computer doesnt see hard drive.

stupidlegs13 · 06-10-2008, 10:19 AM

i was trying to install ubuntu onto my dell and i brought my 80 gig IDE hard drive to my friends house for help and now when i plug it back in my computer tells me "no boot devise available" i have tried more than one hard drive that i know works and i get the same response. i have tried plugging everything back into the mother board and i am completely out of ideas. im not sure what to do in BIOS.... HELP!

Banscare · 06-10-2008, 10:23 AM

Can you be more specific as to what you did with your 80 gig hard drive when you brought it to your friends house? Did you put the drive in a different computer to install Linux?

stupidlegs13 · 06-10-2008, 10:35 AM

well we couldn't get it to boot in any of his IDE towers so we didn't do anything at all with it..... this is extremely frustrating!

Banscare · 06-10-2008, 11:00 AM

Well the hard drive will only boot to an OS on the particular computer that the OS was installed on as it is looking for the configuration settings of that particular computers hardware. For example you can't install an OS from your computer and bring the hard drive to your friends house and expect it to work and visa-versa. I apologize if I gathered your information incorrectly. From what information you have provided I assume all you need is a bootable copy of Ubuntu to put in YOUR computer. Go to the boot up order in your BIOS and change the first boot device to CD-ROM, save and reboot and follow the instillation guide.

stupidlegs13 · 06-10-2008, 11:13 AM

before i took the drive out it still had windows on it. I had only booted ubuntu from the cd just to mess around. I tried booting from the cd and it didn't change anything.

dai · 06-10-2008, 11:27 AM

try a new cable on it

stupidlegs13 · 06-10-2008, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dai

try a new cable on it

i have, manny times.

dai · 06-10-2008, 12:11 PM

did you move or did your friend mover the jumpers when you took it his place
check it's set as master and on the end plug[black] of the cable
can you see it listed in the bios ok

stupidlegs13 · 06-10-2008, 12:33 PM

it is set to master.... theres no reason for any of this all i did was take it out and put it back into mine and now my comp doesnt see any hard drives at all.....

dai · 06-10-2008, 12:59 PM

check there are no bent pins on the drive or the m/b socket
do you have a second ide socket that you can try it in

06-10-2008, 10:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
stupidlegs13 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5 OS: ubuntu	computer doesnt see hard drive. i was trying to install ubuntu onto my dell and i brought my 80 gig IDE hard drive to my friends house for help and now when i plug it back in my computer tells me "no boot devise available" i have tried more than one hard drive that i know works and i get the same response. i have tried plugging everything back into the mother board and i am completely out of ideas. im not sure what to do in BIOS.... HELP!

06-10-2008, 10:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
Banscare Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: St John's NL Posts: 106 OS: XP Pro 64bit My System	Re: computer doesnt see hard drive. Can you be more specific as to what you did with your 80 gig hard drive when you brought it to your friends house? Did you put the drive in a different computer to install Linux? __________________ Cheers, Ban Computer Support Specialist (MCP, MCSE)

06-10-2008, 10:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
stupidlegs13 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5 OS: ubuntu	Re: computer doesnt see hard drive. well we couldn't get it to boot in any of his IDE towers so we didn't do anything at all with it..... this is extremely frustrating!

06-10-2008, 11:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
Banscare Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: St John's NL Posts: 106 OS: XP Pro 64bit My System	Re: computer doesnt see hard drive. Well the hard drive will only boot to an OS on the particular computer that the OS was installed on as it is looking for the configuration settings of that particular computers hardware. For example you can't install an OS from your computer and bring the hard drive to your friends house and expect it to work and visa-versa. I apologize if I gathered your information incorrectly. From what information you have provided I assume all you need is a bootable copy of Ubuntu to put in YOUR computer. Go to the boot up order in your BIOS and change the first boot device to CD-ROM, save and reboot and follow the instillation guide. __________________ Cheers, Ban Computer Support Specialist (MCP, MCSE)

06-10-2008, 11:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
stupidlegs13 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5 OS: ubuntu	Re: computer doesnt see hard drive. before i took the drive out it still had windows on it. I had only booted ubuntu from the cd just to mess around. I tried booting from the cd and it didn't change anything.

06-10-2008, 11:27 AM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 39,978 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: computer doesnt see hard drive. try a new cable on it __________________

06-10-2008, 12:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 39,978 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: computer doesnt see hard drive. did you move or did your friend mover the jumpers when you took it his place check it's set as master and on the end plug[black] of the cable can you see it listed in the bios ok __________________

06-10-2008, 12:33 PM	#9 (permalink)
stupidlegs13 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5 OS: ubuntu	Re: computer doesnt see hard drive. it is set to master.... theres no reason for any of this all i did was take it out and put it back into mine and now my comp doesnt see any hard drives at all.....

06-10-2008, 12:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 39,978 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: computer doesnt see hard drive. check there are no bent pins on the drive or the m/b socket do you have a second ide socket that you can try it in __________________