hard drive no longer detected

master · 01-18-2006, 03:23 PM

Hello i was tightening the screws in the back of my laptop and when i went to start it up i get error message about hard disk not being detected iv tried taking it out and re-sitting it several times,but to no avail can anybody give me any suggestions.on what else i could do.The laptop is a dell c600 the hard disk is an ibm travelstar iv never had any problems with this before.

esteeven · 01-18-2006, 04:14 PM

Is this error message at bios?

master · 01-19-2006, 10:05 AM

yes my laptop will not detect it is there.I went in to the bios and no hard drive is being detected,when i power my laptop on i get this error.
"Primary hard disk drive 0 not found
No bootable device(s) selected
strike f1 to retry boot,f2 for setup utility.
I can boot from a live cd.
Thanks nige

bharathvn · 01-19-2006, 10:16 AM

hey man, check it out whether u have connected the hard drive to motherboard.

master · 01-19-2006, 10:26 AM

well it just slots in the side and a flap comes down to lock it in place.
Thanks nige

ScottReed · 01-19-2006, 07:20 PM

Does it spin up when you power on the laptop?

master · 01-20-2006, 08:50 AM

yes it does.

Matir · 01-20-2006, 10:59 AM

If you press F2 and go into setup, is the IDE interface enabled? Does asking for a refresh of IDE devices show it?

What made it need the screws tightened?

master · 01-20-2006, 11:42 AM

when i press f2 and go in to setup under primary hard drive it says "none" i am not given the option to change that.Below this it says "diskette reconfig" i am given the choice to either have "any time" or "at reboot only" i have got this set on "any time" i dont see any setting to refresh this.
Thanks nige

ScottReed · 01-20-2006, 12:37 PM

What I would do is this.

Remove the HD again from the laptop. Put it in an external firewire/usb enclosure using a 2.5 inch ide converter (basically a cable + power) and see if the drive mounts on another machine.

If it does then you have a logic board problem on your laptop.

If it doesn't then you have a bad disk.

I would assume the disk is bad, that's my assumption.

Keep us posted, im curious.

Scott