Working on a Lenovo ThinkPad which was dropped.
Oddly enough it won't recognize it's own (standard) hard disk or boot from the CD/DVD drive, but will recognize an SSD and boot via USB - I'm at a loss to explain why. Any thoughts appreciated.
asked Jul 9, 2012 at 7:29
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Is the HDD being picked up in the BIOS? Can you hook it up externally and see if it spins up?– jmreichaJul 9, 2012 at 18:08
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Yeah it spins, in fact I recovered the data from it, it does list in the bios, but doesn't appear to be bootable.– toomanyairmilesJul 9, 2012 at 19:17
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If you have a spare drive that's clean and empty, try to install Windows on it and see if it boots. Pretty bizzare but just another reason to sell the client on a new SSD.
