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May 13th, 2008 04:00

Failed to boot

Hi,i have a Dell Inspiron Laptop 8100 and i am geting this errors on startup :

 

*primary hard disk drive not found
*Fixed optical drive not found
*no bootable devices
*strike f1 to retry boot , f2 for setup utility"
I run Dell - Diagnostics Utility and it says everythink is fine!Help me plz!

 

Message Edited by wrathme on 05-13-2008 12:38 AM
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May 13th, 2008 06:00

go into the setup program and check the settings.....if you can , make hard drive first boot device. 

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May 13th, 2008 07:00

i did try it,i still get the same message :-( is my hard drive dead maybe?

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May 13th, 2008 08:00

quess what bothers me about your computer, is why the optical drive is not found,,,allmost sounds like the idie controller had gone bad.

 

replace your hard drive and see what happens,,,buy a cheap one somewhere or borrow one from someone...also make sure your setup settings are correct... might try to set your setup to default or optimal settings..... that worked once for me....not sure about your bios what you can do with it

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May 13th, 2008 09:00

Reseat both drives.  On this model, if the hard drive fails, you will not see the optical drive - the two share a controller.

 

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May 13th, 2008 11:00

I try to use default seting on bios (alt + f) nothink change.....i also remove the hard disk and the cd/rw,,,i even remove the flopy disk and Ram modules to see if i succed somethink,,nothink change :(

 

I dont undestand!!!! the diagnostic tool tels me all hardware is fine on my laptop :-(

 

any other sugestions ?

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May 13th, 2008 16:00

One of the two drives - the optical or the hard drive - is toast.

The more likely one to have failed is the hard drive.

 

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May 13th, 2008 21:00

but i hear some sound activity from the disk drive..(brooom,broom weird sounds) if it was toasted i think it woldnt made this sounds :P or i am wrong.toasted disks make sound? Oo

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May 13th, 2008 23:00

I also not understand why my pc cant recognize the cd/rw..in bios it is saying its not install....maybe my motherboard has toasted? Oo

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May 13th, 2008 23:00

From your description, your hard drive is toast.  The optical drive is a slave to it, so when the hard drive fails, the optical drive disappears as well.

 

Replace the hard drive with a new one and be sure you transfer the blade connector from the back of the original to the pins of the new one.

 

Then your optical drive will appear once again so you can use it to load Windows.

 

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May 14th, 2008 00:00

Ok,i know how to remove the hard drive so i quess i will put the new drive to same spot,,but what is this blade conector tranfer? Oo

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May 14th, 2008 10:00

There's a black strip over the pins on the back of the drive - remove it and transfer it to the pins of the new drive.  Pulls straight off - be careful doing this as the pins underneath are flimsy and easily bent.

 

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