not detecting hard drive

el3ktr1k · 07-21-2008, 10:49 PM

I left my computer running when I left for work and when I came back home I noticed I had gotten a blue screen so I shut down my computer. When I try starting my computer I get a message that says "no bootable devices--strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility Press F5 to run onboard diagnostics." I don't understand what went wrong. I have a dell latitude d620 with an intel core 2 duo. I run windows xp professional. Thanks for any help.

belfasteddie · 07-22-2008, 12:40 AM

Have you tried rebooting and pressing F5. If you can/do , it will tell you if the hard drive is bad etc.

el3ktr1k · 07-22-2008, 06:55 AM

Yes I tried that test and it came up failed for one of them and starting beeping a bunch of times. So does that just mean my hard drive is completely dead or is there a way of saving it?

vladimirb · 07-22-2008, 07:22 AM

Hey mate,
go into BIOS and check if HDD is visible...
If it is not, take it out and plug it to friends PC or your desktop PC...
If other PC see your laptop HDD, then something is wrong with laptop like cable that connects Motherboard and HDD...
Hope this will help you...

07-21-2008, 10:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
el3ktr1k Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP professional SP3	not detecting hard drive I left my computer running when I left for work and when I came back home I noticed I had gotten a blue screen so I shut down my computer. When I try starting my computer I get a message that says "no bootable devices--strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility Press F5 to run onboard diagnostics." I don't understand what went wrong. I have a dell latitude d620 with an intel core 2 duo. I run windows xp professional. Thanks for any help.

07-22-2008, 12:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
belfasteddie Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 461 OS: Suse 10.2 64 bit	Re: not detecting hard drive Have you tried rebooting and pressing F5. If you can/do , it will tell you if the hard drive is bad etc.

07-22-2008, 06:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
el3ktr1k Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP professional SP3	Re: not detecting hard drive Yes I tried that test and it came up failed for one of them and starting beeping a bunch of times. So does that just mean my hard drive is completely dead or is there a way of saving it?

07-22-2008, 07:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
vladimirb Hardware Team Tech Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Posts: 1,193 OS: xp pro sp3, Server 2003 My System	Re: not detecting hard drive Hey mate, go into BIOS and check if HDD is visible... If it is not, take it out and plug it to friends PC or your desktop PC... If other PC see your laptop HDD, then something is wrong with laptop like cable that connects Motherboard and HDD... Hope this will help you... __________________ Realm: Bronze Dragonflight - EU Undead Rogue --- Level 70 --- Spec: Combat Orc Shaman --- Level 70 --- Spec: Elemental Tauren Warrior --- Level 70 --- Spec: Protection Troll Priest --- Level 57 --- Spec: Shadow