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Hello, 
I turned on my Dell Inspiron N5110 and it said to reboot and said no hard drive detected>  It worked fine last night.  Of course my warrantee has just expired.  What do I do ?


Configuration: Windows 7 / Internet Explorer 9.0

Zohaib R · Accepted Answer

Hi pbfloyd,

Try the below mentioned steps to isolate the problem:

1. Power on/Restart the computer and then start tapping the F2 key when Dell Logo appears, the machine will enter System Setup.
2. On the first page that appears see if there is a Hard Drive listed next to Fixed HDD. 
3. If the Hard Drive is not listed press F9 key and Load the BIOS Defaults and then restart the computer.
4. If you again get the Hard Drive not detected message, take a technician's help to reseat the Hard Drive(if you wish to do it yourself you can refer to the service manual: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/insN5110/en/sm/pdf/om_en.pdf
5. After reseating if the Hard Drive is not detected again, you need to replace the Hard Drive.
6. If the Hard Drive is listed in Step 2, run Dell 32 bit Diagnostics on the machine (for more details on how to run the diagnostics check the User's Manual page 64: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/insN5110/en/sg/sg_en.pdf
7. If the diagnostics comes up with an error code, do reply to this post with the exact error code you get.

Please do write back to us.

pbfloyd · Answer

okay...next to Fixed HDD it says (0 GB).  What does that mean ?

Zohaib R · Answer

Hi pbfloyd,

Don't worry about 0 GB message, please go ahead and select (yes), this will load BIOS defaults. Load Optimum and BIOS default is one and the same.

Do reply with results.

pbfloyd · Answer

okay...now it says  under Fixed HDD - none
after running ePSA the devices all checked out with the exception of the hard drive.  The error message was: Hard Drive - No Hard Drive Detected

If you start up the computer and hit F12 and reboot from hard drive it says:
PXE-E61 : Media test failure, check cable

I have done the F2 and F9 and hit enter on yes to install optimum defaults but nothing changes

Zohaib R · Answer

Hi pbfloyd,

As mentioned earlier, for Hard Not getting detected after loading BIOS defaults/Optimum settings, take a technician's help to reseat (disconnect and then reconnect) the Hard Drive. If you wish to do it yourself you can refer to the service manual: 

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/insN5110/en/sm/pdf/om_en.pdf

After reseating if the Hard Drive is not detected again, you need to replace the Hard Drive.

Please reply if you have any further questions.

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