Unplugged hard drive now doesn't work!!!HELP

Circuit_breaker · 05-04-2009, 04:55 PM

I have a SATA hard drive. I unplugged it and then plugged it back in and now os won't load. It only gets as far as the device listing screen and says-

"Verifying DMI Pool Data ............................
Boot from CD :

NVIDIA Boot Agent 249.0542

CLIENT MAC ADDR

DHCP............."

then nothing.
When I press escape it says

"PXE-EAO: Network canceled by keystroke
PXE-MOF: EXITING NVIDIA Boot Agent.
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER."

When I unplugged it from the cpu there were four places that the wire would go to but I'm not sure if it matters which to plug it back into.
Someone please help if you have the time.

**Cromewell** · 05-04-2009, 06:07 PM

Quote:

When I unplugged it from the cpu there were four places that the wire would go to but I'm not sure if it matters which to plug it back into.

What? I'm assuming you mean you have 4 SATA ports on your motherboard. It shouldn't matter which one you plug it into. Did you unplug it while it was running?

Circuit_breaker · 05-04-2009, 06:41 PM

Possibly. I don't really remember. If so what is the outcome?

**johnb35** · 05-04-2009, 06:59 PM

Go into your bios and make sure the Hard drive is detected. Then go into to boot priority and make sure HDD is first and disable network boot or pxe boot whatever is listed in bios

Circuit_breaker · 05-11-2009, 06:16 AM

okay I looked in bios but it doesn't seem to detect the hard drive.

**johnb35** · 05-11-2009, 09:45 PM

Sounds like you got a bad hard drive or possible motherboard. Put the harddrive in another computer to see if it gets detected.

05-04-2009, 04:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Circuit_breaker Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Al Posts: 32	Unplugged hard drive now doesn't work!!!HELP I have a SATA hard drive. I unplugged it and then plugged it back in and now os won't load. It only gets as far as the device listing screen and says- "Verifying DMI Pool Data ............................ Boot from CD : NVIDIA Boot Agent 249.0542 CLIENT MAC ADDR DHCP............." then nothing. When I press escape it says "PXE-EAO: Network canceled by keystroke PXE-MOF: EXITING NVIDIA Boot Agent. DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER." When I unplugged it from the cpu there were four places that the wire would go to but I'm not sure if it matters which to plug it back into. Someone please help if you have the time.

05-04-2009, 06:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,658	Go into your bios and make sure the Hard drive is detected. Then go into to boot priority and make sure HDD is first and disable network boot or pxe boot whatever is listed in bios __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

05-11-2009, 09:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,658	Sounds like you got a bad hard drive or possible motherboard. Put the harddrive in another computer to see if it gets detected. __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

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05-04-2009, 06:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Circuit_breaker Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Al Posts: 32	Possibly. I don't really remember. If so what is the outcome?

05-11-2009, 06:16 AM	#5 (permalink)
Circuit_breaker Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Al Posts: 32	okay I looked in bios but it doesn't seem to detect the hard drive.