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can't get into Bios
I bought a new hard drive a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Ultra ATA/100 with 120GB. This hard drive is not recognised by my computer, I have tried Master then slave and even cable select nothing is working. I am running a XP Pro SP3 CD to put on the drive. The mother board I have is a Dell E210882. I can't seem to find anywhere what to press to get into the bios to see if the ATA is enabled or other things, I'm not sure. The drive vibrates slightly while on which tells me it's turning inside. The hard drive I had in the computer does not boot anymore so that is why I bought this new one. I have a Dell Dimension 3000. Any help would greatly be appreciated!!
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October 26th, 2011 17:00
Hi sparkyair,
F2 will get you into the BIOS. Here's what I suggest you do:
1. Set the jumper to cable select (always with Dell).
2. Boot to the BIOS and check that the channel is enabled and the drive is recognized.
3. If the channel is off, change it to auto, save settings and exit.