Primary Hard Disk Drive 1 Not Found

[Ray's Tomato]

When I turn on my computer, I get the message "primary hard disk drive 1 not found, strick f1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility.
I looked into the setup utility, but I'm not sure what the setting should be for the primary hard disk drive 1. I have a Dell System Dimension 8100 with a Phoenix Rom BIOS Plus version 1.10 A07 if that info helps.

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[ssjenkins]

Hi Ray's Tomato,

When did this problem happen ?? Were you doing anything to the PC ??
You should upgrade your BIOS . Version A09 is the lastest for non XP users .
Regarding your problem . Enter your BIOS menu by pressing F2 at startup . Check the following settings :

Option Function
Primary Hard Drive 0 Displays primary hard drive 0. The default is Auto.
Primary Hard Drive 1 Displays primary hard
drive 1 (if installed). The default is Off.

Make sure that Primary 0 is set for AUTO .
If that doesn't fix the problem you should open the PC and check that all your cables are securely connected .

Hope this helps .

Paul

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[Ray's Tomato]

Thanks Paul, that worked. The Primary Hard Drive 1 was not defaulted to OFF. Now how do I update my BIOS to version A09?

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[ssjenkins]

Hi Ray's Tomato,
Glad to hear you got it fixed . To update your BIOS go here .
Download and double click the "floppy" file . This will create a bootable floppy which will update your BIOS to A09 .
Good Luck
Paul




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