Posted by DAN on March 18, 19101 at 11:17:55:
In Reply to: Presario doesn't recognize hard drive posted by Jon on March 17, 19101 at 15:47:00:
ON START UP A WHITE DOT WILL FLASH AT TOP RITE OF SCREEN,,HIT F10 THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO BIOS SET UP,,FROM HERE YOU CAN DETECT THE HD,,COURSE IF THE DRIVE IS NEW IT WILL HAVE TO BE PARTITIONED ,FORMATED AND A OPERATING SYSTEM INSTALLED
DAN
: I have a Compaq Presario with an 8G hard drive. I installed a universal bay on my computer so I can swap out a 10G hard drive which I use for school. The problem I have is that my Presario will not boot off of the 10G hard drive. The computer sees the drive, but it just will not boot off of it. I know it is not the bay because the 8G drive works fine. I know its not the 10G drive because it works on other machines. I have checked jumpers, tried booting with a startup disk, and tried booting with a Windows 98 cd with no luck. The CMOS/BIOS settings are so basic there is nothing to change. I contacted Compaq's online technical support and their great suggestion was to contact my nearest service dealer.
: Can anyone help me?