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by man_with_love27610

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when I run fdisk why do it tell me no disk installed

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by alpha-male

Assuming you mean an IDE drive, there are several possibilities...in order of liklihood:

1 - the HD is not recognized in the BIOS (try to autodetect it)
2 - the cables are not secured or attached correctly
3 - the HD is not jumpered correctly4 - the cable is defective
5 - the HD is defective

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