Re: Windose 10

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Windose 10
Date	2016-12-26 09:36 +1100
Message-ID	<ecavvvFl6iaU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	(7 earlier) <ec7a79Fp8raU1@mid.individual.net> <ec95dpF7tbiU1@mid.individual.net> <ec98f2F8hjuU1@mid.individual.net> <ec9vo5FdnvkU1@mid.individual.net> <ecarj3Fk6d5U1@mid.individual.net>

Show all headers | View raw


"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.

Back to aus.computers | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-21 18:20 +1100
  Re: Windose 10 Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-12-21 18:36 +1100
    Re: Windose 10 jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2016-12-21 03:13 -0800
      Re: Windose 10 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 05:59 +1100
        Re: Windose 10 Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 06:49 +1100
      Re: Windose 10 Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-12-22 07:50 +1100
        Re: Windose 10 Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 08:16 +1100
          Re: Windose 10 Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-12-22 08:32 +1100
            Re: Windose 10 Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 09:46 +1100
              Re: Windose 10 Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-12-22 10:04 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 11:48 +1100
        Re: Windose 10 "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-12-22 07:33 +1000
          Re: Windose 10 Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-12-22 08:41 +1100
            Re: Windose 10 Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-12-22 16:08 +0000
              Re: Windose 10 Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-12-23 06:09 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 Lucifer Morningstar <Barry@saymyname.com> - 2016-12-24 07:54 +1100
        Re: Windose 10 "John" <dj34d@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 11:34 +1100
    Re: Windose 10 Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-12-21 22:30 +1100
    Re: Windose 10 not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-12-21 21:46 +0000
      Re: Windose 10 Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 09:48 +1100
        Re: Windose 10 Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-12-22 10:06 +1100
          Re: Windose 10 Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 11:49 +1100
            Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-22 15:13 +1100
              Re: Windose 10 "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-12-22 14:42 +1000
      Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-22 15:12 +1100
  Re: Windose 10 Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-12-21 22:06 +1100
  Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-22 15:08 +1100
    Re: Windose 10 "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-12-22 14:44 +1000
      Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-22 21:05 +1100
    Re: Windose 10 Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-12-22 16:21 +0000
      Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-23 17:47 +1100
    Re: Windose 10 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-23 10:52 +1100
      Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-23 17:49 +1100
        Re: Windose 10 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-23 17:57 +1100
        Re: Windose 10 Lucifer Morningstar <Barry@saymyname.com> - 2016-12-23 19:11 +1100
          Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-24 20:29 +1100
        Re: Windose 10 not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-12-23 11:28 +0000
          Re: Windose 10 Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-12-24 05:46 +1100
            Re: Windose 10 "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-12-24 07:19 +1000
              Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-24 20:47 +1100
          Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-24 20:46 +1100
          Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-24 20:50 +1100
            Re: Windose 10 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-25 07:34 +1100
          Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-24 20:59 +1100
            Re: Windose 10 Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2016-12-24 21:09 +1000
              Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-25 00:06 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-25 16:57 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-25 17:49 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-26 00:26 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-26 08:21 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-26 09:36 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-26 11:16 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-26 11:27 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-26 11:43 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-26 11:50 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-26 12:36 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-26 12:57 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 Jeßus <j@j.org> - 2016-12-26 12:02 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-26 12:51 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2016-12-26 11:52 +1000
                Re: Windose 10 Lucifer Morningstar <Barry@saymyname.com> - 2016-12-27 18:26 +1100
            Re: Windose 10 Jeßus <j@j.org> - 2016-12-25 09:30 +1100
  Re: Windose 10 keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-12-22 21:30 +1000
    Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-23 00:07 +1100
      Re: Windose 10 Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-12-23 09:13 +1100
  Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-28 20:35 +1100
    Re: Windose 10 Jeßus <j@j.org> - 2016-12-29 04:52 +1100
      Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-29 21:15 +1100
        Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-29 22:27 +1100
          Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-29 22:34 +1100
            Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-29 22:53 +1100
              Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-29 23:41 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-30 05:54 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-30 11:01 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-30 11:04 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-30 13:27 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-12-30 16:08 +1000
                Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-30 17:32 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 Jeßus <j@j.org> - 2016-12-30 19:26 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-12-30 23:54 +1000
                Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-30 17:35 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-30 21:09 +1100
                Re: Windose 10 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-30 21:07 +1100
              Re: Windose 10 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-30 05:53 +1100
          Re: Windose 10 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-12-30 05:52 +1100
        Re: Windose 10 Jeßus <j@j.org> - 2016-12-30 11:43 +1100
          Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-30 13:25 +1100
          Re: Windose 10 Grumpy Tech <grumpytech07@gmail.com> - 2016-12-30 14:15 +1000
            Re: Windose 10 felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-12-30 15:40 +1100

csiph-web