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Toshiba Kenny 08-07-2007
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Posted by Kenny on August 7, 2007, 6:24 am
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 Hi folks. Perhaps some kind soul with experience in laptop
troubleshooting can give me a hand. I have toshiba 1400-s151 the hard
drive is not recognize in the bios


Posted by BigJim on August 7, 2007, 12:59 pm
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 you could try a repair install of xp if that won't work then you need to
format and reinstall the operating system.
If that won't work you need a new hard drive. I just replaced one in a dell
with the same symptoms.
the link will explain how to do a repair install. If it works you will have
all your files intact.

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

> Hi folks. Perhaps some kind soul with experience in laptop
> troubleshooting can give me a hand. I have toshiba 1400-s151 the hard
> drive is not recognize in the bios
>



Posted by Dan Dubosky on August 7, 2007, 7:16 pm
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What does Windows XP have to do with the BIOS? I can understand reflashing
the BIOS which is stored in the flashable ROM.

> you could try a repair install of xp if that won't work then you need to
> format and reinstall the operating system.
> If that won't work you need a new hard drive. I just replaced one in a
> dell with the same symptoms.
> the link will explain how to do a repair install. If it works you will
> have all your files intact.
>
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>
>> Hi folks. Perhaps some kind soul with experience in laptop
>> troubleshooting can give me a hand. I have toshiba 1400-s151 the hard
>> drive is not recognize in the bios
>>
>
>



Posted by Barry Watzman on August 7, 2007, 7:49 pm
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If the hard drive is not recognized in the BIOS, the problem is a lot
more fundamental than Windows, and won't be fixed by reinstalling
Windows. In fact, if the hard drive isn't recognized, you CAN'T
[re]install Windows (or anything else) on it.

BigJim wrote:
> you could try a repair install of xp if that won't work then you need to
> format and reinstall the operating system.
> If that won't work you need a new hard drive. I just replaced one in a dell
> with the same symptoms.
> the link will explain how to do a repair install. If it works you will have
> all your files intact.
>
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>
>> Hi folks. Perhaps some kind soul with experience in laptop
>> troubleshooting can give me a hand. I have toshiba 1400-s151 the hard
>> drive is not recognize in the bios
>>
>
>

Posted by Barry Watzman on August 7, 2007, 7:47 pm
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The most likely cause is that the hard drive is bad.

Kenny wrote:
> Hi folks. Perhaps some kind soul with experience in laptop
> troubleshooting can give me a hand. I have toshiba 1400-s151 the hard
> drive is not recognize in the bios
>

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