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Hi all.

My previous HDD went gubbed ( toshiba MK5055GSX) , ordered a new one, but they sent me a MK5076GSX, which is the newer version so should be fine.

It is recognised in the BIOS, but when i go to do a " full destructive recovery " ( to put windows 7 back on it )using the repair disc i made when i bought the laptop, it starts for about 30 seconds and then says: " Error: HDD not detected"

I have tried changing thething to IDE but that didn;t do anything...


Maybe this is because i haven't formatted the drive, i can't access any DOS/fdisk prompt, only command prompt ...... so i'm not sure how i'm suppose to format and parition the thing... ahh!

I'm at a complete loss.. any ideas?


Muchly appreciated!
 
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the command prompt i can access is via the repair disc, but is recognised as " x "...
 
neil_g said:
Is the repair disk looking for a partition on the old drive with recovery data on perhaps
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it might be....

The Laptop never came with any DISCS or anything which is a problem..

Not sure how to go about this,

It's an advent Roma 3000
 
I could probably access fdisk using 3rd party software...

Might be worth formatting it using that and seeing if the re-install works.

Otherwise my only option seems to buy the bloody cd's.... which i have no idea where from lol
 
I'd be surprised if the recovery discs didn't partition and format the HDD automatically. Drive "x:" is probably the temp drive the recovery program makes to store its files, I'm 99% sure it's not your HDD.

You probably wont have access to fdisk as its pretty old now, but you might have access to a program called diskpart which might be used.

if you do have it on the X: drive, there's a good guide here on how you use it to partition and format your hdd and if you use the LIST command it will give you an idea of if it's even being recognised by it.

What is the size of the new HDD by the way ?
 
Olly_K said:
I'd be surprised if the recovery discs didn't partition and format the HDD automatically. Drive "x:" is probably the temp drive the recovery program makes to store its files, I'm 99% sure it's not your HDD.

You probably wont have access to fdisk as its pretty old now, but you might have access to a program called diskpart which might be used.

if you do have it on the X: drive, there's a good guide here on how you use it to partition and format your hdd and if you use the LIST command it will give you an idea of if it's even being recognised by it.

What is the size of the new HDD by the way ?
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500GB , same as the older version

I will try the link you said and get back to you :) thanks
 
Oliver, i followed a 1:45 seconds long youtube video using diskpart


On;y were a few steps involved.


If i'm being completely honest, i've never done this before so i'm not really sure what to be doing with formatting etc.

I live on an island and my local repair guy charges ridiculously for a poor service, so i'm trying to do it myself.... ?
 
well, to be honest, you might be better of going out and buying a copy of Windows 7 and installing that. It will probably have 95% of the drivers incorporated into it using windows update. The remaining drivers will probably be able to be sourced from Advent's website (I'm actually looking for you now).

The only problem with doing it that way is that you will need to buy (or download, if they are free) any apps that came bundled with it
 
Olly_K said:
well, to be honest, you might be better of going out and buying a copy of Windows 7 and installing that. It will probably have 95% of the drivers incorporated into it using windows update. The remaining drivers will probably be able to be sourced from Advent's website (I'm actually looking for you now).

The only problem with doing it that way is that you will need to buy (or download, if they are free) any apps that came bundled with it
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Hmm,

I've been googling for hours now, and i think it is indeed possible to partition and format using DISKPART - it's ust figuring out how...

It might not even work after that anyway..
 
ok, load up diskpart, you will get a prompt like below:

DISKPART>_

type "LIST DISK" without the ""

What is returned ? this is mine :

diskpart.jpg
 
ive already made a partition using the youtube video, but how do i actually format it?
 
ok, you need to do the following:

in diskpart:

SELECT DISK 0
then
ASSIGN LETTER = C
then
FORMAT FS = NTFS

that should do it, it might take a while to complete the format, you could even try "FORMAT FS = NTFS QUICK" and see if that will do a quick format :)

let us know how you get on :)
 
You need to install a very basic copy of Windows 7 whatever version you have first.

Then you run Windows 7 restore software and restore from your disks.

You should have a certification of authenticity sticker with the version and key for Windows 7 stuck on your laptop. You would reinstall using that key then use Windows 7 restore to recover the rest.

It wouldnt be illegal to borrow a disk with the right version of windows 7 as long as you use YOUR key to install it.
 
Olly_K said:
ok, you need to do the following:

in diskpart:

SELECT DISK 0
then
ASSIGN LETTER = C
then
FORMAT FS = NTFS

that should do it, it might take a while to complete the format, you could even try "FORMAT FS = NTFS QUICK" and see if that will do a quick format :)

let us know how you get on :)
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after i type. assign letter = c, it says There is no volume specified
 
OK, type "LIST VOLUME" and find the partition you created, the do SELECT VOLUME 0 (if your volume is listed as 0).

I'm not sure sure how you created the partition using the youtube vid
 
lol, fingers crossed. I really dont use recovery software at all as I prefer to do clean installs from scratch but I use DISKPART a lot.

im wondering if it's easier to get hold of a windows vista/7 installation disk from a friend without a key and just boot from it so you can partition/format the drive with a GUI instead of DOS commands. Pretty much what Chris said, lol
 
When you get it up and running get hold of a copy of Acronis true image, you can create a recovery partition much like the one the origional drive had on it. That way if you stuff windows it takes about 20 mins to restore back to new. It also creates a proper set of recovery disks that the lappy will boot from.
 
Olly_K said:
lol, fingers crossed. I really dont use recovery software at all as I prefer to do clean installs from scratch but I use DISKPART a lot.

im wondering if it's easier to get hold of a windows vista/7 installation disk from a friend without a key and just boot from it so you can partition/format the drive with a GUI instead of DOS commands. Pretty much what Chris said, lol
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I wanted to cleanly install too,.... it's just unfortunate that it came preloaded with 7 and with no driver discs etc :(
 
ive been thinking, - this SHOULD / HOPEFULLY work. " Full destructive recovery installs everything and im pretty sure it doesnt use any recovery files on the old HD.

I think the " HDD Not detected " error message would be because it can't recognise a drive which hasn't been foprmated

So technically after formatting it should work.... i hope so...
 
ChrisH said:
When you get it up and running get hold of a copy of Acronis true image, you can create a recovery partition much like the one the origional drive had on it. That way if you stuff windows it takes about 20 mins to restore back to new. It also creates a proper set of recovery disks that the lappy will boot from.
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will do thanks
 
ahhhhhhhh Even after formatting the drive it doesn't work, still tells me " HDD Not detected "...


Looks like i might need to buy CD's....?
 
As long as you have a COA sticker with the key for your copy of Windows 7 I'm sure someone will lend you the DVD.

You'l also need to know off the sticker what version you have be it 32bit or 64bit.
 
ChrisH said:
As long as you have a COA sticker with the key for your copy of Windows 7 I'm sure someone will lend you the DVD.

You'l also need to know off the sticker what version you have be it 32bit or 64bit.
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WHat about the drivers etc ?
 
I thought i would update everyone on the situation.


It turns out that, as others had thought, the recovery CD i had was looking for data stored on the Old hard-drive.

I bought recovery disks from gennersales , which arrived after two days.


I put the new hard drive in, and installed using the recovery disks successfully.



Thanks for the help


:D
 
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