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Cannot load windows: Hard disk powers down briefly during bios, then comes back up almost immediately
Cannot get windows to load from hard disk. During Bios the hard drive seems to turn off and back on again quickly. Have tried using external hard drive bay for power only (internal IDE cable used) but the problem does not seem to be with the computers power supply, since the problem replicated itself using the external bay's power supply. Guessing it has something to do with the motherboard, IDE controller or hard disk itself.
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Miikka Johnson.
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Miikka Johnson.
hold down (F8) during boot. select safe mode and enable boot logging if you can get that far. See if you can boot from a floppy disc. if you can then run C: \>scannow...Hope this helps..Booda2us
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Sorry for the delay in replying. Problem has since been solved. Tried most of the things suggested.
Discovered drive worked when used in the external drive bay with someone elses computer. Pulled out cables and such with the motherboard. Discovered nothing wrong with the cables, but that the one socket on the motherboard dosent seem to work anymore.
So now just have the CD as slave and the hard drive as master on the one remaining socket on the motherboard. Just as long as the other one dosen't break should be fine.
Thank you all for the suggestions
Discovered drive worked when used in the external drive bay with someone elses computer. Pulled out cables and such with the motherboard. Discovered nothing wrong with the cables, but that the one socket on the motherboard dosent seem to work anymore.
So now just have the CD as slave and the hard drive as master on the one remaining socket on the motherboard. Just as long as the other one dosen't break should be fine.
Thank you all for the suggestions