hard drive causes computer to not boot

Akers8806 · 06-23-2008, 09:17 AM

My friend told me he built a new computer and its all up and running but when he plugs in his old hard drive along with his new one and tries to boot it, it wont even run. but when he unplugs it the computer boots up with the other hard drive. (the problem drive here also doesnt have an OS, its just for storage)

so i took it home and figured i would try it on my computer. i have one HD, 2 dvd drives, a floppy drive, and a video card hooked up to my 450 watt power supply. i turned my comp off and plugged his HD in along with mine. (i have a SATA HD and this is an IDE). i try to boot it and nothing happens. so i unplug it and try to boot my computer as it was... nothing happens.

after some frustration i find out i killed my power supply. so i go out and buy an antec 550watt PSU and plug everything back in thats mine and it boots. plug his HD in and again nothing (except this time it looks like the fans start to turn but nothing happens. i unplug the HD and my computer boots without it in.

is this HD bad or what the hell is the problem here.

thanks.

Akers8806 · 06-24-2008, 07:12 PM

no one knows? :[

dai · 06-24-2008, 08:24 PM

sounds like the drive is shorting out
bin it

craigwatanabe · 06-26-2008, 02:54 AM

Yep sounds like that hard drive is bad. You may want to check the jumper settings.

On one old ATA100 hard drive I was messing with the jumper settings and accidently set it wrong. There was nothing on the printed legend describing that setting and when I powered up my computer, something on the mobo fried.

To prevent disasters like yours (psu frying) and mine, the best way to pull data off of another hard drive is to mount it in an external USB case.

06-23-2008, 09:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
Akers8806 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	hard drive causes computer to not boot My friend told me he built a new computer and its all up and running but when he plugs in his old hard drive along with his new one and tries to boot it, it wont even run. but when he unplugs it the computer boots up with the other hard drive. (the problem drive here also doesnt have an OS, its just for storage) so i took it home and figured i would try it on my computer. i have one HD, 2 dvd drives, a floppy drive, and a video card hooked up to my 450 watt power supply. i turned my comp off and plugged his HD in along with mine. (i have a SATA HD and this is an IDE). i try to boot it and nothing happens. so i unplug it and try to boot my computer as it was... nothing happens. after some frustration i find out i killed my power supply. so i go out and buy an antec 550watt PSU and plug everything back in thats mine and it boots. plug his HD in and again nothing (except this time it looks like the fans start to turn but nothing happens. i unplug the HD and my computer boots without it in. is this HD bad or what the hell is the problem here. thanks.

06-24-2008, 07:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Akers8806 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: hard drive causes computer to not boot no one knows? :[

06-24-2008, 08:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 41,844 OS: vista 32x ultimate retail	Re: hard drive causes computer to not boot sounds like the drive is shorting out bin it __________________

06-26-2008, 02:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
craigwatanabe Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 264 OS: xp	Re: hard drive causes computer to not boot Yep sounds like that hard drive is bad. You may want to check the jumper settings. On one old ATA100 hard drive I was messing with the jumper settings and accidently set it wrong. There was nothing on the printed legend describing that setting and when I powered up my computer, something on the mobo fried. To prevent disasters like yours (psu frying) and mine, the best way to pull data off of another hard drive is to mount it in an external USB case. __________________ A computer is only as powerful as it's user so build wisely.