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    Dell Inspiron 6000 no HDD boot

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    by amhines ·

    Model PP12L, only 1Gb memory. XP Pro.
    Boots from CD, passes internal Dell diagnostic suite.
    Same HDDs boot other machines (tried a service pack 1 & 3).
    Believe BIOS settings are correct (CD first HDD 2nd). Tried reversing that order. HDD LED flashes a couple of times immediately after BIOS or splash screen (whether booting from CD or HDD), then nothing. Just empty cursor.
    Ideas?? – Clueless.

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      Repost as ‘Q&A’

      by hal 9000 ·

      In reply to Dell Inspiron 6000 no HDD boot

      Try reposting this in the ‘Q&A’ forum. The ‘Discussion’ forum is for matters of general discussion, not specific problems in search of a solution. The ‘Water Cooler’ is for non-technical discussions. You can submit a question to ‘Q&A’ here:

      http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/questions/post?tag=mantle_skin;content

      There are TR members who specifically seek out problems in need of a solution. Although there is some overlap between the forums, you’ll find more of those members in ‘Q&A’ than in ‘Discussions’ or ‘Water Cooler’.

      Be sure to use the voting buttons to provide your feedback. Voting a ‘+’ does not necessarily mean that a given response contained the complete solution to your problem, but that it served to guide you toward it. This is intended to serve as an aid to those who may in the future have a problem similar to yours. If they have a ready source of reference available, perhaps won’t need to repeat questions previously asked and answered. If a post did contain the solution to your problem, you can also close the question by marking the helpful post as “The Answer”. .

      [b]What type of HDD is this here?[/b] If it is a PATA Drive you need to enter the BIOS and make sure that it is correctly identified and save the settings as you exit the BIOS.

      Col

    • #2903312

      Wrong Board

      by amhines ·

      In reply to Dell Inspiron 6000 no HDD boot

      Thanks. Newbie appreciates it.

      • #2903263
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        Your Welcome

        by hal 9000 ·

        In reply to Wrong Board

        We try to confuse as much as possible. 😉

        Col

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