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    A53TA Not Detecting New HDD

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by tofoko, Mar 3, 2012.

  1. tofoko

    tofoko Newbie

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    edit: SOLVED
    Solution: connected the HDD to my PC and formatted it.
    still having problems..

    The notebook was installed with a 640GB WD HDD. The new one is a 1000GB Samsung Spinpoint HN-M101MBB-H.

    When i turn on the notebook, the only device i can choose from the boot-menu is the DVD-drive.

    Any suggestions are welcome :)
     
    tofoko, Mar 3, 2012
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    It is not recognized. At at first bootup the HDD was detected. I tried to install Windows 7, but it failed. Now it can't detect it, but if i switch to my old HDD (which have a lot of bad sector) it will be detected. Just not the new HDD.
     
    tofoko, Mar 3, 2012
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