Cannot boot C drive

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:cry:Guess what, yes buggered up pc again when I try to boot it won’t and I have to use Hirens Diagnostics Boot CD to go from BIOS to C drive, any ideas on what I have done and how to resolve this problem:blush:?????
 

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Do this ^^

What did you do?
 
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:blush:I think I deleted the C drive from bios but not sure. Just going to try Mr Mucks sugestion:bow:
 
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:(Sorry this did not work but here is the error Message that comes up on the black screen:-

error:'/boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod'not found.
grub rescue>

I hope that helps:(
 

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yep, you screwed up ... that's a Linux boot error, you don't seem to have a Windows partition or the DVD would have/should have used it.

As I cannot see your HD, I, unfortunately ... suggest a reinstall of Windows, a "clean" install.

I have no idea how to use Linux to "rescue" your, err, error.


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:)Thanks for the advice Mr Mucks and the support young feckit;). Luckily I do have a backup of W7 on a external so should get most of my programs, files and updates back:D, FINGERS CROSSED:thumb:
 
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:cry::cry::cry:Oh dear the poor old PC has finally bit the dust well it has done well 9 years old. First the video card gave up the ghost bought a new one found out it was not compatible with the mother board, then the on/of button on the cabinet failed to work so I gave up as the old girl had obviously had enough.so I have bought one of these:-


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- SATA Hard Drive
- SATA Optical Drive for installation
- Operating System ( Windows 7 64bit recommend when using above 3GB RAM)
- Display & Keyboard and Mouse

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General Case Specs
Easy maintenance and installation
5.25” Drive Bays: 4 Exposed
3.5” Drive Bays : 1 Exposed / 5 Hidden

Front Port
- 2x USB & AUDIO

Power Supply
- 750W with 20+4-pin power connector

- P4 4-Pin 12V Connectors: 1
- 4-Pin Molex Peripheral Connectors: 4
- SATA Connectors: 3
- Floppy Drive Connectors: 1
- 6-Pin PCIe Connectors: 1

Cooling
Front: 1 x 12cm LED fan on front panel
Side : 2 x 12cm LED fans on side panel (With On / Off Switch)
Rear : 1 x 12cm blue-finned fan on rear panel

Motherboard Specifications

CPU
AM3+ Socket:

- AMD AM3+ FX processors
- AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor

(Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)

Hyper Transport Bus
- 4800 MT/s

Chipset
- North Bridge: AMD 970
- South Bridge: AMD SB950

Memory
- 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
* Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed.
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
* To support a DDR3 1866 MHz (and above) memory, you must install an AM3+ CPU first.

(Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Audio
- Realtek® ALC887 audio codec
- High Definition Audio
- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
- Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN
- Realtek® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
- 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
- 2 x PCI slots

Storage Interface
South Bridge:
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
- Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD

USB
South Bridge:
- Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)

VIA® VL805 chip:

- Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

Internal I/O Connectors
- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 1 x CPU fan header
- 2 x system fan headers
- 1 x power fan header
- 1 x front panel header
- 1 x front panel audio header
- 1 x S/PDIF Out header
- 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
- 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Back Panel Connectors
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
- 1 x PS/2 mouse port
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
- 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
- 1 x RJ-45 port
- 3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller
iTE® I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring
- System voltage detection
- CPU/System temperature detection
- CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
- CPU overheating warning
- CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
- CPU/System fan speed control
* Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/system cooler you install.

BIOS
- 2 x 32 Mbit flash
- Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS
- Support for DualBIOS™
- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a

Unique Features
- Support for @BIOS
- Support for Q-Flash
- Support for Xpress Install
- Support for EasyTune
* Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.
- Support for Smart Recovery 2
- Support for Auto Green
- Support for ON/OFF Charge
- Support for 3TB+ Unlock
- Support for Q-Share

Bundle Software
- Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

Operating System
- Support for Windows 8/7/XP

Form Factor
- ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.5cm

Remark
Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd



I have never bought from them before so I will do a review when I get the kit.:cheers:
 

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