Primary hard disk drive 0 not found

Oh no! I've just bought myself a Dell!

Any IDE or SATA drive (depending on which your computer uses) should work fine if you have a Dell desktop computer. With very few exceptions, Dell systems use industry standard components.

If you have not already contacted support feel free to email me the service tag and I will be more than happy to check the warranty status, and send out a replacement if the system is still covered.

Larry
Customer_Advocate@Dell.com
Dell Inc.

In that case, if you wanted to purchase a replacement, the system uses ATA-66 or ATA-100 drives. Depending on the size of the hard drive you got you might need to update the BIOS (depending on what is installed) to read the entire thing.

The latest update for the Dim2200 is A04 (http://ftp.dell.com/bios/BD220004.exe) dated 9/13/2002. This file asks for a floppy disk, then formats it as a boot disk for doing the update.

If you needed other drivers they are all available from the Dell support website (http://support.dell.com then click Download & Drivers).

If you had any other questions on the system I'll be happy to answer them.

Larry
Customer_Advocate@Dell.com
Dell Inc.

Even i have the same problem. it was working until yesterday. all of a sudden its showing this error. what is the best way to approach this problem. i need to recover what ever i have in my hdd. please help me out.

Thanks in advance

Hi ,

Also i have the same problems ,it is a Dell Dimension 4550 with Phoenix ROM Bios PLUS Version 1.10 A08
Bio A08 BNRZP0J is service tag

It says Strike F1 key to continue ,F2 to turn the setup utility.
Unknown Device
Hard drive is a Hitachi Deskstar ATA IDE
120 gb
1c35l120avv207-0
P/N 13G0224
SN VNVDO2G4GJ32LG

Is this the end of a hard drive or can you help me to solve this problem
Thanks in advance

Reind van der Laan
The Netherlands

I have an old dell dimension 1100 pc with a old 37gb harddisk so I went to computers plus to buy a new hard disk and the new one dont work... It says primary drive 0 not found. I dont get it I even tried changing the jumpers on it so i put my old one back in.

Me too,

What size is the new hard drive that you bought. It is very likely that your bios on your old Dell will not support the new capacity that your purchased. There may be a BIOS update available for your system that will correct this.

Best of luck,

Keith

MAKE SURE THE HARD DISKS ARE ENABLED IN THE "BOOT DEVICES" SETTINGS IN THE BIOS!!!!

There must be a tick beside the hard disk, if there isn't - hit the spacebar key.

This should fix your problems.

I have had a similar problem with my Dell computer, it turned out that one of the drives in a RAID 0 array (a RAID 0 array that I had no idea existed BTW! I just thought it was a single hard disk) had failed.

Now here is where I would err on the side of caution, before mine failed iut started making unusual noises, if your iMac is doing this I would be backing your data up asap.

I eventually got my data back by using www.abcdatarecovery.co.uk based in Sheffield UK.

It wasn't cheap tho!

Yeah i've had the problem.

I Have A Dell Dimension 1100
I Been Working On For Three Day's With no Luck!
IT Seen It In The Bios But When I Booted It Up I Got F1 F2 Thing Like Every One Else
I Started Reading The Forums On This Dell And Come Across Your Solution To The Fix
All I Can Say Is Thank You Very Very Much
It Actually Worked!!!!!
Out Of About God Only Know How Many I Have Read And Tryed
To Fix This (No Hard Drive Found Problem)

Thank You

Kieffer619

Check out following resource that may help you to find solution:

http://free-tips-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/01/hard-drive-not-recognized-f...

well the hard drive seems to be the standard type; it fit in an old HP computer I have. However, the hd is toast.

I turn my Dell Dimension 1100 on (3rd hand) , i get this message, i reboot, i get this message.

Primary drive 0 not found F1 F2 blahblahblah.

After repeating the process about 50 times (literally 50 times!) it works.
But, if i dont enter my password quick enough i get a horrible blue screen message in technical which i dont understand.

When i finally log on, my sound is very jolty and skippy, also my World of Warcraft has minor lag which is very inconvenient.

Im 15, i have no money, birthday has already been and i do not want to replace until at least christmas when i can stop buying shitty dells and get a decent PC.

Please help

Thats scary but at least you have the iMac. Thank God for Apple.

Marcus, you can try resetting the hard drive first, it could also work and you won't have to buy a replacement. However, if the same error still occurs after resetting, then you really have to buy a new one.

Hope this helps.

i have a dell latitude c600 and it is tell in me primarmy hard disk not found ?
and in bios when it says primary hard drive : none ? it was a hard drive in another laptop n the lcd went out in it so i put it in my latitude n i get this message why doesnt it find the hard drive what can i do ?

thank you so much...goodquickfix...i hate dells!!!

i had a same prb
i went n bought a new hard drv i formated it but whn i hit f2 n chng boot sequence it keep saying samething not found hard drive
what am i suppz to do

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Hard Drive Recovery

dell hard disk not found

Could you please help me i have a Dell Inspiron 530 that originally had a 160GB sata hard drive. i replaced the drive with a Samsung sata 200GB one the drive has been formatted and windows vista has been installed on the drive but when i switch on i am presented with this message hard drive 0 not found can you help me solve this problem? Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanking you in advance for your time and help
Woody

Why would you buy yourself a dell?