"No Fixed Drive Installed" message 2

[heavyironn]

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".

help!

 

[wolluf]

40 GB drive definitely ok (worked in another machine?)

Checked you've got it jumpered correctly, IDE cable firmaly attached, undamaged?

Tried it on secondary IDE connector?

 

[heavyironn]

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 before it would take the partitioning and FAT 32 formatting. I wonder if the reason that it wasn't recognized on the primary IDE was because of the wrong formatting or some other reason. At any rate, I owe you a debt of gratitude. You saved me much time and aggravation. Thanks again

Heavyironn

 

[heavyironn]

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 on Primary or Secondary. The CD/DVD drives work fine on Primary and the PC runs fine with the H/D on Secondary. What have I got here? Maybe a bad Motherboard???

 

[Freestone]

What is the drive jumpered for, Master or Cable Select? Have you tried setting it to Master and putting it on the primary IDE by itself? Have you tried it by itself with a new cable? How are the IDE controllers set for detection in BIOS, AUTO?

 

[SYAR2003]

Rule is ::
Harddisk , one or two pieces at primary IDE .
CDroms at secondary IDE .
(BIOS might be confused with your setup...)

 

[TekTippy4U]

are the Parameters correct on Primary in BIOS for new HDD...
LBA, UDMA, Multisector,etc....as the CD/DVD surely are different......try set all to AUTO in BIOS at first....

Under IDE Controllers in BIOS and Device Manager??? is
"Use Both Channels" selected?

you have an 80 conductor cable on new drive??? i hope

Is the new HDD detected at POST screen when on Primary?

TT4U

Notification:
These are just "my" thoughts....and should be carefully measured against other opinions....I try very hard to impart correct info at all times.