My Hard Disk is not detected?
438816
there is a small jumper block on the back of the cd drive....set it for slave....it's more then likely set as master and you can't have 2 masters on one ide Chanel
829345
go to start, al programes, accessories, command prompt type chkdsk press enter this will check your hard drive.
72767
Uplug the hard drive cables, disk drives, cd, etc. Then power up and see if the mother board will run. Work from there.
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.
504279
do a cold boot (switch off completely, count 10 for the hard disk to stop, then switch on again)\n\nif that dont fix it have you just installed new software\n\nif you aint then do a system restore (Start/help and support/pick a task/system restore)
476643
Either the disk is damaged or the drive is dirty or damaged.\n\nIf the disk is the problem, run  CheckDisk on it.  \n\nStart-->Run\n\nin the Run box, type CHKDSK A:  then press Enter.\n\nIf that doesn't work, the disk cannot be repaired, or the trouble is with the drive.
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.....
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
884218
if you are using windows XP, it should automatically detect it and you should see it under my computer.  if you have a different version of Windows, then you might need to install the driver that came with the external hard drive.  in any case, try restarting the computer and that works sometimes too.
699852
The Blue Screen of Death..... try to start in safe mode. if that will not work,  your HD might be Dead....
707615
Is your laptop hard drive working properly?! Try running a scan-disk to make sure!
1120353
go to the hard drive manufacturer's web site and download their diagnostic utilities.\n\nOr you can download the ultimate boot CD for Windows and boot to that.  It has most manufacturer's diagnostic programs on that (but you need to burn the ISO image of the CD correctly.  Reference my sources below.
919969
Your tiles are probably there somewhere...\n\nTry booting in safe mode - delete all existing disks and controllers in device manager and let Windows re-detect them.\n\nTry swapping IDE cables and plug it into the secondary instead of the primary - or whichever's different.  Also use a different power connector.\n\nIf you have anything like Norton SystemWorks, try booting off of the CD and then check the disk from there.\n\nLook and ask around and see if you can find something you can burn to CD and boot from it.\n\nDo you have another disk on the system now?  Where are you sending this from?\n\nDON'T REFORMAT IT!
201635
You might want to think about reformatting your hard drive and doing a fresh install of the operating system. This is usually a last resort after all other troubleshooting is done. If the install does not work then you might be looking at a hardware problem.
76156
If it's what I'm thinking, you can't see the drive in Disk Management.  Read this post on my technology blog and follow the DiskPart instructions.\n\nhttp://technologyexpert.blogspot.com/2005/11/adding-external-hard-drive-hard-way.html
488729
The most sensible answer is that you've pulled out one of the connectors for the hard drive. Try pushing them back in?
140139
The hard drive may have failed. Go in to the BIOS and see if the drive is found.