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Hard disk not recognised by bios

Last answer on May 20, 2009 5:35:26 am BST diptiman, on Oct 17, 2008 10:00:05 am BST 
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Hello, I am diptiman.I face a problem regarding hard disk.My bios cant recognise my sata hard disc.Hard disc is new,no operatng system loaded.When I want to load xp service pack 2 after setup option a message displayedf i.e your hdd cant find....When my old hdd was working I cant format then also for the problem of recognisation.
Please tell me what to do ???

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Sandeep, on Oct 17, 2008 11:33:16 am BST
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U have 2 check the connection of HDD means it connected properly or not [SATA has different settings to connect u know it]....& if u hav already tried any settings abt HDD in BIOS den only !!!

   
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sarita, on Dec 9, 2008 5:23:46 am GMT
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My hard disk(seagate) ide port not a sata but not recoginised in bios i cant format because my important data is there , but tell me how to open the data please suggest...

   
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sounil, on Dec 17, 2008 10:06:10 am GMT
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1. remove the hd from ur pc
2. change jumper from master into slave
3. insert ur hd now in a friend's pc or in an another pc
4. u will now be able to read all data in ur hd
5. if u r mauritian u can contact me on 7625950

   
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abc, on Jan 22, 2009 6:51:12 am GMT
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Why not properly dedect seagate hard disk & not partition create.

   
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 janebush08, on May 20, 2009 5:35:26 am BST

Hello, check out following resource that may help you to find solution:

http://free-tips-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/01/hard-drive-not-­recognized-found.html

   
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