No hard drive found, can't boot Vista

DemonWolf · 03-06-2009, 11:53 AM

Hey all, got a brand new Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 3420 the day before christmas.

AMD Phenom 8550 triple-core processor, 4GB RAM and ATI Radeon 3450 graphics card.

The harddrive is a Seagate Barracuda, 500GB and 7200 rpm.

What happened is, that suddenly, Windows Vista won't boot. I get an error message that says "No boot device found". I opened the computer up, checked that the harddrive was connected, started again. No luck. I took it out, put it back in, same thing. I did not install any new software or hardware to cause this, it worked fine the day before.

My question is, what can I do to fix this, if anything? Should I just take it back?

Vista was preloaded on the comp, and it had an option to create recovery DVD's which I of course was planning to do later this week, so I have no Vista/drivers CD.

Thanks for any input.

-DW

fmw · 03-06-2009, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by DemonWolf

Hey all, got a brand new Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 3420 the day before christmas.

AMD Phenom 8550 triple-core processor, 4GB RAM and ATI Radeon 3450 graphics card.

The harddrive is a Seagate Barracuda, 500GB and 7200 rpm.

What happened is, that suddenly, Windows Vista won't boot. I get an error message that says "No boot device found". I opened the computer up, checked that the harddrive was connected, started again. No luck. I took it out, put it back in, same thing. I did not install any new software or hardware to cause this, it worked fine the day before.

My question is, what can I do to fix this, if anything? Should I just take it back?

Vista was preloaded on the comp, and it had an option to create recovery DVD's which I of course was planning to do later this week, so I have no Vista/drivers CD.

Thanks for any input.

-DW

Something is broken - drive, mainboard, connector, cable.... if you don't have the parts to swap out to determine the cause then, yes, you need to return it.

stevedude · 03-06-2009, 04:44 PM

there is a chance something got changed it the bios so try checking that also if you can try and find out if the harddrive is running you can usually tell by putting your hand on it

DemonWolf · 03-09-2009, 10:55 PM

Still no luck.

I have a Lacie 500GB external hard drive, can I install Windows XP on it in the meantime?

I tried but it didn't seem to work.

jameson · 03-10-2009, 02:04 AM

Hi! You can also see if there is option to load the default bios settings

03-06-2009, 11:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
DemonWolf New Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 13	No hard drive found, can't boot Vista Hey all, got a brand new Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 3420 the day before christmas. AMD Phenom 8550 triple-core processor, 4GB RAM and ATI Radeon 3450 graphics card. The harddrive is a Seagate Barracuda, 500GB and 7200 rpm. What happened is, that suddenly, Windows Vista won't boot. I get an error message that says "No boot device found". I opened the computer up, checked that the harddrive was connected, started again. No luck. I took it out, put it back in, same thing. I did not install any new software or hardware to cause this, it worked fine the day before. My question is, what can I do to fix this, if anything? Should I just take it back? Vista was preloaded on the comp, and it had an option to create recovery DVD's which I of course was planning to do later this week, so I have no Vista/drivers CD. Thanks for any input. -DW

03-06-2009, 04:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
stevedude Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 25	there is a chance something got changed it the bios so try checking that also if you can try and find out if the harddrive is running you can usually tell by putting your hand on it __________________ --Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Ma770-S3 --CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz --RAM: 2GB+1GB --Storage: 30GB(XP) 160GB+500GB --Graphics: Nvidia 8500GT 512MB --OS: Windows XP Pro

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03-09-2009, 10:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
DemonWolf New Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 13	Still no luck. I have a Lacie 500GB external hard drive, can I install Windows XP on it in the meantime? I tried but it didn't seem to work.

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jameson New Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1	Hi! You can also see if there is option to load the default bios settings