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Cant boot i can access bios. tells me hdd pasword locked. does not ask for hdd password at boot. screen goes blank w/ mouse cursor working over black screen. boot from windows xp disk tells me there is no hard drive, but bios tells me its there?
The hard drive is encrypted. This is an anti-theft device. Contact the manufacturer of your anti-theft protection or, if you stole it, return it to the owner.
The hard drive is encrypted. This is an anti-theft device. Contact the manufacturer of your anti-theft protection or, if you stole it, return it to the owner.
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In your bios you should be able to change your settings for the hdd. Make sure everything in bios matches your hdd & then save changes & reboot. Hopefully that will allow you to enter windows.
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No Boot disk found - usually indicates the HDD is not located.
so you need to validate the HDD is inserted properly, and locked into the HDD slot. securely,
Blue Screen asking for password, could mean several things,
basically you need with both errors, take to a good Repair Tech and have this looked into... PASSWORD can be either for BIOs or HDD,
or the system went into LOCKED MODE and password is needed to UNLOCK it.
Remove ALL media, DVD,CD, USB, etc. Unplug, remove battery, plug in, reboot. If that fails, reseat the Memory Mods. Replace the CMOS battery, remove HDD and test.
Remove the battery and open the case. Look inside the computer with a flashlight to see if any of the capacitors are busted or leaking from corrosion. The capacitors look like little battery towers, but they are not as tall as the AA or AAA batteries.
If the capacitors are bad, your computer goes bunkers.
Watch the screen as it boots up looking for the press F1 or DEL to access Setup. Your Presario may not be able to see the new HD in which case you will have to run second party software to access the HD. Get into the Setup BIOS and check for your new HD under hard drive detection if the BIOS can not find it, you will have to run other software to access the drive. If your BIOS gives you the option to start up the hard drive after a delay such as 1 or 2 seconds try that, as the BIOS on the hard drive and the BIOS on the motherboard may be clashing. Hope this Fixya up
Most of the time, the machine booting with the blinking cursor
indicates a problem with the HDD itself.
You can do the
following:
1) Reseat the HDD 2) Check BIOS boot
order and see if the HDD is still recognized at BIOS level 3) Load
the BIOS defaults (F1 at boot, then F9, F10) 4) If the HDD is
detected at BIOS, try to access Rescue and Recovery on the HDD (F11 key
at boot) and try to reload Windows. 5) If problems persist, I'd
highly recommend replacing the HDD!!
If you are sure no one has tampered with it and entered a HDD password and it is not prompting for a password then it is most likely a HDD failure. It is possible the BIOS will still recognize the HDD. Try disconnecting and reconnecting the HDD if you can access it there should be screws on the bottom marked with a cylinder symbol.
The hard drive is encrypted. This is an anti-theft device. Contact the manufacturer of your anti-theft protection or, if you stole it, return it to the owner.
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