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No hard drive found using seagate seatools

The owner of the laptop had purchased a legal license and the associated product key is what I used when reinstalling the operating system. The operating system I installed, using the disc I purchased, is the same operating system- win7 home premium 64 bit - that was on the laptop originally...
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- Post #18
- Mar 2, 2014
- Forum: Hardware
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No hard drive found using seagate seatools

Wait a minute......doesn't that only apply if I am using the same product key on both machines? While I am using the disc I purchased for my machine I am using the product key that is on the Acer laptop.
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- Post #16
- Mar 2, 2014
- Forum: Hardware
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No hard drive found using seagate seatools

I am using a disc from a machine I built and I have spoken with Acer about what I am doing and they said it was fine. So I will proceed with deleting the partitions, reformatting and installing the operating system.
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- Post #14
- Mar 2, 2014
- Forum: Hardware
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No hard drive found using seagate seatools

Okay... it appears I cannot do anything with that drive... tried accessing the acer e recovery on the hidden partition but it hangs up. Tried using a win7 disc I had to repair and or reinstall the OS but it hangs up... I pulled a smaller drive out of a laptop I had laying around that has a bad...
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- Post #12
- Mar 2, 2014
- Forum: Hardware
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No hard drive found using seagate seatools

Okay, no matter how I try to boot this thing windows tries to load files and only gets so far before showing the same error in my original posts. Is there a way to run chkdsk /r from a bootable cd? I was trying from advanced boot menu to run in safe mode with command prompt to see if I could...
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- Post #11
- Mar 1, 2014
- Forum: Hardware
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No hard drive found using seagate seatools

Well, I managed to transfer some files using puppy Linux but now it will flash the options for f2 and f12 at start up but it is a loooong time of staring at a blank screen. Someone has definitely mess with the hard drive before as one of the screws are missing and the wire being unhooked makes...
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- Post #10
- Mar 1, 2014
- Forum: Hardware
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No hard drive found using seagate seatools

TomasD, thanks for the idea on that but while seatools did detect the device the test is sitting idle and I can't even abort it. I might reboot and give it one more try but I think I will try backing what I can up and running Check disk. Thank you for the input
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- Post #9
- Mar 1, 2014
- Forum: Hardware
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No hard drive found using seagate seatools

That worked. As it detected an ATA device. stating that smart has been tripped. I started a short test but I am not certain it is doing anything as it is not showing any progress, but I haven't used seatools for quite awhile so I don't remember what it should look like.
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- Post #8
- Mar 1, 2014
- Forum: Hardware
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No hard drive found using seagate seatools

No I have not thought of that and most likely wouldn't have. I will have to fumble around with it a bit and see if I can manage it. Don't think it would hurt to try.
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- Post #7
- Mar 1, 2014
- Forum: Hardware
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No hard drive found using seagate seatools

It's been awhile since I have used the Linux CD. I will try to locate some instructions I have around here and give it a shot then try the check disk. Thank you for the input
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- Post #5
- Mar 1, 2014
- Forum: Hardware
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No hard drive found using seagate seatools

I pulled the drive and connected it to my PC via a sati to USB bridge. When trying to access it I get the message it needs to be formatted in order to be used. I remembered I had a puppy Linux CD and I am able to see the contents of the drive when using it.
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- Post #3
- Mar 1, 2014
- Forum: Hardware
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No hard drive found using seagate seatools

Received an Acer Aspire TimelineX laptop 48330T-6841 with booting issues. I received the following message which ever route I go: When attempting to run Seagate Seatools diagnostic CD it detects no hard drive. Upon inspecting the bottom of the laptop I see no apparent damage from being...
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- Feb 28, 2014
- Replies: 24
- Forum: Hardware
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HDD diagnostic via usb

Ah, thank you. I will read up on that and see if I can persuade them. 4
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- Post #8
- Jul 28, 2013
- Forum: Hardware
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HDD diagnostic via usb

It sucks for him that his mother board appears to have failed but on the other hand it is kind of cool because I get to show him how do a few things. Luckily it is a laptop he bought off of a friend of his for only 100$. With him having graduated last year and working I don't get to see him as...
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- Post #6
- Jul 27, 2013
- Forum: Hardware
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HDD diagnostic via usb

Thanks again for the link. Passed both the short and long. Looks like the motherboard. 4
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- Post #4
- Jul 27, 2013
- Forum: Hardware

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