Re: Windose 10

From	felix <me@nothere.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Windose 10
Date	2016-12-26 11:50 +1100
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On Monday, 26 Dec 2016 11:43 AM, felix wrote:
> On Monday, 26 Dec 2016 11:27 AM, felix wrote:
>> On Monday, 26 Dec 2016 11:16 AM, felix wrote:
>>> 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..
>>>
>>
>> Ill try this..
>>
>> http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Repair-Corrupted-Windows-10-System-Files/ 
>>
>>
>>
>
> can't. no mouse pointer :(
>
>

I see now I can get the dos box via advanced options. if the scan 
doesn't work, I'll try system restore from the latest restore point (if 
it's accessible)

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

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