Hard drive replacement in a Dell Dimension 5150/E510 floppy diskette seek failure/ no boot device available

Hi TLH18,

Welcome to the Dell Community.
 I understand that you have  purchased a hard drive  and would like to install the OS.

1. We need to ensure that the hard drive is detected by the computer. In order to do that.

• Reboot PC
• When the Dell Splash screen appears, press "F2" key 2-3 times.
• A BIOS Utility Screen will appear(see picture below) 
• Please navigate  in this utility by using these keystrokes

• Please select the "Drives" option and press Enter
• Select "Diskette Drive" and press Enter
• Select the option "Off" by using the left or right arrow key  and press Enter
  • 
• Select SATA 0  or PATA 0 (depends upon what hard drive  has been installed; SATA or IDE) and check if it is enabled or disabled. If disabled ( Off), please enable it (Select On) and press Enter

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i did what you asked and when i restarted  the message No boot devise available- strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility

Make sure both the data and power cables are plugged in. I've made the mistake in the past of not connecting one and then wondering why they device doesn't show up.

D'oh! No OS is installed!

Reboot and press F12 and select boot from CD/DVD and when it says press any key, press any key to boot the windows XP installer.

i did all of those things you suggested and press any key never shows up it just says Selected boot device not available- strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility. i hit F1 and it just does it the same thing and gives the same responce. so what now

Thank you for the response.

I would request you to go to BIOS setup utility by pressing F2 on Dell Splash Screen and check Drives. Please look for drive details on this screen and check if there is anything displayed next to DRIVE ID and CAPACITY.

Please let me know if the hard drive that you have purchased is a SATA or an IDE hard drive.

If it is an IDE drive, you could connect the hard drive to the secondary port on the IDE ribbon cable that is used for DVD drive.

The system has 2 SATA ports, you could also try to connect the hard drive on the  2nd SATA port.

As you see in this diagram, there are 2 SATA port connector, please try to  connect the hard drive  on the second SATA port and check in

 BIOS whether it is detected or not

Please try these steps and let me know of the outcome

Drive 0:  on , controller details: * Controller =Serial ATA,*Port = SATA-0

Driver Details: * Drive ID ST380013AS, * cAPACITY = 80GB, BIOS = THIS DRIVE IS CONTROLLED BYTHE SYSTEM BIOS, *Link Speed = Unknown

What do I do next

the hard drive is a SATA

                  New                                                                                  OLD

Seagate: Barracuda 7200.7 80 Gbyte                                          Seagate: Barracuda 7200.7 80Gbyte

Model: ST380013AS                                                                     Model: ST380013AS

S/N: 3JV8ZD6S                                                                             S/N: 5MR1P6DG

P/N: 9W2812-301                                                                         P/N: 9W2812-633

HDA P/N: 100275523                                                                   HDA P/N:100355438

Config:SYY-06                                                                              Config: D14J-02

Firmware:3.18                                                                              Firmware: 8.12

Date Code: 04302                                                                        Date Code: 06023

Site Code: AMK                                                                            Site Code: WU

I replaced the Ultra ATA Data Cable (Ribbon)

You should be able to boot from the Windows installation DVD and install Windows, which will allow you to boot from the drive.

when i try to install the windows DVD from the DVD drive andrestart the machine it comes up no boot device available. so then I restarted and hit F12 it says selected boot device not available

Please try to change the boot sequence in BIOS and make the CD drive 1st boot priority, In order  to do that , please  go to Boot Sequence in BIOS(F2 )  and then select CD drive  and press "U" key to bring it at the top and then save the changes and try to reboot from OS cd

my system is dell optiplex 755. the original hard disk went out. so I bought a western digital WD3200AAKS.
I had tried install xp, came up a blue screen with error code: 0x0000007B. my problem is: tap F2 won't go to
BIOS, it came up  with "floppy deskette seek failure" in stead.   any way i can get in BIOS setting? 

Hi ivanfeng,

Try tapping the F8 key repeatedly at the Dell Logo on startup. If it gets you to the Advance boot menu it is possibly a failure with the motherboard/CMOS/BIOS. Follow the steps below for Clearing CMOS Settings:

1. Power off the computer and disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet.
2. Remove the computer cover.
3. Locate the password (PSWD) and CMOS (RTC_RST) jumpers on the system board.
4. The jumper locations on the small form factor, desktop, and mini-tower computers are shown in the images below:
   
   
    
   
   
   
5. Remove the jumper plug from its pins.
6. Place the password jumper plug on the RTC_RST pins and wait approximately 5 seconds.
7. Remove the jumper plug from the RTC_RST pins and place it back on the password pins.
8. Close the computer cover.
9. Connect your computer and devices to electrical outlets and turn them on.

If you are not able to get to the Advance Boot Menu then the keyboard might be failing. Follow the steps below to ensure the USB keyboard is functional:

1. Reseat the USB keyboard cable into the USB port and test the keyboard.
2. Turn off the computer.
3. Unplug any devices, including the following:
   1. Speakers
   2. Printers
   3. Scanners
   4. Other USB devices except the mouse
   5. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
   6. USB flash drive or other external storage devices
   7. Turn the computer back on and retest the keyboard.
   8. If the issue is still not fixed try the USB keyboard in another USB port on the computer.
   9. Try the USB Keyboard in another computer if available.
   10. Try another USB keyboard from another computer if available.

If you are using a Bluetooth/Wireless keyboard follow the steps below:

1. Verify that the batteries are new and properly inserted and that the mouse and keyboard are powered on.
2. Remove and reinsert the receiver.
3. If you still experience connection issues, restart your computer.
4. Press and release the Bluetooth® button on the mouse and receiver.
5. Wait a minimum of 20 seconds.
6. Press and release the Bluetooth button on the keyboard and receiver.

Do reply with results.