Hard Drive not detected

Do the system detect your hard drive? If detects, try to get it partitioned. If you can, you won.

Have you tried resetting the BIOS defaults? In doing so, it will force IDE re-detection and often resolve vague boot issues.

The Aspire 1641 is supplied with a 80Gb hard drive. If the new 160Gb hard drive is not detected in the BIOS then the BIOS cannot support this size hard drive.
Check your manual/specification to see the maximum size hard drive it can support.
You can install the 160Gb hard drive in an USB hard drive adapter case and use it as an external USB hard drive.

you may need to format it via Computer Management->Disk Management if there is nothing in it.

go to the freecom web site and download the drive for that unit after that the computer will see and connect to the unit

if you try to go on-line and search for drivers and system software updates. if thisd doesnt solve the problem then try hardware such as cables

Have a look here>

http://www.freecom.com/ecDrivers.asp

I can't see any Mac drivers for the drive...

I found this page>

http://freecom-usb-osx.sourceforge.net/

You might be able to get some help here...

Insert the new hard drive in your laptop, boot up and go into the BIOS.
Check if the hard disk setting is set to Auto (detect). Check the system configuration and see if it detects the hard disk.
If there is a hard disk diagnostic utility within the BIOS, run it to check the hard disk.
You can also test the hard disk by booting up with a boot floppy disk, run fdisk.exe to see if can display, create a partition, and format the hard drive etc.

If not of this works then it is highly possible that you have a faulty disk controller in your laptop.

Hi des,
you need to install windows XP, on a different hard-drive.
even if it,s only 10 gig plus.
You can then access the drive.
Your problem is here, is that you,ve upgraded from XP to Vista, theres a possibility, that you may have lost or even formatted your freecom hard-drive.
No-Support-Device detected, is saying that your USB devices are not functioning correctly.
Check in the bios that the USB devices are enabled, to operate your hard-drive. ( this is assuming it,s a USB drive )

Hope this helps you out.

Mike @ compurepair.

Have you tried to connect those drive individually and checked if they get detected when stand-alone? If they get detected stand-alone, install the Freedom software happen. Cheers