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From: undisclosed on 11 Apr 2010 02:21

Hello,

I took out the hard disk and switched on the machine..
I took out the battery and disconnected the power cord. I then pressed
the power-on switch for about a minute...

after re-connecting everything and switching on the BIOS beeped awhile
and then was quiet.

Still no hard disk

The reason (i think) why the USB isn't seen is that USB is not in the
boot menu (Diskette, HD, CD, and PXE Lan) and there is a switch
elsewhere in setup to enable "Legacy USB" ....?????

On POST appears "Press F2 to enter Setup" A switch exists in Setup to
enable F12 to show a boot menu. I tried to enable it with no results...

John (kalten_jm)


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kalten_jm
From: John Doue on 11 Apr 2010 08:34
On 4/11/2010 9:21 AM, undisclosed wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I took out the hard disk and switched on the machine..
> I took out the battery and disconnected the power cord. I then pressed
> the power-on switch for about a minute...
>
> after re-connecting everything and switching on the BIOS beeped awhile
> and then was quiet.
>
> Still no hard disk
>
> The reason (i think) why the USB isn't seen is that USB is not in the
> boot menu (Diskette, HD, CD, and PXE Lan) and there is a switch
> elsewhere in setup to enable "Legacy USB" ....?????
>
> On POST appears "Press F2 to enter Setup" A switch exists in Setup to
> enable F12 to show a boot menu. I tried to enable it with no results...
>
> John (kalten_jm)
>
>
Your post does not say if you put the hd in a USB enclosure. I assume
you did but assuming ...

I did not intend to suggest you try booting from the hd in a usb
enclosure but that you boot from a bootable cd and see if you can access
the hd. If you cannot, it does not necessarily mean the hd is bad, since
it depends if a usb driver is loaded when you boot from the cd/dvd
media. Ideally, take your hd in the enclosure to a friend/neighbor's
machine and see if the hd can be read. Then, you know for sure.

You mention that the Bios beep awhile ...? if it beeped more than once,
that is an error message and you muss precisely note the sequence so
that if can be identified.

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John Doue
From: Bob Villa on 11 Apr 2010 09:14
On Apr 10, 5:14 am, undisclosed wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After changing the boot order in the setup my travelmate does not
> recognise the hard disk. It does boot from the CD (UBCD4WIN) but still
> will not recognise the HD (or USB key)
>
> I think I have to flash the BIOS - there are flashing utilities
> available for DOS and Windows but I need guidance for that.
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>
> --
> kalten_jm

So, would this be an IDE CD drive and an SATA HDD? Could you have
issues with serial drivers? Just a thought!

bob
From: undisclosed on 14 Apr 2010 04:30

Hello,

I tried various things and came out with these answers:

- the disk is correctly recognised in POST as IDE drive. I obtained
another disk and it was also correctly recognised in POST

- Setup does not recognise either hard disk -it says "No HD"

I tried out UBCD (DOS version). It is full of utilities . One of them:-
Hitachi fitness test recognised the HD as:
No. 00 ATA (!!!) primary master IC25N060ATMR04
It also listed the CD drive as:
No. 01 ATAPI secondary master slimtype DVDRW SDW-4

It analysed the disk correctly but on the Function Test it said "Device
is Password protected and can not be tested" Disposition Code 0x22

The Setup has a password setting facility for User and Supervisor but
the hard drive lock is greyed out

So that's all I have to contribute - I gladly await your comments


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kalten_jm
From: Bob Villa on 14 Apr 2010 06:45
On Apr 14, 3:30 am, undisclosed wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I tried various things and came out with these answers:
>
> - the disk is correctly recognised in POST as IDE drive. I obtained
> another disk and it was also correctly recognised in POST
>
> - Setup does not recognise either hard disk -it says "No HD"
>
> I tried out UBCD (DOS version). It is full of utilities . One of them:-
> Hitachi fitness test recognised the HD as:
> No. 00 ATA (!!!) primary master IC25N060ATMR04
> It also listed the CD drive as:
> No. 01 ATAPI secondary master slimtype DVDRW SDW-4
>
> It analysed the disk correctly but on the Function Test it said "Device
> is Password protected and can not be tested" Disposition Code 0x22
>
> The Setup has a password setting facility for User and Supervisor but
> the hard drive lock is greyed out
>
> So that's all I have to contribute - I gladly await your comments
>
> --
> kalten_jm

Can you F-disk and reformat and then try recognizing it? (I don't have
a clue about being locked-out!)
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