reformated dell inspiron 6000 problem

I have installed a new hard drive for my inspiron 6000 laptop and when i try to install any windows version, i get to the prompt of installing the device driver and I can't find it any where. I go to dell's website and I have downloaded all the drivers and when I install the disk with the drivers that have been extracted, my 6000 does not see the drivers. I'm not even sure if I have the correct driver. I have attempted to install windown 98, vista, xp, and windows7 and the laptop does not find the necessary driver to proceed with the installation.

Mijo--

 

I also checked, and the computer is not recognizing the after market hard drive I purchased. Is it because I am missing drivers??

 

But based on the previous site I linked and my intuition... this is a really common issue for dell inspiron 6000 and I don't believe that it is a motherboard problem. I have had no spills on the computer to my recollection. And if this is a possiblility shouldnt there be some way to test it.

Here is part of the post I linked earlier

Ok this not seeing the HDD isn't uncommon on Dell PCs especially when upgrading or if something glitches the BIOS.

In my opinion the various Dell BIOSs are absolute grap as they are so inflexible in comparison to just about everyone else's.

May I suggest that you try this possible fix.

With the PC powered off remove the VRAM back up battery from the motherboard.

There maybe a link near it (or somewhere on the board) showing on/off for battery back up. If there is put the link to off and leave the machine for a while then put it back to on.

Reboot the machine.

When offered the options on the screen click F2 for setup. This is the normal option.

On the set up screen scroll down to the first IDE option which is probably showing something like unknown or not present.

Hit enter and change the option to auto.

Exit (ESC) and reboot (maybe automatic depending on BIOS version)

Hopefully the PC will now see the hard drive and boot normally.

Against all practces replace the memory back up battery with the machine now up and running.

Now we get to the good bit.

You may need to do this a few times, including playing around with the battery and on/off link but eventually it should work!

I have had this problem on EVERY Dell machine that I have attempted to upgrade (or down grade from Win2000/NT) to XP.

Oh yes and if trying to install XP/Vista (why?) make sure you go into the boot option screen (F12) and select CD-ROM drive because otherwise, if it's a blank HDD you're installing the machine will constantly come back with a boot error.

Hope this helps.

Tons of people said this worked for them.

I have one question though when I scroll down on bios to where it shows my IDE options and it does say none. I press enter and it says it is a non changeable field so I am unable to set it to change the option to auto as this solution suggests.

Also after doing your fix I ran diagnostics and still got DST Short status test fail

 

the last post is one i found on another forum. the only problem is when i look for the "IDE", there is not option for that. Also, how do i get to the internal memory battery? I NEED HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Hi my friend , welcome to MG's :major

What is the previous operating system ? What is the new one ? You can give your service tag

http://www.dell.com/support/trouble...KcsArticles/ArticleView?c=&l=&s=&docid=267748 :wave