Re: Windose 10

From	felix <me@nothere.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Windose 10
Date	2016-12-26 11:16 +1100
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On Monday, 26 Dec 2016 9:36 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>
>
> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:ecarj3Fk6d5U1@mid.individual.net...
>> On Monday, 26 Dec 2016 12:26 AM, felix wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 25 Dec 2016 5:49 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "felix" <me@nothere.invalid> wrote in message 
>>>> news:ec95dpF7tbiU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>> On Sunday, 25 Dec 2016 12:06 AM, felix wrote:
>>>>>> On Saturday, 24 Dec 2016 10:09 PM, Grumpy Tech wrote:
>>>>>>> On 24/12/2016 7:59 PM, felix wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Friday, 23 Dec 2016 10:28 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>>>>>>>> felix <me@nothere.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I've now determined that the problem is that the none of the 
>>>>>>>>>> SATA ports
>>>>>>>>>> are working. the hard drive is not being seen and not showing 
>>>>>>>>>> up in the
>>>>>>>>>> bios. so I assume that can only mean the SATA ports are 
>>>>>>>>>> cactus, as the
>>>>>>>>>> drive has power.
>>>>>>>>> Ok it has power, but have you tried it in another PC to see 
>>>>>>>>> whether the
>>>>>>>>> control electronics have thrown in the towl?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any chance that the BIOS settings have got scrambled due to some
>>>>>>>>> glitch or a failing backup battery and the SATA controller's 
>>>>>>>>> simply
>>>>>>>>> disabled?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> it's showing up in the 'boot' section of the bios, and at 
>>>>>>>> startup on the
>>>>>>>> blank black screen, but it's not showing as detected on the 
>>>>>>>> sata port in
>>>>>>>> bios
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's probably because your Bios is in AHCI mode
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it is
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> which won't show drives there. Change the Bios to legacy mode 
>>>>>>> and see if you can get it to boot
>>>>>>
>>>>>> still won't boot and still doesn't show on the sata port
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (Needs to be under 2tb).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1Tb
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's not a faulty MB. It sounds like the standard windows boot 
>>>>>>> sector issue, which could indicate a drive that has a failed 
>>>>>>> boot sector or the bcd file has been corrupted. Put it in your 
>>>>>>> other machine on another sata port and run from an admin dos 
>>>>>>> prompt chkdsk x: /r where x: is the drive letter given to the 
>>>>>>> drive by your machine. It may resolve the issue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You could also try this
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Open Command Prompt from Advanced Startup Options or System 
>>>>>>> Recovery Options menu. Note: The Command Prompt available from 
>>>>>>> these diagnostic menus is very similar to the one you may be 
>>>>>>> familiar with within Windows. ...
>>>>>>> At the prompt, type the bootrec command as shown below and then 
>>>>>>> press Enter: bootrec /rebuildbcd.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok, thanks I'll try those after Xmas. see, you are good for 
>>>>>> something after all.. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> couldn't wait. I tried it last night. no different. btw.. the 
>>>>> win10 message I get is 'inaccessible boot device' which still 
>>>>> seems to indicate a hardware problem
>>>>
>>>> That's just saying it can't see a boot drive.
>>>>
>>>> I'd reset the cmos and see if the SATA ports work again.
>>>
>>> ok I'll give that a try tomorrow, thanks
>>>>
>>>> Very unlikely to be a hardware failure with all 8 sata ports
>>>> going missing given that 6 of them are on 1 chip and the
>>>> other two are on a different one.
>>>
>>> makes sense
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nothing much shows up with google and that
>>>> motherboard, ask the manufacturer about it.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I've established the SATA ports are working. I installed Linux on a 
>> DVD and booted with a SATA drive connected and I could read the drive 
>> and load files. seems it's nothing more than a corrupt win10 64 bit 
>> installation
>
> Yeah, looks like it. And if you had made the recovery disk
> when it was still working, it may have been able to recover it.

I'll certainly make one when it's up and running again. or maybe there 
is some third party recovery software I could use? or does M$ have any 
'after the event' repair program that can be put on disc? I'll start 
googling..

-- 
I plan on living forever. So far so good!

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