Primary Hard Drive Not Found Error
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Türkçe 简体中文 How to Troubleshoot a Hard Drive Not Detected error on a Dell PC This article provides information on how to identify and resolve an issue with onscreen Hard Drive errors during starting your PC. Table of Contents: Is your Dell PC giving an onscreen Hard Drive hard drive not installed error when you start it up? Initial Troubleshooting Physical Troubleshooting Resolution 1. Is your PC
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giving an onscreen Hard Drive error when you start it up? There are several reasons why a PC will report that the no hard drive detected dell Operating System or Hard Drive cannot be detected on start up. Some of these issues can be resolved without replacing parts and some will require you to narrow down the faulty part before taking this further. If no boot device found dell laptop there are any other issues with the machine, please troubleshoot those faults before following this guide. Please follow the guide below. Back to Top 2. Initial Troubleshooting The first question would normally be what type of error are you getting when the PC starts up? There are several it could be, I've listed them below. However the initial troubleshooting for any Hard Drive is going to be identical. If there is any damage
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to the system it will not be considered to be In Warranty, unless you have Accidental Damage Cover in addition to your standard warranty. If there is no damage then please proceed to section 2 step 1. Hard Drive not Detected No Boot Device Found No Boot Partition Found Data error Reading Drive Seek error - Sector not found Missing Operating System Drive not Ready Blank screen with flashing Cursor Hard Disk Drive Failure Primary Hard Disk Failure Most (or all) Dell systems come with built in PSA diagnostics. You can boot to them by tapping on
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