HardDrive bios settings....

nighthawk · Post by **nighthawk** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 6:34 pm 0

Help !

Laptop bios battery has gone and run out and now the bios has lost the HardDrive settings (no. of cylinders etc etc)...so the machine won't boot !!

*Think* the Harddrive is 2.1Gb anybody any ideas of the settings to use.....or point me to a website maybe where such info may exist ??

Thanks guys.....

Arv · Post by **Arv** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 6:40 pm 0

I take it you can't auto detect them?? Best thing to do is to take the laptop apart and check the settings on the HD.

nighthawk · Post by **nighthawk** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 6:44 pm 0

No the bios wont autodetect it....laptops some 4 or 5 years old.
Have tried taking apart but the harddrives hidden well inside the workings - dont think they ever expected the hardrive to be upgraded !!

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 7:55 pm 0

chr$ · Post by **chr$** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 9:00 pm 0

What make n model of laptop is it?