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| Thread ID: 101874 | 2009-07-30 07:55:00 | Win7 Wont Start After Automatic Update | metatter (5929) | Press F1 |
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| 796532 | 2009-07-30 11:55:00 | Actually...as long as you don't have any other drives and windows installations it should be C: so in command prompt just do: chkdsk C: /r Check in the BIOS that the 1st boot device is the CD/DVD drive Tried and came up with the following note: "Cannot open volume for direct access" Does that mean anything to you? Thanks. |
metatter (5929) | ||
| 796533 | 2009-07-30 21:59:00 | Since the Hard Drive is not showing in the BIOS - I doubt its the windows updates that caused the problem. What you have to do is narrow down to exactly where the problem is. What I would do If it were mine or a customers PC is this: SATA HDD's will show in the BIOS even if blank, or the OS is damaged. Open the case, unplug the power Connector and SATA cable from the HDD Motherboard, blow out any dust/crap and plug back in. See if it now shows in the BIOS. If not unplug the SATA cable from the board, plug into another connector, as well as use a different power plug if you have one and a different SATA cable. If still not showing, plug in a known working HDD and see if thats showing. If that shows, then the original HDD may have a hardware fault, if it doesn’t show, then theres a chance the Board is failed someplace. Try the original HDD in another PC to see if it shows in the BIOS as well. IF the HDD shows in another PC, then I would strip the original board out, and fire it up on the workbench, just to check that nothing has moved and its shorting on the Case/ Risers somewhere. Cannot open volume for direct access That error message normally means chkdsk cant run because some app is locking the HDD. But because the HDD cant even be seen - I would say thats whats causing it. You can try running chkdsk /x to dismount the drive, then run the command Blam posted, but I doubt it will work. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 796534 | 2009-07-30 22:40:00 | SATA HDD's will show in the BIOS even if blank, or the OS is damaged. I have never seen them showing in the BIOS ever, but they do show up early on in the boot process, after the SCSI drivers are loaded, both my hard drives do show up now at that time. But I will try the options you suggest to confirm one way or another. I'll do that tonight when I am back at home. Thanks. |
metatter (5929) | ||
| 796535 | 2009-07-31 00:32:00 | I have never seen them showing in the BIOS everWell they Do - Heres two pictures to show what I mean. First one -Workshop PC, 4 1/2 years old components, has One 80GB HDD (www.imagef1.net.nz) - and the other one, my own office PC - 5 months old Two 250GB SATA drives (www.imagef1.net.nz) - one has vista, the other has Windows 7 & Sata optical Drive. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 796536 | 2009-07-31 06:58:00 | Just noticed nothing in SATA 1 on your second pic any reason? Or just the way you set it up? | gary67 (56) | ||
| 796537 | 2009-07-31 07:35:00 | Just noticed nothing in SATA 1 on your second pic any reason? Or just the way you set it up? Second Pic ??????? -- look again. SATA1 250GB HDD SATA2 Optical Drive SATA3 250GB HDD |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 796538 | 2009-07-31 10:31:00 | Doh I'm not looking properly guess I'm tired from my new studies tonight | gary67 (56) | ||
| 796539 | 2009-07-31 10:37:00 | its Friday - Good enough excuse Mate :D :thumbs: | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 796540 | 2009-07-31 17:26:00 | Metatter, Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 RC Support Forum located here tinyurl.com . It is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support teams. You may want to check the threads there for additional assistance. Jessica Microsoft Windows Client Team |
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