The BIOS does not detect the HD and startup disc does not work. The laptop was not dropped. :)
2007-12-04 02:48:11 · 3 answers · asked by Jean O 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
You know that nice, new, mega-gig hard drive you have been drowling over? Now is the time to buy it. Because it appears that the old drive has died. (That is assuming that all the cables are plugged in. Check that first.)
Normally when BIOS can not see a drive, it means that either the platters in the drive are no longer spinning, or the "arm" that puts the head on the platters is not moving. If either happens, there is no repairing it. The drive has become a paperweight. (Sorry)
This is one trick you can try - but it only works a small percentage of time in such cases. Put the drive into an airtight food storage bag to keep it dry, and place it in the freezer overnight. Sometime the "shrinking" that happens when the metal in drive freezes will free up the platters or heads so that you can get "one more boot" out of it. That might give you a change to back up any improtant files before you replace it. (Sorry, but it WON"T make the drive reusable. Still has to be replaced.)
Good luck....
2007-12-04 03:00:47 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your hard drive may be bad. Thats a fairly new laptop (I have a dv2500) I would try to see if the hard drive somehow came loose Then just call HP if not. You dont want to try to do any repairs yourself it might void your warrantee
2007-12-04 02:56:20 · answer #2 · answered by OZ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you hard drive has broke.
2007-12-04 02:52:32 · answer #3 · answered by flikapotamus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋