Hey all,
I’m having an absolute nightmare trying to figure this one out so thought I’d post to see if there was a simple (and potentially obvious) solution!
I’ve had my PC specialist rig since 2010 and it has been running a dream up until this point.
The Issue?
I turned my PC on for the first time in a few months and unsurprisingly, it was running a little slow. I then received a windows update notification which downloaded fine and restarted my computer. Upon re-boot, the computer was still running exceptionally slow so in order to see my background applications, I pressed CTRL ALT DELETE to enter my ‘Task Manager’. This took me to a ‘Please Wait…’ and was there for about 20mins. It seemed frozen so I forced a shut down.
This time on re-boot, I get an error message suggesting that I cannot boot from my installed hard disk.
It would seem that my hard disk isn’t being fully recognised. In an attempt to solve this, I’ve opened up the computer to check for any faulty/loose connections between my hard disk and motherboard. I then swapped my hard disk connection on my motherboard into a different SATA slot. Initially, this seemed to work as my boot menu had now listed my hard disk as a priority boot option.
However, when I do try boot from my hard disk, I get another error message.
Then, following a computer restart, my hard disk is no longer recognised and no longer an option in my boot menu!!
I’ve spent some time trying different SATA slots and connecting/reconnecting relevant wires and cables but nothing seems to allow me to boot correctly from my hard disk.
Of course, I then considered booting from my windows 7 install disc running a disk repair but this seems like a pointless exercise when my hard disk isn’t being fully recognised.
Help?
See below for the error message I get on boot up as things stand at the moment (and subsequent “Wait…” message when I press “F1 to resume”). FYI, my hard drive is connected into SATA 1.
Many thanks in advance for any help, I really do appreciate it!
Cheers!
I’m having an absolute nightmare trying to figure this one out so thought I’d post to see if there was a simple (and potentially obvious) solution!
I’ve had my PC specialist rig since 2010 and it has been running a dream up until this point.
The Issue?
I turned my PC on for the first time in a few months and unsurprisingly, it was running a little slow. I then received a windows update notification which downloaded fine and restarted my computer. Upon re-boot, the computer was still running exceptionally slow so in order to see my background applications, I pressed CTRL ALT DELETE to enter my ‘Task Manager’. This took me to a ‘Please Wait…’ and was there for about 20mins. It seemed frozen so I forced a shut down.
This time on re-boot, I get an error message suggesting that I cannot boot from my installed hard disk.
It would seem that my hard disk isn’t being fully recognised. In an attempt to solve this, I’ve opened up the computer to check for any faulty/loose connections between my hard disk and motherboard. I then swapped my hard disk connection on my motherboard into a different SATA slot. Initially, this seemed to work as my boot menu had now listed my hard disk as a priority boot option.
However, when I do try boot from my hard disk, I get another error message.
Then, following a computer restart, my hard disk is no longer recognised and no longer an option in my boot menu!!
I’ve spent some time trying different SATA slots and connecting/reconnecting relevant wires and cables but nothing seems to allow me to boot correctly from my hard disk.
Of course, I then considered booting from my windows 7 install disc running a disk repair but this seems like a pointless exercise when my hard disk isn’t being fully recognised.
Help?
See below for the error message I get on boot up as things stand at the moment (and subsequent “Wait…” message when I press “F1 to resume”). FYI, my hard drive is connected into SATA 1.
Many thanks in advance for any help, I really do appreciate it!
Cheers!