[PLUG] Computer no boot

Michael Moore moore.michael.m at gmail.com
Mon Mar 8 20:26:48 UTC 2010


On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Tony Rick <tonyr42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. <wevl at pacifier.com>wrote:
>
>> Michael:
>> I would boot from a CDROM. If everything worked, then I would be very
>> suspicious of the disk.
>> Wayne
>
>
> I agree with Wayne.  You'll need to verify that your BIOS is set to boot
> from the CD first.
>
> This link (should you have access to a computer that can view it, hmmm....
> how ARE you getting to this mailing list?) has a nice little video about the
> hard drive 'click of death'  which you can use for comparison to the sounds
> that you hear from your drive.
>
> http://www.techwarelabs.com/community/showthread.php?p=71251

Thanks all.  I will try booting from the CD-ROM first (the BIOS is set
to boot from the CD first) -- would've tried that already, except that
I didn't have time this morning.  If that works, then I'll try putting
in a new drive and see if I can get anywhere.

And I'll check out the video, when I get over to the library later.
At the moment, I'm using a computer at an office I sometimes do some
work at.

Sigh ... should be an interesting afternoon/evening.

Michael



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