Can't read Hard Drive

quintme · 04-17-2007, 05:29 AM

Have a M6809 E-machine Laptop. My sister bought a identical machine. They had probelms with it and did not buy an extended warranty. The techs tell them that it was the hard drive. Brother in law could not get it going so it was sent to me ( hard drive )a new HD not the oringinal. I formatted the HD and installed WIN HP Home in my machine with his Restore DVD and everything worked up to that point. He received the HD but could not get his machine to work. He has sent the machine and the original HD to me. I placed the HD in a caddy and could not see it ( verify that it was toast ). I placed a known good HD in his machine and I could not get the BIOS to read the drive. What to do. I see from a post that it was suggested to check the connections - How do I do that? Pins look OK on the HD and it will work in my caddy.

**speedster123** · 04-17-2007, 06:56 AM

Welcome
It sounds as if the power supply might be no good.

04-17-2007, 05:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
quintme Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Can't read Hard Drive Have a M6809 E-machine Laptop. My sister bought a identical machine. They had probelms with it and did not buy an extended warranty. The techs tell them that it was the hard drive. Brother in law could not get it going so it was sent to me ( hard drive )a new HD not the oringinal. I formatted the HD and installed WIN HP Home in my machine with his Restore DVD and everything worked up to that point. He received the HD but could not get his machine to work. He has sent the machine and the original HD to me. I placed the HD in a caddy and could not see it ( verify that it was toast ). I placed a known good HD in his machine and I could not get the BIOS to read the drive. What to do. I see from a post that it was suggested to check the connections - How do I do that? Pins look OK on the HD and it will work in my caddy.

04-17-2007, 06:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
speedster123 Mentor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: United States-New York-Long Island Posts: 5,212 OS: xp pro SP3	Re: Can't read Hard Drive Welcome It sounds as if the power supply might be no good. __________________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -