Power failure
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We recently experienced a power failure. On restarting my PC, I get the "....Windows did not start succesfully" message and the usual options.
In BIOS it recognises the HDD's installed and this is a system that I've used for several years and have not made any recent changes.
In the POST it tells me that on IDE 0 and 1 that there is "No Device" and loops round trying to restart only to find the same whatever option you choose.
It's been a few years since I built and configured a PC and I have a room full of bits to build probably a few more but this old dog has never failed and I've used it since XP came out and it does the job. I can probably recover any data on there hopefully. I'm not sure if I need anything on there but I'd like to check though.
Sorry if this is a repeat but this is my first post on here.
In BIOS it recognises the HDD's installed and this is a system that I've used for several years and have not made any recent changes.
In the POST it tells me that on IDE 0 and 1 that there is "No Device" and loops round trying to restart only to find the same whatever option you choose.
It's been a few years since I built and configured a PC and I have a room full of bits to build probably a few more but this old dog has never failed and I've used it since XP came out and it does the job. I can probably recover any data on there hopefully. I'm not sure if I need anything on there but I'd like to check though.
Sorry if this is a repeat but this is my first post on here.
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While I know you had a power failure but try to unplug and plug back in the cables for your H.D. Listen and see if the HD spins up, starts getting warm after 5 min. proving that its running.
Make sure the bios is set to booting from HD.
You could try to get a external drive bay and put your HD into it and see if you can see the data.
Make sure the bios is set to booting from HD.
You could try to get a external drive bay and put your HD into it and see if you can see the data.
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