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Re: Pavilion a720n doesn't recognize SATA hard drive (3042 Views)
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Re: Pavilion a720n doesn't recognize SATA hard drive

‎12-30-2008 09:57 AM

I love this advice.  It totally solved my problem. 

 

Thanks to all

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Re: Pavilion a720n doesn't recognize SATA hard drive

‎02-09-2009 08:33 AM

Might be a little bit difficult if it's the only drive in the system, eh?
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Re: Pavilion a720n doesn't recognize SATA hard drive

‎02-09-2009 08:35 AM

Chandu's answer is the correct one.
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Re: Pavilion a720n doesn't recognize SATA hard drive

‎02-09-2009 11:07 AM

From the original poster...

 

Thank you for all your input. However, I was informed by HP support that although the motherboard in this machine supports SATA, the BIOS does not. Therefore I abandoned my efforts to get the drive to work and returned it to the retailer and found an external storage solution (for the time being).

 

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