OT short circuit

[Guest]

Hello,
After a problem with a electric razor causing a short circuit,
main unit rebooted, stopped with a screen stating that there
is a bad harddrive and to save all data.
Screen also indicated that the drive compilation was changed.
Showing a list of all drives. Listed the two harddrives in order,
and one optical drive,"proper name" and one optical drive as a
series of double dashes then the floppy.
Entered the BIOS and found that the second optical drive had the
same information listed as the first harddrive.
At this point I was searching for someway to correct this in the BIOS.
Found that doing nothing except shutting down was the best course.
Noticed that the cable modem was working but the router had both
lights for the connected units flashing. Turned off both items.
Restarted unit and entered the BIOS, the above had defaulted to
normal setup. Windows started without problem and all worked.
Disconnected the units from the router then reconnected, all OK.
Before reading post,(one year plus), in these MS Windows XP groups,
I may have attempted many actions that would have caused major
problems.

I would like to thank everyone who assist in these groups.
You all do exceptional work.
Thank You.

take care.
beamish.

 

[Jim Macklin]

Your electric razor problem and the resultant power failure
may have caused a power spike that has caused a re-set of
the BIOS. This is why a UPS, a battery backed surge
suppressor, is essential to protect a computer power supply
and the hardware [mobo, CPU and RAM, etc.] from damage. If
the power suddenly fails during a hard drive write cycle,
the drive can be scrambled and become unreadable.

Good quality UPSs are made by APC and other companies.
www.apc.com




message
| Hello,
| After a problem with a electric razor causing a short
circuit,
| main unit rebooted, stopped with a screen stating that
there
| is a bad harddrive and to save all data.
| Screen also indicated that the drive compilation was
changed.
| Showing a list of all drives. Listed the two harddrives in
order,
| and one optical drive,"proper name" and one optical drive
as a
| series of double dashes then the floppy.
| Entered the BIOS and found that the second optical drive
had the
| same information listed as the first harddrive.
| At this point I was searching for someway to correct this
in the BIOS.
| Found that doing nothing except shutting down was the best
course.
| Noticed that the cable modem was working but the router
had both
| lights for the connected units flashing. Turned off both
items.
| Restarted unit and entered the BIOS, the above had
defaulted to
| normal setup. Windows started without problem and all
worked.
| Disconnected the units from the router then reconnected,
all OK.
| Before reading post,(one year plus), in these MS Windows
XP groups,
| I may have attempted many actions that would have caused
major
| problems.
|
| I would like to thank everyone who assist in these groups.
| You all do exceptional work.
| Thank You.
|
| take care.
| beamish.
|
|
|
|