Laptop Not detecting Hard Drive.

[Michael172]

So, ive got this shitty laptop ive been asked to look at.

Its fucked.

Basically, there is no hard drive detection from within the BIOS (Its set to auto). When i run windows setup it wont detect it either (Dur). Pehonix Bios too ffs.

What can i do.

There is no floppy drive so its unlikely i will be able to load drivers. Its quite old and she was going to buy a new one but being the silly fucker i am ive been asked to look at it first. Im guessing the hard drive is dead, but i want to make sure that its not just been assraped by a virus.


Would it be worth trying to reset the cmos? I dont really want to open the thing up either.

 

[Pettsi]

If you've got another laptop hard disc, wack that in it any try to boot. If it works, you know the hard disc is dead!

 

[Michael172]

I dont tbh. O well ill tell her its fecked. Cba to sort it out lol.