Tonik Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 It goes through some setup and then it says starting windows and once it does that it blue screens I am pretty confident it is the IDE setting in bios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 is windows already installed at this point or no?I don't believe so. I put in the new hard drive and on first start up I had the boot disc in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 What is an IDE setting lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 What is an IDE setting lol Pretty sure it is F2 on boot to get into the bios on a toshiba laptop. You are looking for something called 'Sata Mode'. It will be set to IDE or AHCI....arrow around and look for it. Once you have it highlighted make a mental note of what it is set at, and change it to the other setting. I am thinking it is set at AHCI and needs to be on IDE. It is the mode/type of SATA drive it will support and run. This is common, factory HD is one way...replacement is the other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) your bios should detect the drive on it's own and use the correct settings. but dell is a company that likes to do things their way and they stray away from the norm in the computer world. if it had a sata drive in it and you put a sata drive in it there shouldn't be any problems. you could have a bad drive right out of the box. I have before. It could be rejecting the drive without the correct settings but usually a bios detects the drive without any input from the user. but I'd have to be able to see the menu to know for sure. it would be way over your head to try and explain it over the internet without pics etc. dells website might have some info about your computer to look at. most of them put how to change out a drive ect on their site. it might have some info about the settings. Edited September 10, 2013 by serpentracer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) Or put it in your car and drive it to my house. Edited September 11, 2013 by Tonik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 sweet I got some old eggs I was going to throw in the trash but now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphy Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 make sure nothing is connected to the laptop during install. No mouse, no keyboard, nothing other that the laptop its self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Have to wait till tomorrow if you want in person help. Stuff came up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I found a SATA Operation that shows 4 options: Disabled, ATA, AHCI, IRRT. IRRT is the option enabled currently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I found a SATA Operation that shows 4 options: Disabled, ATA, AHCI, IRRT. IRRT is the option enabled currently I would try AHCI first, then ATA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I would try AHCI first, then ATA. And don't worry about changing this setting, worst it will do is blue screen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Alright cool. I've had enough of this POS for one night and pick up messing with it at work when I'm getting paidThanks for the help everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I would try AHCI first, then ATA.Tried both and nothing happens. Won't even start up the boot disc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 This is the widows setup screen I get and along the bottom it shows what it's setting up. When it changes to show "Starting Windows" I get this 2nd screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleaveTheGreat Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 (edited) Maybe the HDD you got was DOA. Either that or the motherboard is fucked. Edited September 11, 2013 by CleaveTheGreat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Is there a diagnostic test to run to figure that sort of thing out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 That stop error means "inaccessible boot device". So your new hard drive still isn't talking correctly to your computer. Did you try the 'disabled' option in your Bios? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I did not try the disabled, I can do that now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleaveTheGreat Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 When you go into the BIOS is there a list of connected drives? it should show the dvd drive as well as the hdd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 This happened when I ran disable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 When you go into the BIOS is there a list of connected drives? it should show the dvd drive as well as the hdd.Like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 (edited) From that, it's not seeing your HHD... Re enable and run the system repair off the win disk. You said win IS installed right? If not and it is failing on install, you prob have a faulty drive and need to take it back. There may be a bad sector it something. It tells you to run chkdisk - unless you have a serial connector and can plug it into another computer, you won't be able to do this. Edited September 11, 2013 by jdonn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 (edited) The hard drive you bought is not compatible with your computer is my bet at this point. Edited September 11, 2013 by Tonik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleaveTheGreat Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 (edited) From that, it's not seeing your HHD... Re enable and run the system repair off the win disk. You said win IS installed right? If not and it is failing on install, you prob have a faulty drive and need to take it back. There may be a bad sector it something. It tells you to run chkdisk - unless you have a serial connector and can plug it into another computer, you won't be able to do this. This. If you have another pc with a spare SATA port, you can connect it to that and see if it is detected. If not, then it is DOA. If it is detected, then there is an issue with the motherboard/SATA cable/SATA port on the laptop you're fixing. Also, that drive should be compatible with that laptop. SATA drives are designed to be backwards compatible. Edited September 11, 2013 by CleaveTheGreat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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