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Question posted by dmlbsl on January 30th, 2014

Dell Vostro A860 Internal Hard Drive Not Found No Bootable Devices

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HARD-DISK DRIVE FAILURE

— Possible hard drive failure during hard drive POST. Check cables, swap hard disks,

Go to pages 42-47 of this manual to troubleshoot your issue.

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