I was chatting on IM when my pc froze for a few seconds and then I got a blue screen that stated something about a memory dump. When I restarted my pc I get a "no boot device available". I can hit F1 to retry and F2 to enter bios. In bios boot sequence 1 is onboard SATA hard drive but it says "not present".
Also in bios driver section I notice that driver 1 (SATA 1) has a driver id: unknown. The dvdrom and dvd-rom drives are read and functional. I tried reinstalling xp but when it gets to partitioning section I get same no bootable device
found. The pc wasn't touched at all before this happened and I didnt DL or visit any risky sites so I know its not a virus.
I believe its either my western digital internal HD or the CMOS battery. I'm using my iPhone to post this message. Please help me and if u need any additional info please ask. Its a dell XPS gen 5.
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what about that battery? I had heard it could also be the problem. Although I used Dell Diagnosis and it checked out. How could a cable get loose when the base never moves? I'll try it since I'm bored to death and have nothing to lose. I hope the 3 yo HD didnt die, that would suck. Idk if this makes a difference but I hear 2 beeps when pc starts.
Idk of any more tech specific forum out there so if anyone has any other places I should try let me know.
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I have seen odd problems like this actually be caused by a power supply that needed to be replaced. Unfortunately that's a kind of expensive gamble as it might not be your problem. I had this kind of thing happen to me where my power supply appeared to be OK (the PC had power). but the hard drive would not boot at all. I replaced the power supply and everything was golden.
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Originally Posted by majax79
Later edit: oh yes - I go with the folks who suggest a loose SATA cable. SATA is apparantly notorious for this.
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From the sounds of it, it's more likely the hd has suffered a freak os snap.
I think you need to use the mbr reset first then try and repartition the drive.
Enter the windows recovery console during cd install routine, then use the command FIXMBR.
Follow any prompts and when completed, reboot system, as it dose this, turn the system OFF.
Then turn system back on and try setting up the partition again.
Ive had three compaq laptops do this before, and its not a fun thing for those owners either.
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Originally Posted by majax79
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well mr IT it wasn't the power supply and I know snotnose stuckup IT people like u who don't care about helping people...just making snide comments and acting like theyre sh$& don't stink. U really don't wanna start with me.
For the people who helped thank you so much.
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