"GreenieLeBrun" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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| Sunny wrote:
| > Hi, I am seeking help, with trying to help a mate (by phone) with a PC
| > that failed to boot.
| > He has an Intel board based P4 running WinXP that has :
| > a. A SATA hard drive on its own cable,
| > b. An IDE 2nd hard drive with a DVD Burner on a shared cable.
| >
| > The OS is on the SATA drive (C) and has failed to boot (after a normal
| > shut down).
| > So far the following has been tried :
| > 1. Booting from the CD and attempts to use the repair console.
| > (Stuck in "examining C")
| > 2. Installing a fresh WinXP on the 2nd hard drive with the SATA
| > disconnected.
| > (successful)
| > 3. Boot with original SATA connected.
| > (Failed - PC just stops booting)
| > 4. Boot with SATA not connected.
| > (successful)
| >
| > BIOS shows both hard drives, and boot sequence has been altered, to
| > ensure that the IDE drive boots first.
| >
| > SATA drive has been set to master and slave with no change
| >
| > What would be the next step, to try and get WinXP to boot with the
| > SATA drive connected so that files can be recovered/transferred to
| > the IDE drive (now "C')
| >
| > TIA for any help
|
|
| Sounds like the SATA drive has failed. Go to the drive manufacturer's
site
| and download their diagnostic software (e.g. Seatools if Seagate or Data
| Lifeguard if Western Digital) create the selfbooting floppy or CD , boot
| from that and run the diagnostics on the SATA HDD that should tell you
if
| the drive has died.
Thank you, will do.
|
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