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This is a SMART hard disk monitor Warning. You should probably make a backup on an external drive just in case the drive decides to fail completely. I’m happy to help further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/jeremy_69f3cc28d95bf514

You should get a btter external enclosure for your hard drive and you need to make sure that your USB port is at least USB 2.0

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If you are installing Windows XP or greater on on hardware that is not more than a few years old, you should not need to download a driver, the drives should be recognized automatically during the install.

this process works on USB drives and on many hard drives

click start control panel administrive tools computer management disc management right click on your drive select properties then security select take full control

USB drives can be write-protected by modifying the StoreageDevicePolicies Registry key and WriteProtect Registry value.
click Start>run>regedit to open Registry Editor. and press control+F to open the find dialogue box and type "usb device" or "driverdesc" to open usb mass storage device or type "usb mass storage device" in the search windows. And right click on it and delete. This will set the policy value to 0. then insert your usb device. It will work fine.
# Remember: do not delete any unknow files in the registry as this will make some programes not work as usual.

alsoIf you are running a Windows XP OS then you might be able to: - click start right click on my computer select open- Right click the icon of your Flash Drive (It should be F:/ or something) - Click Properties in the menu that comes up - Click the Sharing tab - Click permissions - And finally, click Allow next to Full Control. hope this helps don

probably not, If it was me, I'd pull the hard drive out and hook it up externally with an adapter kit you can buy for about $20, that adapts your internal hdd to a USB external device---it's essentially just a controller card with cables and it's own power...you might ask someone who knows what to do...

have your hard drive tested for errors you may use HD-tune for your own testing, if it pass the test, you may need to replace your laptop hard drive interface assembly or check your ddr memory for defects also..

you have to format your hard drive using a third party disc to erase everything on your hard drive

During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup

Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS the scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd,press escape then press f10 to save to

cmos to restart

note this will erase you operating system you will have to have an operating system disk to load it onto you hard drive or create a partition to load another operating system

(note after you have loaded the operating system you must go back and change the first boot device to your hard drive)

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One bad lead can cause a computer to continue on a cycle or to shutdown or fail to detect your hard drive Test the leads that attach to your ((hard drive from the motherboard)) or replace all the leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions + IDE,SATA and the ones that attach from your ((motherboard to hard drive)) make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd 3 1/2 inch floppy have secure connections and are not faulty even the electrical extensions or just replace them they are probably old and faulty a computer needs its connections to have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error hope this helps

try to install operating system to your hard drive
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TRY IN COMPUTER MGMT THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT MAY HELP YOU, IF IT DOES NOT SHOWUP IN "MY COMPUTER" THEN MAYBE THERE IS A OS STILL IN THE DRIVE,THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO FORMAT.......USUALLY NTFS.......OR ERASE DRIVE HOPE THIS HELPS

Definitely time to replace. As for data retrieval, if you're very lucky it might work as a secondary hard drive, for a short time, but it's unlikely. If you try make sure you have the correct jumper setting on both hard drives.

There is an old trick to get drives in a similar condition working again, if only for a short period of time, but I've never managed to do it successfully myself. You hold the drive firmly and swing it down, kinda like you're using a hammer, it's meant to free up the bearings by getting the moving parts spinning.

I would recommend a Samsung Spinpoint f3, I have the 1.5TB version and it's the one of the best drives I've had for ages. I know the f4's are out now, they may be even better, but I have no knowledge of their performance etc.

HI,
chances are that you simply do not have the resources to run windows 7. These are the basic (recommended minimum), for windows 7

• 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.
  
• 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit).
  
• 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit).
  
• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
  
• 1 more GB of RAM & 15 GB more HDD space to run 7 in XP Mode.
  

These are the typical resources that come with your machine.

D510HI

• Processor Pentium M 1.73 GHz

• Ram Installed Size 512.0 MB
• Technology DDR2 SDRAM

• Hard Drive 40.0 GB

• OS Provided Microsoft Windows XP Professional

It would probably be advisable to go back to XP
Good luck

Hi,
Just choose Hitachi Travelstar 320 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA , 2.5'' for convenience files storage.

Your HD is dead.Think on the possibilities to buy a new one.But look at this:

Check all cards. Verify that all cards are seated in their slots on the motherboard and secured with mounting screws.

Check all connectors and cables. Make sure all ribbon and power cables are securely connected. Ribbon cables are easily damaged, especially at the connector. Try a new cable that you know is good. Make sure no connector pins are bent. Verify that pin 1 on the interface cable is aligned with pin 1 on the drive and host adapter (see Figure 2 on page 6).

Verify jumper settings. Review the instructions in this guide and in your host adapter installation guide. Make sure all appropriate jumpers are installed or removed as necessary.

Check your power-supply specifications. Each time you add a new device to your computer, make sure your cornputer's internal power supply can support the total power demand. If necessary, consult your dealer for a new power supply.

Verify the drive-type settings in the system setup program. The drive-type settings in the system BIOS must not exceed the physical specifications of your drive. Also, the settings must not exceed the limitations set by the operating system and BIOS.

Check for viruses. Before you use someone else's diskette in your system for the first time, scan the diskette for viruses.

• Check all cables.
• Make sure the power supply is adequate for system needs.
• Reboot the computer and listen to make sure the drive motor starts up. If the drive is very quiet, it may be difficult to hear its discs reach operating speed. If the drive motor does not start up, recheck all drive cables.
• Verify that for each drive, a drive-type is listed in the system setup program.
• Try rebooting your computer by pressing the CTRL, ALT and DELETE keys simultaneously. If the drive is recognized after you reboot the system, the computer BIOS test may be completing before the drive is ready.
  One solution is to slow the processor speed during startup. If your computer has a turbo switch, set it to slow speed before turning the computer on. If there is no turbo switch, you may be able to use keyboard commands; see your computer manual for details. After the computer is up and running, return the processor to the fast speed.
  Another solution is to warm-boot your computer after every power-on.
• Check for I/O address conflicts. To isolate the conflict, verify that the drive and host adapter are compatible with your computer. Turn off the computer and remove all the peripheral adapter cards except for the video card and host adapter. If the computer recognizes the drive when you reboot the computer, turn off the computer. Reinstall the other peripheral cards, one at a time, until the conflict reoccurs. After you have isolated the source of the address conflict, you can resolve the conflict by changing the 1/0 address of the peripheral that appears to cause the conflict.
• If Disk Manager has installed the DDO on your hard drive and you have booted directly from a diskette, the information in the boot record for the drive may not have been loaded. Make sure there is no diskette in drive A and reboot.

During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup

Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS the scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd,press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart

(note after you have loaded the operating system you must go back and change the first boot device to your hard drive)

The BIOS is AMI. Under ADVANCED SETUP:
The options listed for 1st,2nd ,3rd Boot device include:

IDE-0 means Pri master ?
IDE-1 means Pri slave ?
IDE-2 means Sec master ?
IDE-3 means Sec slave ?

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The BIOS is AMI. Under ADVANCED SETUP:
The options listed for 1st,2nd ,3rd Boot device include:

IDE-0 means Pri master ?
IDE-1 means Pri slave ?
IDE-2 means Sec master ?
IDE-3 means Sec slave ?

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master with slave ::'::

???????????????? slave? :::':

note the plastic jumper is ' located at the rear of the hard drive next to the IDE/SATA lead/s

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One bad lead can cause a computer to continue on a cycle or to shutdown or fail to detect your hard drive

Test all leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions,IDE,SATA

the leads from your motherboard to your hard drive make sure they have a secure connection and are not faulty or just replace them there probably old and faulty

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But with a 80GB they stopped making them i believe you can try that.

This drive is an IDE type and not SATA, which means you will need an adapter like this one so you can plug a data cable and provide power. You can then connect the drive to a regular desktop PC.

You can set the jumper on the drive to make it a slave and hook it up on the same IDE cable as your primary hard drive, but the jumpers on the laptop drives are teeny little ones and I personally find them hard to deal with. What I do is unplug the data cable to the optical drives which are on the second IDE channel, then plug the laptop drive cable there. Then the drive can remain jumpered as master.

Another option is not to bother opening the PC at all, but to get an external hard drive case like this. Then you could just plug the drive in on a USB port and copy your data, and you'd have an external drive available for future use.

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