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Answer» I had recently installed Ubuntu on my computer, along with XP which I've had for years. Just today, I installed a DVD RW drive. I spent hours trying to figure out how to get Ubuntu to detect this new drive and, long story short, one of the guides I followed really screwed up my computer. I can't find any information or detection of my hard drive anywhere in the BIOS.1. Why don't you TRY explaining how the drives are "physically" configured on your motherboard? a. Hard Drive (1) If SATA, then which port number? (2) If IDE, then (a) Cabled to "primary" or "secondary" IDE connector? (b) 40-wire or 80-wire cable? (c) Is it the only device on the cable? (d) Where is drive placed on cable (middle, END CLOSEST to middle)? (e) How is the drive jumpered (cable_select, single, master, slave)? (3) Total capacity of drive in GigaBytes (approximate) b. CD Drive (1) If SATA, then which port number? (2) If IDE, then (a) Cabled to "primary" or "secondary" IDE connector? (b) 40-wire or 80-wire cable? (c) Is it the only device on the cable? (d) Where is drive placed on cable (middle, end closest to middle)? (e) How is the drive jumpered (cable_select, single, master, slave)? c. DVD RW Drive (1) If SATA, then which port number? (2) If IDE, then (a) Cabled to "primary" or "secondary" IDE connector? (b) 40-wire or 80-wire cable? (c) Is it the only device on the cable? (d) Where is drive placed on cable (middle, end closest to middle)? (e) How is the drive jumpered (cable_select, single, master, slave)? d. Are there any other drives on the IDE and/or SATA ports?I'm not familiar with most of what you just asked. I know that currently the primary master is my CD drive and my secondary master is the dvd rw drive. The primary and secondary slaves are both set to none. Is there an easy way to just reset my hdd? I don't mind losing my data at this point.1. No "Easy" Way. The system BIOS needs to "detect" the hard before you may access it. You need to "access" the hard drive before you may "reset" it. And I'm not even sure what reset means. There's always the possibility your hard drive has died (but I haven't seen the death certificate). In order to replace the drive you would need to know which drive to buy, how to configure it, where it connects to the motherboard, and how to initialize it for use. So, unless you're willing to pay a "hefty" labour/parts charge for someone to restore your computer to working order, you need to do some "research". How are the drives "physically" configured on your motherboard (all of them: CD, DVD, Hard Drive)? You left out the "hard drive" in your previous post. No "pizzaguy", there is no "EASY" button... 2. Ubuntu. Do you have the Live Ubuntu CD you could boot to? If yes, which version of Ubuntu? 3. Computer. Perhaps someone could pull the motherboard specs off the Internet. a. Make and model name/number if brand name (Dell, HP, Acer, Toshiba, etc.); otherwise make and model number of motherboard. b. If its a Dell, the "Service Tag" number would also be helpful as it's the easiet way to find the appropriate support pages on the Dell website. 4. Hard Drive. a. Make and model name/number of hard drive b. (look for part number on hard drive case) c. IDE or SATA Interface d. Total capacity in GigaBytes (approximate) 5. Reference(s): a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA b. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA c. Installing a PC IDE/EIDE hard drive. d. Connecting IDE Hard Drives |
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