mike6493 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mike6493's Profile: 'mike6493's profile on TechArena Computer Hardware Support Forums of India' (http://forums.techarena.in/members/124770.htm) View this thread: 'No Hard Disk Found - Vista Hardware Devices' (http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...es/1231606.htm) 'TechArena Community - Technology and Computer Hardware Support Forums of India' (http://forums.techarena.in) If you plugged in a known working hard drive (as you stated in the post) and it now doesn't work, I would suspect a definite hardware issue. After restoring the bios settings to what they were before the drive swap, ensure that all cables to the hard drive are firmly seated (both ends on the data cable.) If this doesn't fix the problem, try a new cable to the motherboard. If still, use a different power supply cable to the drive. Can you actually hear the drive spinning up when you power up the machine? I think thats all great advice. But he says that he can see it in BIO's. o there for that elminates the cable and everything else. With the windows disk in the cd drive and going to install, does it find it in the installer??? -- krazyl Did you miss the part about his old drive that was working failing to work now? With his changes in the bios he may have screwed something up there which kept previous values. Therefore reset to safe working values. I have had drives (granted IDE) that would not spin up but did show in the bios. 5 volt was OK but the 12 volt in the connector was bad. Power went to the logic board but not the motor. I have also had them with a bad ribbon cable (again IDE) that showed in the bios but the drive would not boot, format or partition with the cable that was there as there happened to be a broken wire that made intermittent contact. Changed cable and everything worked. |
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No Hard Disk Found
I am having the same problem. I have: intel dx58so mother board intel i7 processor seagate 1.5tb 32mb sata hd i dont think all the other stuff matters at this point. On start up it says 'hard disk not found' but in the bios it shows all the hd info. I have tried changing out all the cables. I have tried using a different sata port on the mother board. I have tried changing bios settings and reset them when non of the changes helped. I have the dvd drive set to load 1st but never get the option to 'boot from cd' so i can not do a clean install. I'm at a total loss what to do next. I can hear the hd spinning but still getting no where. it sucks i spent a lot on this build and am unable to get it to run. any help would be wonderful. -- mewookie |
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No Hard Disk Found
Contact Seagate, as those big disks were prone to going belly up (firmware
problem) http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/cr...p?DocId=207931 But as I don't have such a disk, I don't know how to get or apply the fix -- Thomas Wendell Helsinki, Finland Translations to/from FI not always accurate "mewookie" kirjoitti ... I am having the same problem. I have: intel dx58so mother board intel i7 processor seagate 1.5tb 32mb sata hd i dont think all the other stuff matters at this point. On start up it says 'hard disk not found' but in the bios it shows all the hd info. I have tried changing out all the cables. I have tried using a different sata port on the mother board. I have tried changing bios settings and reset them when non of the changes helped. I have the dvd drive set to load 1st but never get the option to 'boot from cd' so i can not do a clean install. I'm at a total loss what to do next. I can hear the hd spinning but still getting no where. it sucks i spent a lot on this build and am unable to get it to run. any help would be wonderful. -- mewookie |
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No Hard Disk Found
"mewookie" wrote in message
... I am having the same problem. I have: intel dx58so mother board intel i7 processor seagate 1.5tb 32mb sata hd i dont think all the other stuff matters at this point. On start up it says 'hard disk not found' but in the bios it shows all the hd info. I have tried changing out all the cables. I have tried using a different sata port on the mother board. I have tried changing bios settings and reset them when non of the changes helped. I have the dvd drive set to load 1st but never get the option to 'boot from cd' so i can not do a clean install. I'm at a total loss what to do next. I can hear the hd spinning but still getting no where. it sucks i spent a lot on this build and am unable to get it to run. any help would be wonderful. The dx58so is a very stable board. However it is really updated. No PATA ports, no ps2 ports, etc. It does however have six SATA ports and 2 eSATA ports. It is stated in this thread that some of those big hard disks are problematic. Go to Intel's support site and download the latest BIOS and drivers. Have them ready the first thing after the install of the OS. Now for the BIOS SETTINGS: advanced drive configuration -- configure SATA as RAID. BOOT CONFIGURATION -- floppy, cd/dvd, hard disk. You should be good to go if the drive is not bad. |
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