Problem with Hard driver fujitsu mhy2160bh.

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If there is a password lock on the hard drive, it is impossible to unlock without the correct password.

Are you using the Fujitsu-supplied Windows XP Installation Media, or a "generic" Windows XP CD-ROM?

The "generic" version may be lacking the device-drivers for the SATA disk-drive,
and therefore cannot "find" the disk-drive.

Hello

Ok, you might want to have a close listen to hear if the drive makes a clicking sound, if so, then the drive is broken. If the drive does not spin up at all, then it is not receiving any power. This can be a result of either a broken circuit board or a broken drive.

Hope this can be of help.

Kind regards
Andrea

If you have opened the hard drive case you quite likely have pooched the drive. This type of work is usually carried out in a proper "clean room" as even very small particles of dust that float around can cause destruction of a hard drive.

That is why they ALL carry a warning about opening them. some even have inert gases instead of air in them as an aid to keeping the inside clean and avoiding airborne corrosion.

Specialists are the only people I know who can dismantle and recover data from the platter but they are not cheap.

You are more than welcome to try yourself but you would need the EXACT control board right down to the revision number to stand even the slightest chance.

The operating system software is stored on the hard disk. The computer cannot detect the hard drive and therefore cannot load the operating system. It could be that it only needs reseating to get it operating again, if that does not work it could be a faulty disk drive or a faulty disk controller.
To test if the hard drive is OK, remove it and connect it to an USB hard drive adapter and plug this adapter and drive into a working computer's USB port. If this computer see this as an external hard drive and you can view the contents of this drive, then it is OK. If you cannot see this drive then it is faulty.
You need to replace the hard drive in your computer and install Windows again to get an operating computer again.

Try it in another computer, if it doesn't work on anoither computer, it may have died

it seems that your computer might have a SATA hard drive which could not be detectable by windows xp, try to install vista it will detect it easily.

otherwise use dm (disk manager) for detection and partition.

Hi,
The device driver is causing a conflict with the system. If you have got any specific cd with hardrive install the driver from the cd. Otherwise , i would suggest try changing he manufacturer of the hdd and get a new one. If you have recently bought it.
Otherwise try creating a new account in windows vista on your computer and then try plugging in the drive

Proton

See the instructions below from the support website - you need the discs that came with your laptop. If you do not have them, find an OEM copy of your systems operating system and install. Be sure to download and install all driver software from the Fujitsu Website.

http://support.fujitsu-siemens.com/

Restoring operating system
Using the ”Windows Recovery CD" and the ”Drivers & Utilities CD", you can restore the operating
system of your notebook.
All hard disk contents are deleted during operating system restoration. After this, operating system,
drivers and software utilities will be reinstalled. For this reason you should try to save important data
to a backup medium before you restore the hard disk contents.
► Insert the "Windows Recovery CD" into the optical drive.
► Switch the notebook on.
► Follow the instructions on the screen.
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Detailed PC knowledge is required for manual partitioning.
You must then reinstall all the drivers. Use the "Drivers & Utilities" CD provided.