Unable to read good HDD?

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I have a problem with a computer which doesn't recognise its hard disc.
It behaves exactly as if the hard disc was missing or completely
unreadable, and asks for a boot device. Microsoft's FDISK does not see
the drive. When removed, the drive can be read perfectly by another
computer; if a new, known good, drive is fitted in the faulty machine,
FDISK does not recognise it. The machine works fine when booted from CD-
ROM, although the bad drive is not seen by any program.

If this is a known problem, what is the usual cause, please?

(The machine is a Toshiba Satellite 1410)

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a$-b$1@ms3.org.uk wrote:
: I have a problem with a computer which doesn't recognise its hard disc.
: It behaves exactly as if the hard disc was missing or completely
: unreadable, and asks for a boot device. Microsoft's FDISK does not see
: the drive. When removed, the drive can be read perfectly by another
: computer; if a new, known good, drive is fitted in the faulty machine,
: FDISK does not recognise it. The machine works fine when booted from CD-
: ROM, although the bad drive is not seen by any program.

How did this happen? Have you used this computer until now and this
problem just started? Or did you inherit the computer and it has
never worked?

If the computer is new to you, I would check the BIOS and make sure
the hard disk controller is enabled. If so, as the other person said,
it could be the cable or the internal HDD controller.

Andrew
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Sounds like you either have a configuration problem or a bad IDE port.


a$-b$1@ms3.org.uk wrote:

> I have a problem with a computer which doesn't recognise its hard disc.
> It behaves exactly as if the hard disc was missing or completely
> unreadable, and asks for a boot device. Microsoft's FDISK does not see
> the drive. When removed, the drive can be read perfectly by another
> computer; if a new, known good, drive is fitted in the faulty machine,
> FDISK does not recognise it. The machine works fine when booted from CD-
> ROM, although the bad drive is not seen by any program.
>
> If this is a known problem, what is the usual cause, please?
>
> (The machine is a Toshiba Satellite 1410)