Laptop detecting IDE devices, but not using them correctly..

spocsterus87

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Mar 26, 2012
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Hello,
I have an Old Dell Laptop (cant tell model right now, as am at work, lappy at home) and have found that when booting, the hard drive will not boot all the way, and the same happens if i put a linux live cd in the CD drive. can confrim both are IDE, but not sure what the problem is. any suggestions?
 

spocsterus87

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Mar 26, 2012
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10,510
hi, apologies have been so slack!

it says ntldr not found, press ctrl alt delete to restart....

if i try using the windows cd also, it starts loading then says it cannot load windows setup....

is this laptop of any use at all? have just noticed that it doesnt have a SD card reader either...

thanks