hard drive not booting up

Peter G · 06-23-2009, 03:44 PM

I have a hard drive and its not booting anymore; all it does is sit on a black screen and keeps blinking _ over and over... nothing happens any ideas what is causing it? it was working fine last night

makinu1der2 · 06-23-2009, 03:53 PM

Hello,

Was any changes recently made to the system?

Can you boot into the BIOS?

Check to make sure HDD detected. Check the Boot order to make sure correct.

Restart the system and tap F8. Under Advanced Option choose (Last Known Good,

Safe Mode,etc) to see if the system will boot.

Peter G · 06-23-2009, 04:01 PM

all I did was re-install a game (armed assault) whitch worked fine before I reformated it. I have checked cables, even tryed different cables. (Note it's not the primary computer hard drive).

edit: haven't went into bios yet to do anything - i also used western digitals tools to check the hard drive and it says its fine

Tumbleweed36 · 06-23-2009, 04:08 PM

Since this has happened since you reinstalled something, do a system restore to a day before you did the reinstall and see if that helps.

Peter G · 06-23-2009, 05:09 PM

I guess I may have had a virus and it may or may not have deleted my restore points; as I no longer have restore points now.

06-23-2009, 03:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Peter G Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit RC My System	hard drive not booting up I have a hard drive and its not booting anymore; all it does is sit on a black screen and keeps blinking _ over and over... nothing happens any ideas what is causing it? it was working fine last night

06-23-2009, 03:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
makinu1der2 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 2,045 OS: Vista Home Premium SP1,Win XP SP3,Ubuntu 9.04,Sabayon 4,Windows 7 RC1 x64 My System	Re: hard drive not booting up Hello, Was any changes recently made to the system? Can you boot into the BIOS? Check to make sure HDD detected. Check the Boot order to make sure correct. Restart the system and tap F8. Under Advanced Option choose (Last Known Good, Safe Mode,etc) to see if the system will boot. __________________ "The dumbest people I know are those who know it all."

06-23-2009, 04:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
Peter G Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit RC My System	Re: hard drive not booting up all I did was re-install a game (armed assault) whitch worked fine before I reformated it. I have checked cables, even tryed different cables. (Note it's not the primary computer hard drive). edit: haven't went into bios yet to do anything - i also used western digitals tools to check the hard drive and it says its fine Last edited by Peter G; 06-23-2009 at 04:02 PM.

06-23-2009, 04:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,691 OS: XP Professional	Re: hard drive not booting up Since this has happened since you reinstalled something, do a system restore to a day before you did the reinstall and see if that helps. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

06-23-2009, 05:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
Peter G Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit RC My System	Re: hard drive not booting up I guess I may have had a virus and it may or may not have deleted my restore points; as I no longer have restore points now.