compac can find the hard drive
 

The compac has had the same hard drive from the begining and now it can't find it ? Is it bad or a bio problem? any help would useful as i'm trying to fix this myself. Wayne

If all of a sudden it can't find it, then it's probably bad. If you have another computer, you can plug it in to the second computer as a slave and see if you can see it or not.

The only thing I can suggest is making sure it's plugged in tight on the inside. Better yet, disconnect the cables and reconnect them firmly. Trying to scan for the hard drive in BIOS would help too.

-Lasereth

Have you installed any other hardware recently? Or moved anything inside the computer? Could be an IRQ conflict.

Have you done anything?...You must have been doing something right before this happened, even if it doesnt seem related, let us know. Yes, its good to check connections, and even testing it on another computer would be a good idea. Does it spin up at least? If it isnt recognized for some configuration reason, I would think it would have still spun up at power-on. If it doesn't spin up, then its most likely a bad drive then...Hope that helps. Get us more info and keep us updated.