When turn on my laptop, there is a clicking noise and i get a message primary hard drive not found. what mean?
102232
Your problem is NOT a software problem.  Whatever customer support person you talked to should be out of a job.  It is a harddrive failure (meaning your harddrive is now useless trash).  Just buy a new harddrive and reinstall an OS.
691468
need more info than that to diagnose.  make sure your cables are plugged in tightly?  is the jumpers on the hard drive on the correct pins?  can you hear it booting up. when does it stop?\ntoo many variables
86647
If you have a bad hard drive and the system cannot write data to it, then you will get this message. I have no idea if it's legitimate or a virus.\n\nListen closely to the computer's hard drive, you can sometimes hear it clicking repeatedly or whining.\n\nBefore you go on the Internet right click your hard drive under Windows Explorer and find the tool that checks the drive for errors, it'll soon tell you.\n\nIf the drive is good, invest in some good anti-virus software.
737990
I guess I would need a bit more information such as have you tried rebooting?  How long has this been an issue?  Here is my answer.\n\nIf you have not already re booted, I would suggest trying that then looking for the drives once again.
131098
the hard drive did not come with a disk? i would look at the box that it came in. if it dose say windows me. then you should be able to find the website adderss on the box or owners guide
843172
check the cables and power. those are the most likely culprits, especialy if the computer has been moved or jarred.  failing that go into bios and see if the computer recognizes the hard drive as there and can read it.  if you need files from it, attach it as a slave and see if you can access it....if not its probably a screwed pooch from a virus and needs to be replaced.
607865
Replace the hard drive, if it fixes the problem then you know that they hard drive was messed up, if not, then you got a whole different problem...Good Luck.
3973
If you are hearing any noise as the drive spins then it may be a disk failure.  If there is no noise then there may be hope...check the link below..scroll down to see a list of utilities that may help.  Good luck.
727192
You possibly have a bad hard drive
108134
when a hard drive is makeing a noise and not being seen on the computer. then the hard drive is haveing a hardware failing. the onley people can help you are data recovery people. software will not get your data back because it is not being seen by the computer.
822802
I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.\nSome hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
767428
Unfortunately it means that your hard disk is dead. Better take the laptop back to the shop. Data is hardly ever recoverable.
287887
well.  Run Checkdisk then.  To do so, go to My Computer, right-click on your C drive then click on Tools and then click on Check Now. On the dialog box which appears, click on Yes (if ever it does).  This causes your C drive to be checked the next time you start your PC.\n\nYou got that message coz maybe checkdisk detected errors on your drive and needs to repair them.
879354
computer should detect new hard drive buy it self if not than its not properly in staled but if u are sure u did everything correctly and still cant find than reinstall mac OS :)
710460
Go to start>>settings>>control panel>>administrative tools>>computer management>>storage>>disk management. Can you see your drive there? In case you can just format and partition it. In case this procedure doesn't solve your problem just check the jumpers.
229227
This is because the hard drive on whic OS resides is not getting detected. Did u have a OS installed? if you did, It could be due to several reasons- The controller/ driver failure or a simple connection failure (that lead sto the hard drive).\nIt may also be due to complete collapse of the hard drive (on whic the OS is installed) This might happen due to disk corruption, physical damage or may be virus/worm infestation.  Sometime back my HP laptop was having this problem. HP service people said they have to replace the hard disk, pay 21000 Rs (abt 400$). I said get lost and opened the machine, it was that a connector came off, I fixed it, it is fine.
959705
unlikly to be a driver issue..\n\nHit\n\nStart/Run/diskmgmt.msc\n\nSelect mass storage device/removable media \n\nright click\nchange driver letter and paths\nselect something other than what its currently set to\nselect ok\napply on the message\nthere you go.....