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Disk Drive Upgrade failure "NTLDR" missing
My old Presario notebook has a full 5 gig drive. So I upgraded to a
new 20 Gig drive. Form factor is the same pin outs etc. I cloned the disk using Ghost. I confirmed that the drive is good by booting up on my desktop computer. But when I install it in the Presario, I get an "NTLR" is missing. Also, I can tell that the disk motor is not turning because I don't hear the motor humming. Can anyone tell me if Compaq has modified the power pins on the notebook? Any help is appreciated. Thanks. |
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You don't say what model laptop, so it's hard to say. If I had to guess, I'd
say your BIOS doesn't support a 20GB drive. Probably limited to 8GB. "jd_boggs" wrote in message ... My old Presario notebook has a full 5 gig drive. So I upgraded to a new 20 Gig drive. Form factor is the same pin outs etc. I cloned the disk using Ghost. I confirmed that the drive is good by booting up on my desktop computer. But when I install it in the Presario, I get an "NTLR" is missing. Also, I can tell that the disk motor is not turning because I don't hear the motor humming. Can anyone tell me if Compaq has modified the power pins on the notebook? Any help is appreciated. Thanks. |
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