Cant install new hard disk to my system, system dosent power up after connecting the hard drive!!?
925041
check your jumper settings
978631
make sure your jumper settings on the drive are set correctly\n\ngo into your bios setup at boot up time and make sure that the HD is showing \nto get into bios you hit the key that it says to hit in order to get into setup, tap it once a second or hair faster than that til it goes into setup\n\nusually its F1 that gets you into Bios\n\nbut on some bios versions it is the tab key\n\nif those two are good then go to control panel and device manager and make sure the Hd shows up in the list of hardware and that theres no exclamation mark or anything like that next to it\n\nif so then theres a problem, also if it doesnt show up in the hardware list at all\n\nchecking jumper setting is the first thing to check though, \n\n\nif it was my system i would put the new HD on the primary IDE cable and set the jumper to slave setting\n\nand go into Bios setup and set it to boot first if it has your OS on it and if not then make it second or third or fourth boot \n'
140139
The hard drive may have failed. Go in to the BIOS and see if the drive is found.
286515
I've seen this message before and the cause was the cable being used to connect the hard drive to the motherboard.  Try to swap out the cable and see if it works.  \n\nOtherwise, you might have a hard drive problem.
408008
try usin a ghost, copy the entire content of your original hard drive to your new one, i do this quite often, i back up my hard drive and just incase something bad happens i can just copy the entire thing from my back up drive
1099967
yeah change the hard drive jumpers to slave drive and not to master other wise you os will try and read it as your master. so just move it around till it comes on. i just got a enclosure myself took two days to figure that out
866133
THE MOTHER BOARD IS FINE  THE PROBLEM WAS THE BIOS IS NOT SET UP CORRECLTY AND SINCE U DID A RESET ON IT ,NOW U HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT WAS SET UP, OPEN UP THE COMPUTER TAKE OUT THE CABLES WHERE UR CD AND HARD DRIVE IS, NOW START THE COMPUTER IS GOING TO SAY IN YOUR SCREEN HARDISK NOT FOUND AFTER IT SAYS THAT CONNECT THE HARDDRIVE TO THE COMPUTER TO SEE IF IT RECONIZE IT \nIF DOESNT RECONG IT  THEN GO TO BIO WITH THE COMPUTER OPEN AND THE HARDRIVE STILL IN THERE AND COM STILL ON IN THE BIO SET UP GO TO HARDWARE AND THERE GOING TO BE A OPTIONS WHERE II SAY DISABLE OR ENABLE ,ENABLE THE THE HARDRIVE AND THEN SAVE WHERE IT SAYS SECURITY AND THAT IT
571012
Re-boot and go into the Bios and see if they are being recognized there.  If not, try a different power connector from the power supply. It sounds like the drives aren't even getting power. It's hard to believe both drives could go bad at once.  Even if the IDE Controller went bad, the drive tray will still open as long as it's getting power.
1032266
Why not just go to a Electronics Store and just buy a new hard drive. It doesnt matter if its new or old, the wire that connects them does.
268809
Try uninstalling the drive using the Device Manager, and then reboot the computer.  When the computer reboots, Windows should detect the drive as "new hardware", and reinstall the drivers for it.  At that point you can try the drive out to see if it has restored its functionality.  If not, my suggestion would be to purchase a new drive to replace your present one.
864943
you need a windows disc. something has happened to you system files on the HD, it might jsut be a cable came out though, have a check when the computer is turned off.
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
924129
Check your jumper settings on your drive, go to your Bios setup and make sure the drive is there, make your cd rom first boot device, then hard drive second boot device
910443
what size is the hard drive? How old is it? Hav eyou tried to install prior to making new partitions?
69600
You could be having a hardware error.  Check the disk you are trying to use in another drive, and try a known good disk in your drive.  Once you verify the problem, then check all the connections on your CD drive, make sure they are solid and the unit is getting power. If everything checks out and it doesnt work, you will have to replace the hardware.
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Try re-installing the drivers for the drive through the Device Manager in the Control Panel.\n\nIf you are unsure whether you have the drivers go to the manufacturer website and search for your model.\n\nThen you sgould be able to download the drivers with instructions on installation.
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If nothing starts up then its a simple power problem and you should be able to start your system after installing a new Power Unit. However if you are able to start the system then try to getinto the BIOS and use the CD drive as a boot option. Try reinstalling Windows and this should work. \nIf you have important data, try taking your Harddrive to your friends or your other PC and then install this drive as a secondary drive on your friends PC. This will then allow you to recover your data and then you can even check if your drive is corrupted or only the Windows install.