- Feb 23, 2010
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Hi guys, this problem is kinda multi-layered, and I tend to be quite verbose.... So bear with me.
Initial Symptom:
Booted up the Computer this morning. As I recalled there was no major changes made to the system yesterday except for perhaps a Windows update. When the system attempts to load the desktop, it just shows me a Black Screen and freezes there. No mouse pointer whatsoever.
Upon the reboot, it tells me that I should run Startup recovery and insert my Windows disk. I only have the option to hit enter and not "Load last good config etc.". Anyway I insert my CD-rom but it did not seem to automatically boot into it.
So I proceeded to change the boot order - First boot from Hard Disk to CD-Rom drive and vice-versa (I am using Gigabyte motherboard that adds a delay of another 5 secs if CD rom drive is the first boot).
With this I managed to boot into the Windows Recovery Environment, but now it tells me that I have an "Unknown Windows Installation on (Unknown) Hard Disk.
I THINK in doing so I might have fudged the Bootrecord. So this is kinda problem #2. Anyway I go back to BIOS, revert the Boot order, then manually get it to boot into the CD-rom by hitting F12 (and cursing under my breath that I should've just done this from the start).
I disconnect my other 2 secondary hard drives to MAKE SURE that windows has no confusion whatsoever where the installation might be located. BUT ALAS, it still says that my Windows Installation is 'missing'. I tried using the bootrec.exe step, FixMBR, fixboot, rebuildbcd... But it gave me a bunch of errors... To a point where I rebooted into the recovery environment and it wasn't even showing me a HDD anymore.
However, despite this, if I leave the computer to be, it manages to get past the "Loading Windows" screen and then immediately Blue Screens with a stop error. So somehow, even though the Recovery environment isn't detecting Windows, it hasn't disappeared it's just umapped??
Somewhere down the line I managed to boot into safe mode. It briefly told me that my paging file size was going to be temporarily changed... Then it freezes and after a while my desktop disappears and black screens again.
I let it reboot again. After the 'Loading Operating System' option it started showing me some text about the RAID controller Realtek PCIe things and the computer's MAC address????? I reboot again.
This is currently where I'm at. I get past the 'Loading Windows' screen and it's now running chkdsk. Now it's just telling that File Record Segment ###### is unreadable and its been going for about 30mins straight now.
Was this whole problem just my SSD failing? Or did I create a bigger problem? :S
Initial Symptom:
Booted up the Computer this morning. As I recalled there was no major changes made to the system yesterday except for perhaps a Windows update. When the system attempts to load the desktop, it just shows me a Black Screen and freezes there. No mouse pointer whatsoever.
Upon the reboot, it tells me that I should run Startup recovery and insert my Windows disk. I only have the option to hit enter and not "Load last good config etc.". Anyway I insert my CD-rom but it did not seem to automatically boot into it.
So I proceeded to change the boot order - First boot from Hard Disk to CD-Rom drive and vice-versa (I am using Gigabyte motherboard that adds a delay of another 5 secs if CD rom drive is the first boot).
With this I managed to boot into the Windows Recovery Environment, but now it tells me that I have an "Unknown Windows Installation on (Unknown) Hard Disk.
I THINK in doing so I might have fudged the Bootrecord. So this is kinda problem #2. Anyway I go back to BIOS, revert the Boot order, then manually get it to boot into the CD-rom by hitting F12 (and cursing under my breath that I should've just done this from the start).
I disconnect my other 2 secondary hard drives to MAKE SURE that windows has no confusion whatsoever where the installation might be located. BUT ALAS, it still says that my Windows Installation is 'missing'. I tried using the bootrec.exe step, FixMBR, fixboot, rebuildbcd... But it gave me a bunch of errors... To a point where I rebooted into the recovery environment and it wasn't even showing me a HDD anymore.
However, despite this, if I leave the computer to be, it manages to get past the "Loading Windows" screen and then immediately Blue Screens with a stop error. So somehow, even though the Recovery environment isn't detecting Windows, it hasn't disappeared it's just umapped??
Somewhere down the line I managed to boot into safe mode. It briefly told me that my paging file size was going to be temporarily changed... Then it freezes and after a while my desktop disappears and black screens again.
I let it reboot again. After the 'Loading Operating System' option it started showing me some text about the RAID controller Realtek PCIe things and the computer's MAC address????? I reboot again.
This is currently where I'm at. I get past the 'Loading Windows' screen and it's now running chkdsk. Now it's just telling that File Record Segment ###### is unreadable and its been going for about 30mins straight now.
Was this whole problem just my SSD failing? Or did I create a bigger problem? :S
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