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December 20th, 2009 23:00

Dell Inspiron 1545, help with hard drive trouble/possible failure

After turning off the laptop and going past the Dell screen (F2 and F12 options screen) I get a black screen with text that says "no hard drive detected, try reseating the
drive."  I reseated the drive (assuming reseating in this situation is unscrewing the screws, sliding the drive out, and putting it back in) and the problem persists.

Any help is appreciated.

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December 21st, 2009 01:00

If your hard drive can not be detected in the BIOS then the hard drive has failed and you will need to replace the drive.

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December 21st, 2009 11:00

Welcome to the forums :emotion-21:

 

 

I'm inclined to agree, but are you able to run the Dell diagnostics, to see if you can get confirmation?

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December 21st, 2009 16:00

Ran the diagnostics and it said everything was fine, drive was still undetected, gave up and getting a replacement from dell, thanks anyway.

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