disabled hard drive

[elvis35to05]

Hi,
I am looking at a relatives computer,
amd athlon 64 3200+ 64 bit processer speed 2000, memory 2 gig.windows vista.

they said they shut it down wrong, but its more than that.
when i boot it up it says, select boot device or enter boot disc.
i tried all ways i know, using f1 f2 f8 f11 f12 delete tried windows vista disc,
but got no further, except in boot menu it says hard drive and cd drives are disabled, there is no option there to enable them.

any ideas thanks.

 

[Cromewell]

It sounds like the BIOS thinks that nothing is plugged in. Check that the drives are attached correctly.

 

[porterjw]

Really, three different Folders? Here's my response from the first one: http://www.computerforum.com/124130-disabled-hard-drive.html

 

[cohen]

Triple POST!!!

http://www.computerforum.com/124132-disabled-hard-drive.html

 

[elvis35to05]

thanks for your help,
i tried other options, but none worked.
then it said cmos was in error.?
thanks again.

 

[Cromewell]

Seeing as this has been posted in 2 other places I'm closing this one. Please use which ever of the other 2 remain open.