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no hard drive found

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by casper514

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Compaq Presario6330 - blue screened while typing in Word, now won't reboot can't find hard drive, won't rebott with system restore disk either

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by guruofdos

Strip the machine and check ribbon cables, power cables etc. Flash it up again and if it will still not detect the hard disk, the drive has probably failed. On your machine, the BIOS is also stored on a hidden sector on the hard disk, so if that is the case, you'll need the ROMPaq software from Compaq web-site to rebuild the new drive.

by sunnyrai_1

If the system is unable to boot, this could be a hardware issue. But, you may try checking the power cables for any damage, also check whether the hard drive LED is glowing. If the hard drive LED is glowing, when you restart the computer, this meansthat the system is able to recieve power and the issue could be due to a bad monitor or video card or any other device connected to your computer. Some times, clearing the CMOS also will do the trick.

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