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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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