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osorioj · 12-11-2008, 12:50 AM

Yes the BIOS did not recognized my hard drive. I searched on Dell's support for the diagnostic CD and got the idea to check the configuration on my laptop using the service Tag number. My hard drive is a Seagate Momentus 5400.3 SATA
model ST9160821AS. Then I checked on Seagate's web page for support and they have this disk tool that you can download into a ISO CD. I boot my computer using this program to check for the condition on my drive and after the second try, when reboot my laptop BINGO! the laptop recognized the hard drive and Vista booted properly. I am going to make a back up of all my important files before anything else happens.
Thanks for the advise, I am glad I register on this site, and I know I will be using it frecuently.

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osorioj Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: vista home premium (sp1)	Re: Inspiron 1521 hard drive Yes the BIOS did not recognized my hard drive. I searched on Dell's support for the diagnostic CD and got the idea to check the configuration on my laptop using the service Tag number. My hard drive is a Seagate Momentus 5400.3 SATA model ST9160821AS. Then I checked on Seagate's web page for support and they have this disk tool that you can download into a ISO CD. I boot my computer using this program to check for the condition on my drive and after the second try, when reboot my laptop BINGO! the laptop recognized the hard drive and Vista booted properly. I am going to make a back up of all my important files before anything else happens. Thanks for the advise, I am glad I register on this site, and I know I will be using it frecuently.