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On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> LOL. Except not really. Am I totally screwed or is there some |
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> little-known method for kick-starting an apparently dead HD? |
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> Everything was fine until it was rebooted. Multiple reboots always |
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> come back to: |
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> Invalid Boot diskette- Enter BOOT diskette into A: |
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> Cracks about how if the system is old enough to have a floppy drive |
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> then it's overdue for a dead HD are appropriate. |
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Things I would try: |
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Go into BIOS and make sure settings are still proper (sometimes it can |
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get wiped out and set to bad values) |
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Make sure BIOS can see the HDD manufacturer and model number etc. |
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If not, power off, re-seat the HDD cables and try again |
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If yes, boot from liveCD and use your favorite tools to examine the drive |
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If the drive is visible, partition table in-tact, then I would try to |
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chroot into your gentoo and reinstall your boot loader like in the |
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installation handbook |
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If drive is not visible, take it out and hook it up to another computer |
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If other computer can read it, maybe your motherboard/controller got |
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fried somehow |
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If other computer can't read it either... buy a new HDD and restore |
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from your most recent backup ;) |
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