can someone help with a dell optiples sx260 problem i have.

Sam18Sam18
edited April 2008 in Hardware
Hi im need some help[ with my computer as when i turn it on it beeps then says that the secondary hard drive is not found. It isnt in my computer but was working fine yesterday!? please help

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  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited April 2008
    Did you have a second hard drive in there? Or only the main drive?
  • Sam18Sam18
    edited April 2008
    I don't know, but it wont play disks in the cd rom either?
  • QeldromaQeldroma Arid ZoneAh Member
    edited April 2008
    Based on the information, I'm hazarding a guess on this. The sx260 is an ATA drive system and I think that the Hard drive is on the primary bus and the optical (CD or DVD player) is on the secondary. My first instinct is that it could be your optical drive.

    Get into BIOS (check your owners manual if you don't know how) and see if it even sees the drive. If it doesn't, check the connections (power and cable)and see if they are okay. You might try swapping it out with another if you or a friend have a spare and look in BIOS again. Be sure to pin the drive to match that of the one you replace (be it Single or CS).
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