I dropped my Laptop a couple of feet, and as a result my HDD was screwed. I hurriedly ordered a new one, and connected it to my laptop. But it refuses to get detected, my laptop still says 'No HDD connected'.
Laptop: HP DV6 6121tx
Old HDD (640 gig): http://storage.toshiba.eu/cms/en/hdd/computing/product_detail.jsp?productid=340
New HDD (500gig) : http://www.hgst.com/hard-drives/mobile-drives/7mm-thin-and-light-drives/travelstar-z5k500
What could be going wrong? Have I bought an incompatible HDD in a hurry? Although I don't see anything such in the specs.
I have a SATA->USB casing, and I tried this HDD on another computer inside the casing, and Windows is able to detect it. So the HDD is fine...