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"No Fixed Drive Installed" message
Now, I've developed another problem. Had to partition, format and program new H/D on Secondary IDE. Tried switching the new H/D back to Primary and again got the "NO FIXED DRIVE INSTALLED" message. The BIOS still shows the new H/D and the CD/DVD drives in the correct places, wether...- heavyironn
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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"No Fixed Drive Installed" message
wolluf: Tried it on the Secondary IDE and damned if it didn't run the FDISK. The hard drive was purchased from NewEgg.com and there was no documentation with it, although it was sold to me as new. As things turned out, it was pre programmed with the newer technology for XP. Had to erase that...- heavyironn
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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"No Fixed Drive Installed" message
My original IDE hard drive (30 gig) in my 4 year old HP PC died on me. Picked up a 40 gig IDE hard drive to replace it with. The Bios recognizes the new hard drive, but when I try to run FDISK, I get a loud click from the PC and a screen message that says, "NO FIXED DISK INSTALLED"...- heavyironn
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