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Vostro 1700 suddently cant detect either hard drive, help!

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by mark2410, Dec 2, 2012.

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    mark2410 Notebook Enthusiast

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    today i went to the laptop and its displays it cant see the drives. there are two hard drives in it and neither can be seen. i have tried reseating them both but nothing. i cant believe both drives died so could it be the sata chipset has died? the machine can still see the optical drive fine.

    it shouldnt be anything physical as the laptop is massive and hasent been moved in months. is there anything i can do, please help.
     
    mark2410, Dec 2, 2012
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Have you tried a Linux live disc or physically removing them from your laptop and hooking them to another computer and see if they can be read?
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Dec 3, 2012
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    mark2410 Notebook Enthusiast

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    turned out the SSD died and for some reason when connected no drive could be seen.

    anyway a new drive and all was well, hope the info in usefull to someone
     
    mark2410, Mar 16, 2013
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