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No hard drive detecable, No bootable devices

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  • 11-05-2008 2:27pm
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    Chucky the tree
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    I got bluescreened and went the laptop when to re-start I got the following messages


    No hard drive drive deteced, please try re-seating the drive etc etc
    and
    No bootable devices dectected, press F1 to retry, F2 to go into setup.


    After a bit off pillicking about in set-up I got it to start-up, I think i just switched off the checking for drive's on start up.

    It's a Dell inspiron 1720, only 5 months old so the HDD should be fine. The chances of this being a one off are probaly slim yea?

    Apart from backing everything up is there anything else I can do?


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    majiktripp
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    When the Dell Logo appears at start up, press F12 repeatidly to get the boot menu list of options.
    Select Diagnostic's (or its equivalent) from the menu, run a complete diagnostics test (which includes the hard drive) this will tell you if theres any issues with it.


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    eddiehobbs
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    majiktripp wrote: »
    When the Dell Logo appears at start up, press F12 repeatidly to get the boot menu list of options.
    Select Diagnostic's (or its equivalent) from the menu, run a complete diagnostics test (which includes the hard drive) this will tell you if theres any issues with it.

    I have the same problem as chucky above ,error message (No bootable devices dectected, press F1 to retry, F2 to go into setup.)

    . Wouldnt know alot about computers but did the diagnostic and everything ok except i got a fail under the heading DST short status test, saying no drive detected. Would appreciate some help as i havnt a clue what to do. Does this mean the laptops fu**ed?? Its a dell inspiron 1300


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    is the laptop making any strange nosies ?

    go into bios and press ALT-F to reset to factory defaults
    there is a good chance the drive is dead :(


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    eddiehobbs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 156 ✭✭eddiehobbs


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    is the laptop making any strange nosies ?

    go into bios and press ALT-F to reset to factory defaults
    there is a good chance the drive is dead :(

    No strange noises at all

    Tried the alt -f in bios but no change.

    Looks like a trip to bargain alerts to see if i can find a good deal on a laptop:)


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    ethernet
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    I saw an ancient Inspiron 8000 throw this error after getting a bout of lightning, or so the owner told me. The hard drive hadn't failed but replacing it (and the DVD drive) fixed it -- the controllers and motherboard were fine.

    It might be worth trying another drive if you can get one. It's easy to fit.


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