Oddness with computer, bootup??

Edward78

Edward78

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I booted up, it goes through until the actual OS menu (multiboot), then it pops up with the can't find boot device error, reboot same thing, I reboot & go to the bios nothing but my DVD is under boot menu... Ok sounds like my HDD just went right, but here is the odd part, I plug in a bootable USB thumb drive & it boots like normal (not off the USB)..... . :confused::confused:
 
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Have you tried a different sata cable?

Tis weird, never seen anything like it before haha
 
one of my hdd has been dying for the last few years.

occasionally it won't power on at boot up and is not detected in the bios.
I suspect the same is happening to you
 
arknor said:
one of my hdd has been dying for the last few years.

occasionally it won't power on at boot up and is not detected in the bios.
I suspect the same is happening to you
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Hmm, well I have a S.M.A.R..T. util, next reboot into windows I will do a test.... Man I just got KDE setup how I wanted.... Any open soure util where I can image linux how it is with a easy to use GUI, so I can restore that image to a new drive the same way it was on my old drive? I just read about Clonezilla, but it says nothing about EXT4 support...
 
Sounds like the HDD could be dying to me.

I know it sounds stupid, but have you tried listening to the HDD directly when it does this, for the constant same clicking sound over and over again?
 
russell664 said:
Sounds like the HDD could be dying to me.

I know it sounds stupid, but have you tried listening to the HDD directly when it does this, for the constant same clicking sound over and over again?
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No clicking sound, the windows time always is wrong at bootup... Could that be connected? I always correct it, but it is wrong again next boot up... Linux if fine though...:confused: My Seatools for Windows can't locate drive & gsmartcontrol fails to send command, but HDDscan gives result, again confused about that... anyway here are the results...


HDDScan S.M.A.R.T. Report
Model: WL400GSA1672
Firmware: 12.06H12
Serial: WOL240018242
LBA: 781422768

Report By: HDDScan for Windows version 3.3
Report Date: 5/22/2015 3:35:49 AM


Num Attribute Name Value Worst Raw(hex) Threshold

001 Raw Read Error Rate 200 200 0000000000-0000 051

003 Spin Up Time 227 219 0000000000-162B 021

004 Start/Stop Count 096 096 0000000000-129B 040

005 Reallocation Sector Count 200 200 0000000000-0000 140

007 Seek Error Rate 200 200 0000000000-0000 051

009 Power-On Hours Count 083 083 0000000000-3294 000

010 Spin Retry Count 100 100 0000000000-0000 051

011 Recalibration Retries 100 100 0000000000-0000 051

012 Device Power Cycle Count 096 096 0000000000-1294 000

194 HDA Temperature 125 091 27 C 000

196 Reallocation Event Count 200 200 0000000000-0000 000

197 Current Pending Errors Count 200 200 0000000000-0000 000

198 Uncorrectable Errors Count 200 200 0000000000-0000 000

199 UltraDMA CRC Errors 200 200 0000000000-00E1 000

200 Write Error Rate 200 200 0000000000-0000 051
 
Usually it's just a clip (the exact model of battery will be written on it). You push the little metal clip to the side and the battery should pop/lift out.

Be aware this will probably wipe your BIOS settings.
 
How do I find out what CMOS battery to get or are all the same? Plus, I read that only if the PC is unplugged, it depends on the battery...
 
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