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| 354566 | 2005-05-13 01:20:00 | Hi, Booting the computer the other day failed because the hard drives (2) couldn't be found. Hmmmmm. i opened the case and disconnected the drives from the Mobo, rebooted, then reconnected them again and rebooted. All was well :) Just now the comp froze up (now using laptop) with the same problem. Once is ok, twice is not!!! Currently running Chkdsk for problems. Any other ideas out there?? Cheers |
trader15570 (7852) | ||
| 354567 | 2005-05-13 01:53:00 | Any error messages when the laptop froze, what OS? do you normally get an error or blue screen when you have problems or does it reboot. Any messages when it did not boot, like, Detecting HDD...... Failed or, No System Disk....Press any key to reboot? |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 354568 | 2005-05-13 06:02:00 | Yeah, blue screen then reboots. msg's you quoted all appear. 'Hard drives not detected' on bootup. Then 'please insert system disk'. In the bios setup, there are no hard drives listed. optical drives are still there. No error msg as such with an error number. :badpc: This is all occurring on the desktop pc not a laptop. Running Winxp home 1 Gb Ram, 2 x hdd. P4 2.6 |
trader15570 (7852) | ||
| 354569 | 2005-05-13 07:52:00 | Make sure the hdds are jumpered as master and slave, and they're configured in the BIOS as Primary master and slave . And the hdd that has an OS on it is set to the primary master in the BIOS . And the hdd with the OS on it is set as the main bootdisk . And make sure there's no floppy in the disk drive if u have 1 . If the hdds dont list in the BIOS at all, check and see if power is going to them in the case . And the IDE cable is in properly . If the IDE cable going to these hdd's is blue, the blue end goes to the mobo connection, not to the hdd's connections . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 354570 | 2005-05-13 08:17:00 | Could be corrupted BIOS or a user change but I doubt the jumpers will move of their own accord. Could be corrupted boot sector or MBR which can be repaired by whatever method is prescribed by your operating system or rescue disk which is??? <-- OS version and SP please. It could also be a failing hard drive. Is SMART turned on in the BIOS? Some system spec's would be handy and write down the exact error messages you are getting. |
Murray P (44) | ||
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