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| Thread ID: 114780 | 2010-12-16 18:33:00 | Can't boot from Hard disk after a power outage | Sirus (16133) | Press F1 |
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| 1162618 | 2010-12-16 18:33:00 | Last night I had a sudden power outage. Since then I cannot boot from hard disks. I have 2 hard drives and they are both read in BIOs, they're just skipped over in the booting process. Is this a hardware issue or software? It can't boot from either hard drive. | Sirus (16133) | ||
| 1162619 | 2010-12-16 19:43:00 | most likely something got corrupted on the hdd, so software. How far into boot does it get ? does windows try to start ? You could try: booting into safe mode and running scandisk booting of the windows CD and running chkdsk from repair console booting of windows CD and doing a repair install booting of a linux live CD to check disks are ok.. someone else can suggest which one. A hardware problem is possible though. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1162620 | 2010-12-16 20:03:00 | run chkdsk /p /r . Then if still a problem, do a repair install |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1162621 | 2010-12-16 20:20:00 | Thanks for the replies. It doesn't even get to windows startup, so maybe the issue is with windows or something. I can't do much other than get into Bios. Looking for my windows CD now. I'll update on what happens. |
Sirus (16133) | ||
| 1162622 | 2010-12-16 22:02:00 | unlikely but... Could be bios is trying to boot the wrong HD. Remove the 2nd (non Win C:) HD & try again on boot, press F12 (or whatever) to choose boot device & choose HD Any strange noises coming from the HD ?? How often is this PC ever restarted?? depending on age: could just be a faulty motherboard (again unlikely since it POST's & detects HD's) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1162623 | 2010-12-17 00:41:00 | Is your computer usually turned on all the time? If so, you probably have a flat BIOS battery and the settings were lost when power was cut. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1162624 | 2010-12-17 02:01:00 | check boot order! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1162625 | 2010-12-17 03:45:00 | Well as I said, BIOS can read both hard drives perfectly. I boot from the windows install and that is where things get confusing. It's like it doesn't recognize a partition at all. It says "if your operating system isn't listed, click Load Drivers and then install drivers for your hard disks." I click load drivers and I get into my computer.. sort of. it shows the boot CD and my 2nd hard drive which has all its memory on it. But not my main drive with windows. I have a western digital 640gb. I believe its the caviar black. I can't find drivers or anything on their website. I'm stuck here. I have no re-images either. It is possible for a power outage to completely erase everything on my main drive? Is their still hope? Sorry that this is getting even more technical. |
Sirus (16133) | ||
| 1162626 | 2010-12-17 03:51:00 | I've checked my boot order and there is nothing wrong with it. It skips over the HDD and goes straight to CD ROM. When the CD ROM is unplugged it just fails to boot. My computer is on frequently. Sometimes overnight. Most nights I put it in sleep mode. It's been awhile since its actually been off off. It's frustrating too because I just fixed a BSOD driver issue. Then the power surge the same day I fixed the issue and my computer doesn't work anymore. This is by far worse. |
Sirus (16133) | ||
| 1162627 | 2010-12-17 06:03:00 | A power issue could cause damage to your PSU which may in turn do damage to other things. Do you have another PSU you can try? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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