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Acer Laptop says NO HARD DISK DETECTED [Closed]

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Hi,

Whilst playing music on spotify my computer went into a plain screen that said NO HARD DISK DETECTED.

I pressed F1 and it just bleeped.

Pressed F5 and it's running diagnostics, which I'm not sure how to read? I've had a failing battery warning for a while and I'm wondering if this could be the problem?

Can someone please help in how to fix? And most importantly, retrieve my data?
Please help

Thanks!
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Hey i will try help you fix this problem first of all what error do you have when turning on your pc?
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Thank you! Just completed diagnostics and no partition found? It's now a black screen with

Internal hard drive not found
To resolve this issue, try to reseat the drive.

No bootable devices --strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for set up utility
Press F5 to run outboard diagnostics (which I've just done)
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Hello,

Try this 1

Go to BIOS and look for the option "SATA Mode". Change the mode --> Save

the setting and exit from it.

Good Luck
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Thanks, how do I get to bios?
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Hello,
Try this 1
Turn ON you laptop and keep tapping the F2 key. If you failed to get into BIOS then tap the DEL key after turning ON your laptop.
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Thank you! Just completed diagnostics and no partition found? It's now a black screen with

Internal hard drive not found
To resolve this issue, try to reseat the drive.

No bootable devices --strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for set up utility
Press F5 to run outboard diagnostics (which I've just done)
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Remove your hard disk and put it back in if that does not help see if the hard disk wires are lose if its not plug your hard drive to some other computer and see if it works of it doesn't it could be broken.
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