Laptop doesnt read new HD

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So the Seagate Momentus 5400.2 80GB SATA drive that was in my HP Pavilion DV5000 has gone bust and so I purchased a Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120GB SATA to replace it. I used my desktop rig to install windows xp on it because the dvd-rom on the laptop is not functioning either, figuring I could just set up windows from my desktop rig and then install it to the laptop, ready to boot. But the laptop acts as if no HD is installed, it just doenst read the new drive at all.

Could it be that this controller only recognize some SATA drives even if these drives are so closely related? maybe I need a driver for the particular SATA controller thats in my laptop onto the new drive? How would I go about doing that? Sorry I'm not very experienced with SATA.

I should probably mention that this laptop has not got floppy or cd/dvd support obviously, just USB and LAN.

Thanks in advance for any helpful input.
 
Well there's a couple issues... most of the time you want to install XP on the same chipset/hardware as what it's going to be used on.... USB Cd-rom ?

But if the laptop doesn't see the drive at all (not in BIOS) then you may have another issue...
 
Thanks for your reply Blazestorm. It's a very crappy BIOS, it does not enlist the installed devices anywhere. However I can run a self-diagnostic test on the harddrive from BIOS and it completes, so, BIOS can see the drive and use it but laptop still wont boot and you get no clue that is installed or whatsoever from any post screens.

I don't have access to a USB-CDROM, but I've found the SATA drivers on HP's website but how would I go about installing them here without a functioning dvdrom? Maybe I should merge the drivers into a xp bootdisc (xp would still have to be installed from another computer)?
 
format the drive bootable to dos. copy over winxp files.
install drive to laptop
power on laptop.. it will boot to dos prompt, run setup from there.
 
bkch0 said:
format the drive bootable to dos. copy over winxp files.
install drive to laptop
power on laptop.. it will boot to dos prompt, run setup from there.
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Sir please specify how I would go about "formatting to DOS". Thank you.

I'm going to slipstream the sata drivers onto a xp disc, install xp with that and see if the laptop will read it then. I'll report back.
 
Didn't work. I guess I have to install the mass storage chipset drivers on the laptop from a usb cd-rom drive. Damn.
 
make a legit slipstreamed CD and you should be set..just had to do this on a HP computer..put on the chipset, video card, network, and hard drive drivers(seperate from chipset) and then it finally showed :) and saved me time in long run...

Andy
 
Hello Andy, thanks alot for your attention. The drivers off the HP website are executables which I do not know how to slipstream. However I do know that I kinda feel like throwing money your way if you explain how to make such a disc. :)

The thing is I wouldn't know how to make a legit HP disc as a regular xp disc was not shipped with the laptop, instead HP used a recovery system that's installed into another partition on the original HD and a backup of that on discs I've thrown away. Couldn't use them anyway as the dvdrom drive is bust as well. The xp product key is on the back of the laptop though and I'm using that.
 
When you download the EXE's open them. they first extract to a folder, THEN launch the EXE setup for the drivers. Cancle out of the setup portion, and the extracted part will still be intact, so you can get the drivers from there.

To get thehard drive ones is a bit difficult..they dont have the actual hard drive drivers on the site(for the nx7400 that i was working on atleast)

i found a site that had a FLOPPY image with them, and i got a program to get the flopply image extracted like a ISO file, blah blah blha, ill try to go find the link for you. Back in a few.
 
some good information here

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service...47627+1230673415572+28353475&threadId=1229845

re-read your original post...and to answer your question, YES you need to update it with the SATA controller driver(with nlite).

Im trying to find the driver now, as i dont think it will be on HP's site...

here's prolly your best bet

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service...47626+1230673647665+28353475&threadId=1115246

let me know if you get stuck

PS for step 4 or 5(i forget) if you dont have a floppy drive available, you can get extractors for the floppy image that it creats. that's what i had to do..not at home or i would give you the program name...sorry
 
hfk said:
The thing is I wouldn't know how to make a legit HP disc as a regular xp disc was not shipped with the laptop, instead HP used a recovery system that's installed into another partition on the original HD and a backup of that on discs I've thrown away. Couldn't use them anyway as the dvdrom drive is bust as well. The xp product key is on the back of the laptop though and I'm using that.
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Not sure about the whole recovery process..never used that part of the computer. i just formatted the hard drive and went from there...you might be in a pickle if you dont have a cd-rom on the machine...


If you need me to, when i get home i can send you a XP disc with the drivers on it properly, but that wont be for a couple days, and if you dont have a working cd-rom that wont help much..
 
boardsportsrule said:
some good information here

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service...47627+1230673415572+28353475&threadId=1229845

re-read your original post...and to answer your question, YES you need to update it with the SATA controller driver(with nlite).

Im trying to find the driver now, as i dont think it will be on HP's site...

here's prolly your best bet

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service...47626+1230673647665+28353475&threadId=1115246

let me know if you get stuck

PS for step 4 or 5(i forget) if you dont have a floppy drive available, you can get extractors for the floppy image that it creats. that's what i had to do..not at home or i would give you the program name...sorry
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Yes this guy has the same problem but the difference is that his DVDROM is functioning and apparantly with this problem you have to install xp one the SAME computer. I already tried installing xp with a DriverPack MassStorage slipstreamed disc from my desktop computer and it didnt work. So I guess I'm screwed until I learn how to install via LAN or get hold of a USB-DVDROM
 
yea, a usb dvd-rom or cd-rom would prolly be the way to go.... if you have a desktop as well, oyu may be able to copy over the installation files by plugging the hard drive into the desktop and starting the installation, but not sure if you have a desktop to try that with...or if the connectors are the same on SATA laptops...

Just another idea..

Andy
 
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