I don't know loads about computers so bare with me.
The other day my computer kept giving an error saying on start up saying insert boot device, and the orange light on the front was on. When going into BIOS my SATA hard drive wasn't detected at all.
A friend had a new, working SATA drive laying around that i tested, which also wasn't detected in BIOS.
On the advice of said friend, I tried removing the CMOS battery, then putting it back in. Once the CMOS battery was put back in, and the computer was booted with my friends hard drive hooked up, the hard drive was detected in BIOS. However, 5 minutes later, BIOS stopped detecting the drive.
After fiddling around, and taking out the CMOS battery and putting it back in multiple times I came to the conclusion that BIOS only detects my friends hard drive, on the first start up after the battery is put back in. Any start ups after that result in the drive not being detected. The original drive is never detected, regardless of whether the battery has been taken out or not.
I have NO idea what to do next.
The other day my computer kept giving an error saying on start up saying insert boot device, and the orange light on the front was on. When going into BIOS my SATA hard drive wasn't detected at all.
A friend had a new, working SATA drive laying around that i tested, which also wasn't detected in BIOS.
On the advice of said friend, I tried removing the CMOS battery, then putting it back in. Once the CMOS battery was put back in, and the computer was booted with my friends hard drive hooked up, the hard drive was detected in BIOS. However, 5 minutes later, BIOS stopped detecting the drive.
After fiddling around, and taking out the CMOS battery and putting it back in multiple times I came to the conclusion that BIOS only detects my friends hard drive, on the first start up after the battery is put back in. Any start ups after that result in the drive not being detected. The original drive is never detected, regardless of whether the battery has been taken out or not.
I have NO idea what to do next.