Cant start computer with s-ata disk installed

[stillsteam]

Hi
I have a Seagate 250Gb s-ata disk that is "dead", from my HP media center pc. I got a pci-card to put into my Fujitsu computer so I could connect the sata-disk. Now my problem is that my Fujitsu-computer won´t start as long as the "dead" drive is connected. How do I get the computer to start with this drive connected?

Thank you

/Jonas


/Jonas

 

[wahnula]

stillsteam,

Download the Seatools diagnostics from the Seagate site, then zero-fill the drive (before bedtime, it takes hours & hours). Look in Device manager to see if the card installed correctly. There may be a card (make,model???) BIOS prompt during boot, look for it, enter it, and see if the drive is there. Check the boot order in sysBIOS to make sure that the system is not trying to boot from the card's drive.

Tony

 

[ptdd]

hello,

you can see here to install sata drive.

http://www.easeus.com/resource/install-sata-hard-drive.htm