Summary: So I've been trying to install Vista ultimate on my computer and I was having problems with the AHCI and other stuff. I finally got the installation ...
Summary: "Manufacturer/Model: Maxtor / 6e040l0" MAXTOR 6E040L0 40GB 7200RPM ATA133 IDE "slave hard drive not detected in bios but is detected in win2000 devic...
Summary: I installed 3 Barracuda 250GB SATA hard drives from Seagate and 1 SATA DVD-RW drive from Samsung. Initially, the DVD-RW drive was recognized by BIOS a...
Summary: Cd/dvd drive no longer being recognized - a fix found. My notebook pc cd/dvd drive was not recognized by windows explorer. I even went and got an exte...
Summary: ok after installing the 500gb sata hard disk i tried to boot from dvd drive wth xp cd but its not working its a ide dvd drive drive name is in bios ...
Summary: Hi, I removed a hard drive recently to pull of data from it and store it on my other computer, while that was a success and this computer detected it ...
Summary: I got a used LG GSA-4081b(DVD burner) about 8 months ago, and since i bought it it has reliable for the most part. Recently it has not been able to bu...
Summary: Hi for some reason this machine won't detect the dvd drive. I checked the bios. I changed the cable, set the jumper correctly, it is the only dvd/cd d...
Summary: My XP hard drive does not boot up and it is not recognize in the BIOS if i disconnect my 2nd hard drive. I get an error that says: Primary Hard Disk D...
Summary: My Sony DRU-800A does not recognize in Win XP. I checked my BIOS, and It shows up there, but when I boot into windows and go to device manager, it lis...
Summary: I have a motherboard ASUS A7S333 with a HD 60GB 7200RPM. It is the Primary Master. I installed a second HD 60GB 7200RPM ATA133 Maxtor. It is the Pri...
Summary: i remember maybe a couple yrs back having this problem. I never figured it out. It was most likely some software i loaded after getting my new dvd b...
Summary: Computer running W98. Has 2 hard drives in removable drawers. Both drives have Win 98 on them. Call drives "C" & "D". Both have jumpers in Cable Selec...
Summary: I'ts not coded in BIOS, it's coded in the firmware of the actual drive. Don't know what can be done, just wanted to get you a little more on track in...
Summary: Thanks CD/DVD drive not showing in Disk Management. Does show in Device Manager with an exclamation mark but reinstalling driver has not worked. Shows...
Summary: ham30, I connected the drives separately and booted, but on both separate boots neither drive was recognized in BIOS or Device Manager. The hard disk...
Summary: Hello everyone i restarted my computer and went into "My computer" and my CD-RW drive is no longer recognized but instead there is a DVD Drive. What h...
Summary: Just picked up an Asus BC-1205PT Blu-Ray drive and it isn't being recognized in BIOS. Ended up having to install Windows using an old IDE drive. Can't...
Summary: I was getting "invalid FAT32" messages on boot and black screens. I took my data off the drive, and did FDISK to take off and make a new partition wit...
Summary: Ok, I just finished building my first comp, and most things have gone smoothly, except this. I run Windows setup, (a reinstallation disk from another ...
Summary: I have a 20gig maxtor drive with 2 partitions on it in windows xp. One of the drives is recognized in my computer but is inaccessible "invalid paramet...
Summary: Well I came into work this morning and found another computer on our network that blue screened with the same result - hard drive not found in bios. T...
Summary: ASUS DVD-RW not listed in disk management so I can not view it in My Computer and can not assign letter. I try to reinstall drivers (both windows and ...
Summary: was it there previously? have you done anything to the pc like added another drive? Are the cables on it properly? If you have been inside PC since it...
Summary: Regarding PC Geek's link and the pictures there... - make sure the Power up mode is Boot - if you want the bios to boot from a bootable CD without you...
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