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rkwac453
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 No Hard Drive Detected
HARD drive, Hard drive failure, No HDD detected, Windows 7
Hi, I've been using the dell 1501 Inspiron from past 2 years. But today when i switched it on i got erro message stating no hard drive detected. Would u help me resolve this issue & also i was using windows 7 OS.

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Dell 1501 Inspiron
ASKED: April 12, 2011  9:03 PM
UPDATED: May 2, 2011  11:45 PM
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That possibly mean that your HDD is basically got a mechanical fault wich may need replacement. the least you could do now is -HDD faulty (try another IDE HDD and do a fressh O.S install) -IDE slot via mainboard faulty (MoBo issue) -Check if HDD IDE or SATA is enabled from BIOS. -Could also double check if the HDD cable is OK. (you never know).. If you can use a spare Harddrive, and boot from it, and if can it read the your origional hdd? (Don’t forget to change the IDE disk jumpers to make it a slave.) If it can’t see the IDE, then the drive is more than likely unrecoverable... htp
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There are a number of things which could have gone wrong that would present you with such an error…

- Does the hard drive show up in the BIOS?
- Are all cables connected correctly (fully inserted and no damage to cable)?
- Can you access the contents of the hard drive if you put it in a different PC? That would rule out the hard drive from physically being an issue.

If the drive is fine, then you may be dealing with controller/motherboard issues.

Koohiisan
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First check the BIOS, if the HDD is shown / not…. if it shows, u may use Windows 7 Rescue Disk to get back the all !

Subhendu Sen
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if not buy new hard drive

jinteik
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The Q asker is needed here.

Rakei
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