HP ZT100 Cannot find the hard drive

[sinfryer]

HP ZT1000 Cannot find the hard drive

I have an HP zt1000 laptop running windows XP. It has been running fine and all of a sudden it cannot find the hard drive to load windows. Even the bios says there is no hard drive connected. If I leave the laptop alone for a couple of weeks or so it might start and then again not. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? If so please let me know. HP want's a mint to help me solve this problem.

 

[zyon00z]

Have you gone in and checked the connections to your HardDrive, then the connections from the harddrive to the Motherboard?

 

[sinfryer]

Yes I have, everything is connected properly. Like I said sometimes it works, and other times it loses the hard drive.

 

[muckshifter]

Even the bios says there is no hard drive connected

Classic sign of a probable failing hard drive.

 

[Anon_F]

sinfryer suggest you remove your email address.

 

[sinfryer]

Does that mean I need a new hard drive?

 

[JIM451]

The Computer I'm Using Now Does That On The D: And F: Drive.in Mine It's A Bad Cable.it Looks Good But For Some Reason It's Faulty.