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Battaglia   09-27-2008 at 10:42:18 PM

So i ironically i was searching for parts, because im about to build my new computer, when it simply froze. I had to turn it off via the power button, as it started up it got past the mobo screen and started scanning for the drive but kept doing this ............................................. as in it cant find it. I turned it off and started again, same thing. Next time i tried it it actually showed the hard drive but instead of the windows xp screen popping up all it was was a black screen with a cursor in the upper left hand corner, eventually it asked me to select a boot device. Im not very computer savy, do you think i lost my hard drive?

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PsyKhiqZero   09-27-2008 at 10:50:22 PM
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At startup enter the bios or (setup) should tell you what to press in the very first screen it's usually f2. look around in there for a listing of bootable devices. if you don't see your hdd then it's gone. at that time try opening the pc and unplugging and replugging the wires to the HDD and from the mobo to the hdd. (make sure you pull the power first.)

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Zorg   09-27-2008 at 10:50:39 PM
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Open the case and check the drive connections. Go into BIOS and see if you can see the drive.

 

I guess I was a little late on that. :lol:

 

Usually the delete key unless it's a Dell, HP etc. My brother has a Sony, God help him, and it's F10.


Message edited by Zorg on 09-27-2008 at 10:53:29 PM
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eric54   09-27-2008 at 10:59:04 PM
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Yeah, Sata cables are bloody finicky little devils. Third checking connections. Start up the ol RMA process I guess.

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Battaglia   09-27-2008 at 11:11:36 PM
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I checked the bios and didnt see it, im about to check the sata connections. I'll let you guys know what i find.

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Battaglia   09-27-2008 at 11:18:29 PM
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Wow sigh of relief, it was a lose sata cable. I thought it was jealous i decided to get a new Raptor and put a gun to its head out of spite. Thanks everyone.

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Zorg   09-28-2008 at 12:06:02 AM
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Glad it was an easy one.

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evilshuriken   09-28-2008 at 07:05:03 AM
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Sata cables are tricky business. I've never once had an IDE cable fail, but SATA cables aren't quite as reliable. They are more fragile and they tend to come loose some times if they don't have that locking mechanism on the plugs.

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cyber_jockey   09-28-2008 at 07:18:50 AM
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You lucky u get away that easy i used a broken cable once and ended up blowing through my cooling system.

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