HDD not detected in bios.

[VJ]

Perhaps not what you are looking for, but isn't it possible to extract the files from the ghost-file?
If so, what about the following alternative:
1. extract these files
2. copy them to a bootable partition
3. boot up with a windows CD and choose to restore the mbr and bootloader

Any comments on this workaround?



Jörg

[Wombat]

Ghost was done before then tried, then ghosted again after bios update, and retried but got the same problem. Would a CMOS reset do the trick? Not sure how to reset the DMI pool, it is a pretty basic bios by todays standards.

Since it does DMI pooling, you should be able to find an option to reset the pool. If not, then go right ahead to a reset of the BIOS to defaults.

In my experience, DMI hangs happen before any booting is actually attempted, so I'd worry about the hard drives after this, not before.