How to clear an error message

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mom - Jun 28, 2012 at 01:48 PM
 mom - Jun 29, 2012 at 02:43 PM
Hello,
I have a Dell Inspirion 1545 laptop. My sister stepped on it and cracked the lcd screen, A friend took it to a person who works in a tech support profession suggested I purchase a external monitor because the hard drive is still intact which I did. I connected my laptop/monitor. Turned it on. now the computer runs all these diagnostic tests Everything "passes" but I continue getting the same error message:NO HARD DRIVE DETECTED".
I am not not very computer literate, so any advice you can provide will be helpful.

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jack4rall Posts 6428 Registration date Sunday June 6, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen July 16, 2020
Jun 28, 2012 at 02:04 PM
Hello,

Try this 1

Go to BIOS --> Load default settings --> Check if your hard drive is detected or

not in the BIOS --> Set the first boot device as "Hard drive" --> Save the settings

and exist from the BIOS.

If the BIOS failed to detect the hard drive then check your hard drive connections.

Good Luck
Hello,

Thank you for responding to my question!!!

Thank you for your suggestion! I will try it and let you know what the outcome is.