Hard drive not found after computer crash

[Michael]

This weekend, my computer got the ugly Microsoft blue screen. The only way
around it was to reboot the computer, again only way around was a reboot.

I took the drive out, and pulled documents off of it, and then put it back
in the computer. I put in the Dell Re-Install disk, and it tells me it can
not find the harddrive.

I pulled it back out, and reformated it, and re-installed it. Same thing,
can not find harddrive.

Any ideas what might be wrong?

Thanks

 

[Patrick Keenan]

This weekend, my computer got the ugly Microsoft blue screen. The only
way
around it was to reboot the computer, again only way around was a reboot.

I took the drive out, and pulled documents off of it, and then put it back
in the computer. I put in the Dell Re-Install disk, and it tells me it
can
not find the harddrive.

I pulled it back out, and reformated it, and re-installed it. Same thing,
can not find harddrive.

Any ideas what might be wrong?

Thanks

Does the system BIOS find it? Sometimes clearing hte CMOS can help with
this.

HTH
-pk

 

[R. McCarty]

What interface technology does the drive use ( PATA or SATA ) ?
If you enter BIOS setup, does the drive appear in it's autodetect
table ? Most times the BIOS will show the drives model identifier,
such as ST3320620AS for a Seagate SATA 250 Gigabyte.

 

[Charlie]

When you pulled the drive to retrieve the data did you reset the pen from
master to slave and forgot to change it back?

 

[Michael]

How do you clean the CMOS?

Michael

Does the system BIOS find it? Sometimes clearing hte CMOS can help with
this.

HTH
-pk

 

[Michael]

I did not have to move any pins, but I will check that it didn't come loose
when I took it out.

Michael

 

[Patrick Keenan]

How do you clean the CMOS?

Michael

It depends on your system. On laptops, remove the AC adapter and the
battery and hold the power switch down for about a minute.

On desktops, you open the case, remove the battery (looks like a quarter)
and move the CMOS CLEAR jumper, which is marked. Check the manual for your
system.

You can also try just going into the CMOS and forcing a rescan, but this
isn't always effective.

HTH
-pk

 

[Plato]

This weekend, my computer got the ugly Microsoft blue screen. The only way
around it was to reboot the computer, again only way around was a reboot.

I took the drive out, and pulled documents off of it, and then put it back
in the computer. I put in the Dell Re-Install disk, and it tells me it can
not find the harddrive.

I pulled it back out, and reformated it, and re-installed it. Same thing,
can not find harddrive.

Any ideas what might be wrong?

Perhaps a bad HDD