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Computer wont find my hard-drive..

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sf_331

Discussion Starter · Jan 13, 2007

All of a sudden, my laptop stopped recognizing my hard drive. I usually thought harddrive crashes took a while, but apparently after looking at the BIOS, trying to reinstall windows (not being able to because of "no hard drive"), I realized that if my hard drive is bad, it happened overnight.. All the computer does is reboot reboot and reboot after turning it on.

Could it be a motherboard problem or more likely a bad hard drive. If it is a bad harddrive, is there a way to recover files on it, before it is replaced even though the computer wont recognize it.

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Scorpion

· #2 · Jan 13, 2007

Well, the HS may not have failed, even though you can't reinstall the O/S. Have you checked the BIOS to see if it is seen in there?

Have you opened the cover to remove and reseat the HD...it might just be loose. That is the first thing I would try if it is not detected by the BIOS. If it IS detected in the bios, then we'll try other things.

Let us know, along with make/model of lappy, and what version of windows you are trying to install.

Scorp.

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Scorpion

· #4 · Jan 14, 2007

Yes, it might void it. Check for warranty first.....if it's still covered, get it back to them before doing anything else.

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