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| 588563 | 2007-11-23 20:31:00 | Hi Wainui. I did what you suggested last night and it did ask for the XP disk. It then took about half an hour checking protected files to verify they were in their original state and okay. I then carried on using the PC for an hour or so with no problem. This morning I fired the PC up and it goes through the normal start up procedure for a bit then pops up a screen saying that Windows could not be started. It then gives options of starting in Safe Mode, Last Known Good Configuration, etc. However, the keyboard will not work, and so I can't use the arrow keys to move to a selection. The selection it is on is start Windows normally. But clicking enter, or any key doesn't work. It does this procedure several times then locks on a screen that says "HD does not support HPA! Press any key to exit" The only way to exit that is switch the PC off. I tried booting the PC with the Windows CD in the drive and it comes up with an option of press any key to boot from CD, but nothing happens. On start up I can't get into Safe Mode. The only key that seems to work is Delete, which gets me to the BIOS screen. Any ideas? |
Grimy (3041) | ||
| 588564 | 2007-11-23 20:55:00 | Are you using hdd's in RAID?? It looks like this error has something to do with RAID, SATA, or SATA drivers And changing the option in the BIOS from SATA mode to IDE mode may fix it. Are you using SATA hdd's? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 588565 | 2007-11-23 21:01:00 | HPA stands for "Host protected area" this can be an area that some manufactures put in a recovery Image. If you can get into the BIOS thats good. Look in the BIOS and see if you can locate anything that mentions HPA,see what settings you can change. Check also the boot order, normally I use Floppy ( if the PC has one) CD then HD. Other things you can try is to set the BIOS back to default and see if that fixes it. Sounds strange why the system file checker could ahve changed any thing its not a BIOS level process. What make and model of MB do you have ? I'll download the manual and look myself at the settings as well. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 588566 | 2007-11-24 00:04:00 | Hi Speedy, Only have one HD, SATA (Thin orange cable rather than ribbon type). Wainui, I will try reseting BIOS to default settings shortly. MB is a Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLI. I've just noticed on returning home that although the PC is turned off, the keyboard is powered on(it's an illuminated one and the key pad lights are on), that's not normal. |
Grimy (3041) | ||
| 588567 | 2007-11-24 00:18:00 | IS the keyboard USB or PS2 ? | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 588568 | 2007-11-24 00:34:00 | USB. Saitek. Had it several months without a problem. | Grimy (3041) | ||
| 588569 | 2007-11-24 01:05:00 | Try the BIOS defaults either select "load Optimized Defaults" they are on the right side of the BIOS menu or press F7 Picture Here (www.imagef1.net.nz) If that doesn't work try what speedy suggested changing the option in the BIOS from SATA mode to IDE mode may fix it Looking at the Manual there is nothing about I can see about the HPA settings. If none of the above work you may have to manuall y reset the BIOS - Instructions from Manual (www.imagef1.net.nz). CMOS Battery (www.imagef1.net.nz) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 588570 | 2007-11-24 04:35:00 | I tried selecting "load Optimized Defaults", with no difference. I then went into Intergrated Peripherals and changed "IDE/SATA RAID Function from [Disabled] to [Enabled] - not sure if this is what I was meant to do as there were a lot of options in there. However, when I did that and restarted it took a while and then I got this message Press F10 to enter RAID Setup Utility It then goes to this message PXE-MOF:Exiting NVIDIA Boot Agent. Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter I did that but nothing happened, so changed the BIOS back to what it was and I'm back to it trying to start but ending up at the screen telling me that Windows could not be started and to choose an option of restarting (which I can't access). Do you think it is worth pulling the CMOS battery? It seems to me that Windows is trying to start (you get the XP page for a few seconds with the moving blue squares), but for some reason it is hanging and not letting me select safe mode. The keyboard being powered up with the PC switched off is also weird. |
Grimy (3041) | ||
| 588571 | 2007-11-24 04:46:00 | Try pulling the CMOS battery - I looked on the manual and saw the Nvidia Raid BIOS configeration - its possible the drive is trying to start from a RAID which doesn't exist. Have you tried This option (www.imagef1.net.nz) in the BIOS setup when "playing" with the settings ? I don't know which controller it will be on as I cant see your actual BIOS setup. But the HD will be on one of them. Also you can try to reset the Boot order to HD first, then CD / Floppy, see if that has any effect - just reading some other forms with the same problem. Disconnect your LAN cable as well--- |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 588572 | 2007-11-24 05:04:00 | If non of the above don't work try looking at This form (www.hardwareanalysis.com) Same board - same sort of Problem - I have to go out so I have just been advised by her who must be Obeyed :D I'll pop back later - or maybe speedy can also help if hes about. Once its going you may need to run restore back to yesterday or remove the raid controller, maybe the scan "tried to fix" it and mucked it up some how. | wainuitech (129) | ||
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