HP/Compaq :: Win XP Setup Program Says There Is No Hard Drive Installed
Jan 4, 2009
This laptop is HP dv2000t with a 120 GB SATA drive. It was setup to dual boot Ubuntu LINUX and Win Vista. I want to change it so that the only OS is WinXP and the drive will have all space in a single NTFS partition. I booted up with a utilty CD containing Win98 DOS boot files (IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, etc.) and also containing a partition manager program. I deleted all existing partitions and created a NTFS partition containing the entire 120 GB space. Then I booted with a Win XP installation CD to start installing Win XP - but the Win XP setup program says there is no hard drive installed. That leaves me dead in the water. Note: my utility CD (Win98 DOS) accesses the HD just fine. Does anybody know why the Win XP setup program thinks there is no HD installed?
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Jan 5, 2015
The hard drive on my Aspire 5740-6025 went bad and needed replaced. I purchased a new HD and installed using the recovery disks. Everything went fine until it got to the Windows screen that said "Setup is applying system settings." At that point I got a message saying "Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware." How can I get the new hard drive to work on my system?
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Jan 5, 2015
The hard drive on my Aspire 5740-6025 went bad and needed replaced. I purchased a new HD and installed using the recovery disks. Everything went fine until it got to the Windows screen that said "Setup is applying system settings." At that point I got a message saying "Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware." How can I get the new hard drive to work on my system?
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Dec 27, 2009
I went ahead and followed the information on this forum on adding a second hard drive through an optical drive caddy
DIY: Adding SSD or HDD storage using an optical bay caddy
I've posted the problem in that thread ... and I may be breaking some rules posting a new thread ... I just know there has to be a simple answer to this that I am not seeing ... so I am desperate, so here we go!
I've added the Optical drive caddy into my M1330 successfully... at first. My computer was actually in hibernation when I took it apart (battery and all) to install the caddy.
I took out the slot load drive and installed a Momentus 500gb drive. Put the Comp back together and started. Vista recognized the drive as if it were just plugged in I could browse files and copy to and from the drive.
On reboot though, the drive is no longer detected. The "fixed bay device" notification in the bios under "Device Info" claims that nothing is there when it would normally show the DVD drive.
Device Manager does not show the device once Vista is booted, and it does not show up when I scan for new hardware. The computer boots fine as it did before, and I even rebooted using a thorough POST behavior to try to force it to recognize the HDD in in the caddy the PATA slot .....
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Feb 19, 2009
ive upgraded to a bigger hard drive, and would like to keep all my dell goodies that came with it pre installed. is there a way i can download all these programs (wifi apps, etc) or transfer them to my new hard drive os install? i know i can get drivers from dell site, but im stumped on all the software
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Dec 24, 2009
I just installed a 2nd hard drive in my Studio 17 that I've had for about a year. I'm running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit.
The 2nd hard drive shows up in the "Hardware Manager" but it doesn't show up as a drive under "My Computer
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Nov 13, 2014
I had done a human error after a problem with sound in my inspiron N4010 I tried to do a recovery factory but I didn't a backup of all my important files so that I lost all my information now. That I did. I used Dell data safe local backup application to restore drivers, the hard drive was formatted and re-installed all of the software originally shipping on my computer, Dell Data safe mode basic. not returned me all files. so that I lost important files. How can I recover data? it is possible to recover lost data?
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Jan 4, 2014
I think I mistakenly applied a Windows 8 Energy Management update to Windows 7 64 on a N586 and now the volume and display screen bars do not show.
I'm unable to reload the original drivers: error message "A later version of Energy Management is already installed on this machine. The setup cannot continue"
Now can I resolve this and reinstall the original Energy Management driver?
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Apr 6, 2009
I am thinking about getting a new DV4T and then upgrading the hard drive to an X-25 ssd, but obviously it'll only be 80GB which is an issue. I just read the NBR review of the DV4 and it seems that there is a special hard drive you can plug in into the optical drive bay to boost your storage space... i've been searching everywhere but I can't find the thing... anyone know where/if this thing does in fact exist and if it's compatible with the "new" DV4s?
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Jan 13, 2009
I have this new program that I want to load on my E drive but its not working. When I click properties it says used space 585mb and free space 0 bytes.
Isnt it supposed to say that? lol I've never had a problem with the e drive b4 so I dont know whats wrong. Whenever I try to run the program it says access is denied.
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Jan 20, 2009
i got a new 320gb hard drive for my dv6000, how do i mirror the contents of my current drive onto this new one?
also i want to add a partition onto this new drive to try windows 7, how do i go about doing this?
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Nov 3, 2009
If my laptop's hard drive has to be replace, can I replace it with any 2.5" and does the capacity and speed matter? My current one that came with the laptop with vista pre-installed is 160gb SATA.
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Jun 11, 2009
about 8 months ago our laptop died on us.PS3 died the other day.So i need something to fiddle with.it died during a disk clean up/defragg.there were some bad sectors.chose to clean up.afterwards it goes through the bios screen;then instead of windows showing up i get a screen with a blinking cursor.Now in the bios screen idid a hard drive test says 01-07 FAIL.is there a chance at recovery or should i just get a new HDD? Is there a way to reformatt from the bios?Can i access DOS from there?
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May 2, 2010
just picked up a new ENVY 15 from Asia. It was preconfigured on special with decent specs. The only downside is that it only comes with a 500GB hard drive. I was looking under the North American specs for the customizable model and noticed that there is an option for a secondary hard drive. Just wondering if anyone can confirm this? Don't want to operate on this beauty if the second drive bay doesn't even exist.
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Jan 29, 2009
do all the dv7's in the range have the ability to put a 2nd hard drive inside or it just specific?
im choosing between the dv7-1002 and the dv7-1125EA but i want to know if they have the space to put in another hard drive?
i tried looking on the HP site but there is nothing about it on the site.
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Mar 2, 2010
I have an HP-dv2000 laptop hard-drive that's completely crashed now.
I have a Dell XPS laptop 320gig Sata Hard drive that I am trying to replace it with, however when I plug the hard drive in and try to turn on the power. All that happens is all the lights on the laptop just blink really fast, along with the multimedia quick buttons, continuously.
If I remove the hard-drive and it will actually go away and start, it will start up the HP screen thats it.
Is the Hard-Drive dead?
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Dec 13, 2009
I am planning on putting another HDD into my dv8 with two hard drive bays. I am currently using one of the bays for a 320GB 7200prm drive. I'm probably gonna put another 320GB 7200rpm or 500GB 5400rpm HDD in. However, I am not sure where to purchase a hard drive caddy from. There is one from NewmodeUS for around $40 + $5 shipping and there is a one that is a genuine HP part from the HP parts and store that costs around $50 + $10 shipping. Where do you guys think I should buy it from?
The link for the Newmodes one is [url]
The one from the HP parts and store is [url] and type in the part number 483862-001
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Jan 30, 2009
I bought a hard drive (Seagate 320GB SATA 2.5") intending to upgrade my storage space which is currently 160gb. I checked to see if the drive was compatible (the drive my HP dv6500t shipped with was a Toshiba MK1637GSX) and I had figured it was since both were SATA.
The hard drive arrived today. I decided that before I begin putting my drive image on the new drive that I check to see if it'll fit. I open it up and take the drive out and to my surprise I see that the drive that was inside the laptop had some kind of pin-connectors.
The Seagate laptop did not. I took off the caddy that was holding the hard drive, but I noticed that the pin connectors were a part of the hard drive itself.
So this has left me rather perplexed. I looked online and found caddies and SATA connectors for a dv6000 laptop but they were going for around $35.
Is this normal or am I just missing something here? Should I have ordered a different drive?
My laptop is a Pavilion dv6500t purchased October, 2007.
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Apr 23, 2010
if the HP laptop hard drives are proprietary or not?
The reason I ask is that my dv9608ca laptop is dead, but I am 90% certain that the hard drive is fine. So I thought I would salvage it and use it as an external hard drive.
So I bought an external enclosure which is for 2.5" SATA drives. However, the prongs on the hard drive are twice as tall as the spot for them to go in, in the enclosure.
The reviews for the hard drive enclosure have been all positive, so it obviously works.
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Mar 24, 2010
I need to replace the hard drive in my DV6654 and am not sure if it is a 2.5 inch or not. I have not been able to find this information anywhere I have looked. The only thing I know is that it is a wd2500bevs-60ust0. It is 250GB. Can I put a 500GB in it? I have read that a computer may not recognize the new drive if it is too large.
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Jan 16, 2009
So I just purchased a DV4t a month ago. Only recently maybe this past week have I noticed that my hard drive is overheating because my left palm is getting really hot. I have no idea what would cause this? What are some causes of an overheating hard drive, and what can I do to keep the temperature down?
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Dec 9, 2009
I've had this Lap top sitting around for a year or so. The hard drive went out some time back and I don't know where the original went. what replacement I need? I can't figure out what these connections are.
The Computer is a HP Pavillion dv6700
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Mar 14, 2010
I have a hp dv 6308nr that is about 3 years old. Something that I did to it recently caused the hard drive to go bad (new battery, new charger, new ram, not sure). Anyway, I don't really want to put a lot of money into a 3 year old laptop. Also, I don't have any restore cd's. I do have everything backed up on an external hd. But, wouldn't I have to purchase windows all over again to install it on my new hard drive? Would I be better off just getting a new computer and selling this one for parts or can I get a new hard drive cheap somewhere?
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Jun 12, 2009
i just bought my hp hdx 16 yesterday the main reason i choosed hdx 16 over dv6 is the second hard drive option(as said in maintenance guide) now i opened the back and no place for my second hard drive if any1 knows where the connector
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Mar 20, 2009
On my DV9774ca theres two hard drives. The second (D) drive has started acting up. I download torrents and newsgroup Tv shows to it, leaves the C drive free. Its started to freeze the system if I sometime do stuff on the D drive, like un-rar a movie on the D drive.Theres no odd noises, nice and quiet.
I did the hard drive scan and fix on the Tools tab in Properties of the D drive. It gets to test 4 and says its at '10% File 359 of 17254' and freezes there then!
I did the diagnostic in the BIOS for this drive and it estimates 89 minutes to do the test, yet after 20 seconds it stops and says something like '#100068 Replace Hard Disc'.
I gather the hard drive is toast. Its a WD 160GB. Came with the laptop exactly 12.5 months ago! I called HP and I am out of luck, I thought they could swing it for me.
Am I right it say its toast? I gather its mecahnical, as thats what the BIOS looks for? I can't just reformat it?
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Jan 27, 2009
starting from yesterday i cant seems to access my hard drive. everytime i try to go into my computer then double click on the hard drive, it would enter but then freeze and becomes non-responsive. i cant enter the folders like programs, user, windows...etc, it would just freeze. i have no problem other drives such as removable flash drive, this only happens with the hard drive. i have to close explorer but then my desktop would be blank with just my wallpaper, so i would need to restart or log off but it will take forever. also i notice my hard drive LED is always on and the temperature is getting really hot, it never happened before and i ran scans with avg and it shows i hav no virus or spyware. so idk wat is the problem, it happened all of the sudden it was fine 2 days ago,
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Jun 12, 2009
i just bought my hp hdx 16 yesterday the main reason i choosed hdx 16 over dv6 is the second hard drive option(as said in the maintenance manual) now i opened the back and no place for my second hard drive
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Apr 20, 2009
My friend has a 2006 hp pavilion running xp. I have a 2007 hp pavilion running vista(32 bit). They look completely identical. Her motherboard took a dump, but the hard drive is good, and she needs to get the data off of it. Can i take out my hard drive from my laptop and install hers to get the docs and data off of it? Is it the same connection? size?
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Jan 4, 2009
Has any one successfully cloned their hard drive when it's encrypted using HPs Protect Tools either when using the TPM or Software Tocen only?
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Apr 6, 2009
I have a Presario v5204nr notebook that will not recognize that there is a hard disk installed. im doing this because my old hard drive is giving me problems already and it only has 40gb and im trying to put a 160gb. when i removed the hard drive and put the new one in i rebooted the computer and try to install Windows xp but when it asks which partitiion to install to, it says "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. I have tried several hard drives (sata) and same effect.
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