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Why isn't my laptop recognizing my new hard drive? BIOS key?

Installed new Hitachi travelstard SATA drive in a compaq NX6310 laptop. Goes thru the motions of installing XP OS but then says no hard drive detected. Took software disc out and powered up and just have blank screen with flashing cursor. not sure if I am in the right BIOS screen or not. it gives me options for F8 boot or F10. F10 doesn't show the HDD anywhere and gives me no advance options to add. Did do the HDD self test and all passed but again, after trying to install the OS, it either says...

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It's possible that the XP install you're using doesn't have the driver file for your OS, you may want...

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Laptop not recognizing the usb hard drive?

I have connected a hard drive to my laptop via the usb port in the past, but recently I restarted the laptop without the usb drive connected. and now the laptop will not recognize the drive. The device manager shows that it is connected and working properly...

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Touch and feel the hdd, if you feel vibration, then probably update driver or try attaching in other...

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Mac laptop is not recognizing my new external hard drive.?

I bought a Maxtor Personal Storage 3200 external hard drive, 200GB. My computer recognizes it on my desktop, but it won't let me put anything on it. When I try to drag a picture ...show more

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You don't have to erase as Mac OS Extended unless you plan to install Mac OS on the drive. Just format...

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My Aspire 5250 laptop is not recognizing dvd/cd drive that is already a part of this laptop. How do I fix this problem?

My Aspire 5250 laptop is not recognizing dvd/cd drive that is already a part of this laptop. How do I fix this problem? CD/DVD drive that came with my laptop is not being recognized ...show more

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Did it ever work when you first had the laptop? If so then try reloading the driver. If it is still...

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Have you made sure the power light or indicator light has come on if it has one? Also try a different...

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Why isn't my laptop recognizing my CD-Rom drive?

Just after my warranty ran out, my laptop's CD-Rom drive is no longer being recognized as any kind of drive at all. What could be wrong? Can I fix this myself? And if I can't, how much will this cost?

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Try opening device manager and look under cd/dvd drives. if your drive is there, delete it and then...

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Sorry. Your original question may be ambiguous or need details. Please restate and try again.

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If your laptop came with Vista you will need to download an AVS audio converter.

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Hard Drive issues what do i do?

I recently bought a western digital 160GB SATA hard drive to replace Toshiba 80GB SATA hard drive as i needed more hard drive space. Now i am trying to install windows XP onto this new hard drive but its just not happening. All i keep on getting is a...

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It seems that you are booting from the network. Go to the BIOS and disable booting from the network...

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My external hard-drive isn't recognized... what can I do?

I have had my SimpleTech 250GB external for about 6 months now. It has worked fine and was the backup for a lot of files on my computer. It also stored all my music and my modeling portfolio because the file sizes are too big to keep it all on my laptop...

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Your external drive doesn't require much power running off the USB so it is possible that a power spike...

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