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<blockquote data-quote="iTrendsNET" data-source="post: 320202" data-attributes="member: 15207">First, please advise the make and model of the laptop. If I understand things correctly, the laptop was in somewhat regular use. And then one day the laptop shows an error &quot;insert a bootable drive&quot;? If the bios was not corrupted or changed by someone, then it sounds like the original hard drive may have failed, which would seem to make sense considering the bootable drive error error you mentioned. With regard to the 2 new WD 500G drives, are the pins exactly the same style as on the orignal hard drive from the laptop? If yes, are you making sure none are bent and that the new drive is &quot;seating&quot; correctly?&nbsp; The fact that the old 160G drive with XP on it &quot;tries to boot&quot; makes me wonder if the new WD drives are not the correct type for your laptop.&nbsp; Next, you mention the 2 new WD drives when placed as secondary drives in a desktop machine are also not recognized. Since this trial involves adding laptop drives to a desktop computer, are you using the correct cable adapters for both the power and cable connections?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iTrendsNET, post: 320202, member: 15207"] First, please advise the make and model of the laptop. If I understand things correctly, the laptop was in somewhat regular use. And then one day the laptop shows an error "insert a bootable drive"? If the bios was not corrupted or changed by someone, then it sounds like the original hard drive may have failed, which would seem to make sense considering the bootable drive error error you mentioned. With regard to the 2 new WD 500G drives, are the pins exactly the same style as on the orignal hard drive from the laptop? If yes, are you making sure none are bent and that the new drive is "seating" correctly? The fact that the old 160G drive with XP on it "tries to boot" makes me wonder if the new WD drives are not the correct type for your laptop. Next, you mention the 2 new WD drives when placed as secondary drives in a desktop machine are also not recognized. Since this trial involves adding laptop drives to a desktop computer, are you using the correct cable adapters for both the power and cable connections? [/QUOTE]

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