XP update, now won't boot

D

DZ

Hey everyone,
Last night I updated my PC (SP 3?), and now all I get is a black screen with
a blinking cursor. I have a removable hard drive and last night I was using
my 320 gb one. Today when I check the BIOS, it doesn't see my hard drive. It
does see the DVD, USB devices, etc. When I use my 120 gb hard drive it does
the same thing. The 120 gb was updated the other day and everything worked,
although I had to go into the BIOS and tell it to boot to the hard drive.
Both hard drives worked until after last nights updates. Any ideas?
 
B

Bob I

Sounds like the drive connection/or IDE channel failed, by pure
coincidence after the install. IF the BIOS can't see a drive, then it is
somewhat difficult to load an operating system from it no?
 

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