Hello all. I have an HP G60-235DX laptop, purchased in May 2009. A few months ago, the hard drive in the machine failed and could not be restored. Now, I'm making an effort to fix the computer.
I purchased a new hard drive to replace the old broken device, and it should be compatible. The computer used to use a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320 GB SATA, and I replaced that with a Samsung 500 GB SATA. After installation, I was able to go into BIOS and, under the Diagnostics tab, initiate and complete the Primary Hard Disk Self Test. This finished without any problems, and the hard disk checked out okay.
Still, I can't locate the drive in BIOS. It's my understanding that the hard drive should be located somewhere in the Main tab, or elsewhere, and it's not. Since the computer completed the Primary Hard Disk Self Test check, I'm going to assume that the drive is installed correctly. It's a laptop drive, anyway--I simply slid it onto the contacts and screwed it in place, so I don't think the installation is at fault. My version of BIOS is F.35, if that helps.
Incidentally, I'm pretty sure that the hard drive's absence from BIOS is related to another problem I'm having with the computer. When I tried to install my operating system, I got a "STOP: 0x0000007B" error. I'm trying to install Windows XP on the machine. The old hard drive was loaded with Vista, but my options for operating systems are limited. The Vista product key on the bottom of the computer has totally worn off and is illegible. Microsoft told me that my only option to recover the key (and to obtain a recovery disk) is to contact HP, but as the computer is out of warranty, I'm certain that I'll be charged. At any rate, the operating system is the least of my worries, now. I've got to make sure that the new hard drive is at least accessible to whatever software I attempt to load.
Does anyone have a suggestion? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.
I purchased a new hard drive to replace the old broken device, and it should be compatible. The computer used to use a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 320 GB SATA, and I replaced that with a Samsung 500 GB SATA. After installation, I was able to go into BIOS and, under the Diagnostics tab, initiate and complete the Primary Hard Disk Self Test. This finished without any problems, and the hard disk checked out okay.
Still, I can't locate the drive in BIOS. It's my understanding that the hard drive should be located somewhere in the Main tab, or elsewhere, and it's not. Since the computer completed the Primary Hard Disk Self Test check, I'm going to assume that the drive is installed correctly. It's a laptop drive, anyway--I simply slid it onto the contacts and screwed it in place, so I don't think the installation is at fault. My version of BIOS is F.35, if that helps.
Incidentally, I'm pretty sure that the hard drive's absence from BIOS is related to another problem I'm having with the computer. When I tried to install my operating system, I got a "STOP: 0x0000007B" error. I'm trying to install Windows XP on the machine. The old hard drive was loaded with Vista, but my options for operating systems are limited. The Vista product key on the bottom of the computer has totally worn off and is illegible. Microsoft told me that my only option to recover the key (and to obtain a recovery disk) is to contact HP, but as the computer is out of warranty, I'm certain that I'll be charged. At any rate, the operating system is the least of my worries, now. I've got to make sure that the new hard drive is at least accessible to whatever software I attempt to load.
Does anyone have a suggestion? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.