Comments on: Hard Drive Does Not Show Up In BIOS http://www.pctechbytes.com/2009/10/13/hard-drive-does-not-show-up-in-bios/ Computer repair and troubleshooting by PCTechBytes Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:36:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Dave http://www.pctechbytes.com/2009/10/13/hard-drive-does-not-show-up-in-bios/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Dave Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:28:51 +0000 http://www.pctechbytes.com/?p=816#comment-705 It's not unusual for laptop drives to die. If it is happening frequently, I'd be concerned, however. Could be a problem with the motherboard. It’s not unusual for laptop drives to die. If it is happening frequently, I’d be concerned, however. Could be a problem with the motherboard.

]]> By: anca http://www.pctechbytes.com/2009/10/13/hard-drive-does-not-show-up-in-bios/comment-page-1/#comment-702 anca Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:37:29 +0000 http://www.pctechbytes.com/?p=816#comment-702 Hi there, I have a dell inspiron 1525 who already burnt once the HDD and now it did it again. HDD. Any idea of why this is happening? there is nothing wrong with the laptop, no noises made by the HDD, it works perfectly and when i try to boot it up the HDD is not found anymore and I have to buy a new one. Hi there,

I have a dell inspiron 1525 who already burnt once the HDD and now it did it again. HDD. Any idea of why this is happening? there is nothing wrong with the laptop, no noises made by the HDD, it works perfectly and when i try to boot it up the HDD is not found anymore and I have to buy a new one.

]]> By: Dave http://www.pctechbytes.com/2009/10/13/hard-drive-does-not-show-up-in-bios/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Dave Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:04:29 +0000 http://www.pctechbytes.com/?p=816#comment-469 When the drive starts making noises, this usually means immanent death. It's a physical problem--maybe a bearing has seized or read/write head fell off. If the has absolute critical data on it, you might be able to recover the data using a professional service that specializes in doing that. When the drive starts making noises, this usually means immanent death. It’s a physical problem–maybe a bearing has seized or read/write head fell off. If the has absolute critical data on it, you might be able to recover the data using a professional service that specializes in doing that.

]]> By: Alex http://www.pctechbytes.com/2009/10/13/hard-drive-does-not-show-up-in-bios/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Alex Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:10:44 +0000 http://www.pctechbytes.com/?p=816#comment-466 Hi, I think I have a bit of a problem... I have an old Dell Dimension XPS with 2 hard drives. The main one, from 1998, works perfectly and almost silently. The second, however, from 2000, started making squealing sounds and frequent hollow-sounding quite high-pitched clicks. Now it isn't detected. It's spinning silently in the computer now, and isn't detected. It's a MPE3064AT made in 2000 by Fujitsu. Is it dead? Can I get any data from it? Hi, I think I have a bit of a problem… I have an old Dell Dimension XPS with 2 hard drives. The main one, from 1998, works perfectly and almost silently. The second, however, from 2000, started making squealing sounds and frequent hollow-sounding quite high-pitched clicks. Now it isn’t detected. It’s spinning silently in the computer now, and isn’t detected. It’s a MPE3064AT made in 2000 by Fujitsu. Is it dead? Can I get any data from it?

]]> By: Dave http://www.pctechbytes.com/2009/10/13/hard-drive-does-not-show-up-in-bios/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Dave Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:16:04 +0000 http://www.pctechbytes.com/?p=816#comment-459 Sounds like something has happened to the boot loader. If you once got a option to choose between the two when booting up and now it only boots directly into one, then an entry must have been removed that tells Windows to ask you. I recommend you join our forums and this question there--it might take some time to sort this out. Sounds like something has happened to the boot loader. If you once got a option to choose between the two when booting up and now it only boots directly into one, then an entry must have been removed that tells Windows to ask you. I recommend you join our forums and this question there–it might take some time to sort this out.

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