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Its got ACPI BIOS ver 2.30

Try replacing the battery in you motherboard. This usually resolves this type of issue.

Thanks Lilith, I was able to format the disk and can now see it in XP. When I installed it on my laptop, BIOS still couldn't detect the HDD. I know that the new HDD works fine. It comes down to Tecra 8100 BIOS setting. Maybe Tecra got some special keys you need to hold during boot up or what...

I bought a 2.5 enclosure to see if the new HDD will work on my desktop. XP detected the mass storage and the drive but when I go to My Computer I couldn't find the drive. I tried refreshing but no success. My question is, do I need to do anything i.e. formating it or what not before Explorer...

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I appreciate everyone's replies. The new drive is the exact model as the old one. BIOS still can't detect the new drive after I took both the battery and DVD drive out. I might have to get a replacement drive from the seller. Thanks everyone

I have a DVD-Rom drive installed. I removed the power cord but NOT the battery when I swap the drives.

Basically the problem here is that my laptop's BIOS won't detect the new HD. I tried using Ultimate Boot CD but it can't find any HD present. Thanks for your help

BTW, I've tried the new drive on another machine and it works fine. When I place the old HD back, the machine detects it. Thanks

Tecra 8100 laptop won't auto detect the new HD I installed. Is there a way to manually detect the drives? Thanks in advance