failed to find HDD

[Dana]

Is it listed in the CMOS config?

After you immediatley boot the machine, press F2 to
access your computer's BIOS. Under the IDE drive zero
should be your Hard drive or if your Hard disk is dead its
will say none. Also, try going to support.dell.com and
download the Diag for the 8200. This will run a diagnotic
on your system.

I think is hardware.


>-----Original Message-----
>I recently bought a new p4 computer, its about 3 months
>old, and a laptop. The other day, I left it to idle for a
>while and it went into hibernation/power saving mode. I
>rebooted, thinking it was on Mains power and it said
>battery power critical and I realised I was still on
>battery power and tried to shut down. Next reboot it
>couldn't find the HDD. Primary HDD not found - was the
>message, even when connected to mains power. If anyone
has
>any knowledge of how to fix this please email me. I dont
>know if I can download something for a boot disk or what.
>My model is a Dell Inspiron 8200, and I wonder if it
could
>have more to do with the HDD than the OS. Im kind of new
>to all this. Thankyou.
>.
>