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    "Hard disk drive not found?!" XP on an XPS M1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hiloguy, Mar 19, 2009.

  1. hiloguy

    hiloguy Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've got XP SP2 running just fine on my XPS M1530, but when I leave it powered up overnight now, in the morning I see this on the screen:
    "Internal Hard Disk Drive not found. To resolve, reset the drive. No bootable devices found." If I reboot from that screen it goes to the same message. If I power down and restart, it boots up just fine.

    Any ideas here?
     
    hiloguy, Mar 19, 2009
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  2. Tinselworm

    Tinselworm Notebook Deity

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    take out the HDD and put it back in
     
    Tinselworm, Mar 19, 2009
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    hiloguy Notebook Enthusiast

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    That seems too easy! :) I'll give it a go and see if I get the same message tomorrow morning. Why would it boot up fine from a cold boot if there's a "seating" problem with the HD?
     
    hiloguy, Mar 19, 2009
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    its' the connection between ur HD and your Computer. If you ask Dell, however, they'll tell you that it's your AHCi controller, don't believe them.
     
    FrozenDarkness, Mar 19, 2009
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    the connection may have been knocked loose
     
    Tinselworm, Mar 19, 2009
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    Yup i concur. Had this issue with my old work D630. reseated the drive and never saw the problem again
     
    -l-Z3K3-l-, Mar 19, 2009
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