- Dec 31, 2011
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Just today, I decided to reset the BIOS to default settings by resetting the CMOS. I used a metal screwdriver to touch the two cmos pins on the motherboard. The problem is, the computer WAS turned off BUT I forgot to pull the plug out of the power supply before resetting the cmos which is what caused the problems. It ended up booting the computer so I waited for it to load and when it got to the screen that said loading operating system underneath it it said missing operating system. I've researched this and checked my bios settings to make sure the hdd was the first boot priority choice and it was.
After a few failed tries to get it to work, I was almost convinced my hdd's were fried. I tried re-installing windows 7 by booting to the dvd first, but during installation, when i got to the box that makes me choose my hdd no hdd's were listed. I brought up the command prompt to do a chkdsk and I got the message "This drive is in raw format". After that, I turned the pc off, unplugged the power cord, and took the hdd's out. I reformatted them by connecting them to a startech device and connecting that to my laptop (which is not the tower the drives were originally connected to).
After reformatting to ntfs, I ran chkdsk /f/r on both my hdd's. After this, I'm convinced that my hdd's aren't fried otherwise the device wouldn't have picked them up in the first place. I thought they'd be good to go after the chkdsk ran on both of them but i'm having the same problems trying to re-install windows 7. The only progress now is, I can actually run chkdsk with the drives back in my tower which i'm doing right now.
In the dialog box, it said something about loading drivers? I thought the computer would pick up the hdd's anyway because i've re-installed win7 before and never had these issues. So what's your suggestions? Am I going to have to find the drivers for the hdd's and install them before reinstalling win7?
After a few failed tries to get it to work, I was almost convinced my hdd's were fried. I tried re-installing windows 7 by booting to the dvd first, but during installation, when i got to the box that makes me choose my hdd no hdd's were listed. I brought up the command prompt to do a chkdsk and I got the message "This drive is in raw format". After that, I turned the pc off, unplugged the power cord, and took the hdd's out. I reformatted them by connecting them to a startech device and connecting that to my laptop (which is not the tower the drives were originally connected to).
After reformatting to ntfs, I ran chkdsk /f/r on both my hdd's. After this, I'm convinced that my hdd's aren't fried otherwise the device wouldn't have picked them up in the first place. I thought they'd be good to go after the chkdsk ran on both of them but i'm having the same problems trying to re-install windows 7. The only progress now is, I can actually run chkdsk with the drives back in my tower which i'm doing right now.
In the dialog box, it said something about loading drivers? I thought the computer would pick up the hdd's anyway because i've re-installed win7 before and never had these issues. So what's your suggestions? Am I going to have to find the drivers for the hdd's and install them before reinstalling win7?
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