Hello all, thanks for taking the time to read my post and help me out.
I have a custom built PC that had been working for years, then one day out of the blue it froze up while gaming. I had to do a hard shut down and upon starting it back up I got a black screen that says, "Reboot and select proper media device". I'm unable to boot windows and I either get the error message I mentioned before or just a black screen with a blinking cursor after the initial bios splash screen. Before the crash I had not installed anything new on the PC except upgrade to Windows 10 months ago when it was offered for free. Now I can't even get windows to boot
I've already tried swapping SATA cables, tried using system repair to no avail, changed boot priority in BIOS, and now I can't find any files files on the hard drive when connecting it to a laptop via SATA to USB adapter.
There is nothing I can't live without that is on the potential dead hard drive, I would just like to know for sure that it is dead before purchasing a new one. I appreciate any help you guys could offer, I'll post some computer specs below.
Windows 10 (Via free upgrade, Installed 7 originally)
Intel Core i5-3570K CPU @ 3.4GHz
ASUS p8z77-v LK MotherBoard- Bios version 0908
GEFORCE GTX 660
8GB of DDR3 RAM
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD
I have a custom built PC that had been working for years, then one day out of the blue it froze up while gaming. I had to do a hard shut down and upon starting it back up I got a black screen that says, "Reboot and select proper media device". I'm unable to boot windows and I either get the error message I mentioned before or just a black screen with a blinking cursor after the initial bios splash screen. Before the crash I had not installed anything new on the PC except upgrade to Windows 10 months ago when it was offered for free. Now I can't even get windows to boot
I've already tried swapping SATA cables, tried using system repair to no avail, changed boot priority in BIOS, and now I can't find any files files on the hard drive when connecting it to a laptop via SATA to USB adapter.
There is nothing I can't live without that is on the potential dead hard drive, I would just like to know for sure that it is dead before purchasing a new one. I appreciate any help you guys could offer, I'll post some computer specs below.
Windows 10 (Via free upgrade, Installed 7 originally)
Intel Core i5-3570K CPU @ 3.4GHz
ASUS p8z77-v LK MotherBoard- Bios version 0908
GEFORCE GTX 660
8GB of DDR3 RAM
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD
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