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on a mobile device? Try our mobile theme. If CTH has helped you, please consider liking and sharing us on Facebook Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Advanced Search Go to Page... Topic Tools #1 May 12th, 2006, 03:36 PM marcone New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 8 Scan Devices Please wait -- No Disk Attached Hi When I boot my Win XP i get the following message. "Scan Devices please wait .. No Disk Attahced". Prior to this the computer have been working fine with no problems. I have two disk http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f10/no-disk-attached-155310.html one set as Master and the other as Slave. Both disk are automatically detected by the bios. I have change the cable to no avail. The HDD model is Maxtor 4D040H2. Can someone help please Thanks marcone View Public Profile Find all posts by marcone #2 May 12th, 2006, 03:56 PM mmalzewski New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7 Did you recently just put the http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=617127 second hard drive in? If so you may need to look at your documentation and check to see if you properly set your jumpers on the hard drives. mmalzewski View Public Profile Find all posts by mmalzewski #3 May 12th, 2006, 04:28 PM marcone New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 8 No. I did not. the second drive have been in for a while now - its a data drive. I have tried removing the second drive and booting with the primary drive but received the same message marcone View Public Profile Find all posts by marcone #4 May 12th, 2006, 05:32 PM steffkelly Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 O/S: Windows 8 Pro Location: Dublin, Ireland Age: 33 Posts: 220 Hi marcone, Does that message come up when you get into windows or when you're still in a dos screen? steffkelly View Public Profile Find all posts by steffkelly #5 May 12th, 2006, 05:44 PM marcone New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 8 Hi steffkelly It comes up in the dos screen marcone View Public Profile Find all posts by marcone #6 May 12th, 2006, 05:50 PM steffkelly Se
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 http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/4/SLN155163/en starting your PC. Table of Contents: Is your Dell PC giving an onscreen Hard Drive error when you start it up? Initial Troubleshooting Physical Troubleshooting Resolution 1. Is your PC giving an onscreen Hard Drive error when you start it up? There are several reasons why a PC will report that the Operating System or Hard Drive no disk 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 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. no disk attached 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 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