while booting up i get the following messages:
Save to disk partition not found
Save to disk feature disabled

i cannot do a scandisk or a format. i have installed a physicaly different HD and
still get the same message but it will boot to windows in the 2nd HD.
I can't do anything with the 1st HD. i run a fdisk and it sees the HD but thats all its a toughbook cf-27 :-?GaryWhat type of backup software did this machine ship with ? ?

Did you re-install the ORIGINAL software when you replaced HDD's ? ?there was no softwear in it.If i'm not mistaken a toughbook is a notebook/laptop machine...i can't remember the last one i saw that shipped without software installed.this drive is not the one that CAME with it. i purchased it used without a drive, but it's not any different that any other laptop and should run with a blank HD. this seems to be a bios or boot errorA laptop especially will need at least an OS and drivers installed for it to run...Disk may never have had a low level format. You can read about it here and decide if this may help you.

Good luck. 8-)Quote

this drive is not the one that came with it. i purchased it used without a drive, but it's not any different that any other laptop[highlight] and should run with a blank HD[/highlight]. this seems to be a bios or boot error