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How do I know if my hard drive is detected in BIOS?
Solution
- If your hard drive is a newly-installed hard drive, check whether it has been installed successfully. During startup, hold F2 to enter the BIOS Setup screen.
- Ensure that bootable system files are present on the hard drive. During startup, hold F2 to enter the BIOS Setup screen.
How do I disable an external hard drive on a Mac?
1. Click on the Finder icon at the bottom left of the screen (the left most icon on the Dock).
- Click on the Finder icon at the bottom left of the screen (the left most icon on the Dock).
- Eject external hard drives, memory cards and more by clicking on the Eject icon next to the name of the device in the Finder window.
How to enable or disable disk controller in BIOS?
Enter BIOS SETUP, and look through the various menus, looking for “enable/disable” settings for various components, especially a disk-controller (there may be more than one disk-controller). 07-26-2017 12:35 AM
Is there a way to disable AUTO CHECK disk?
There are people who suggest editing the registry to do this which works if done properly, but the recommended and safer way to disable auto Check disk from starting up is using the /x switch via the chkntfs command in Command Prompt.
Why is the disk controller disabled in Windows 10?
However, after formatting the disk i am unable to install the os due to an “inactive disk controller”. Reformatting or setting MBR will not solve the issue. Solved! Go to Solution. 07-25-2017 06:45 PM > However, after formatting the disk i am unable to install the os due to an “inactive disk controller”.
How to disable mounting the internal Macintosh HD at boot?
Because I didn’t want to waste money on the repair, I bought an external HD, so the internal HD is now unnecessary. How can I disable mounting the internal Macintosh HD at boot? This is quite old, but still works perfectly under Lion, I’m using it for several partitions: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060930150059172