I need computer HELP!!!

BeerAdvocate · 06-10-2009, 04:45 PM

I got it to the BIOS screen and it said: "Please select boot device" and my options were: "4M-JLMS XJ HD166S" or "1BAFE Slot 0240U4110" choosing either one takes me back to that black screen....

mikeyj23 · 06-10-2009, 04:47 PM

Do you have any discs in your drives? Do you have a flashdrive plugged in to your USB? Make sure everything's empty and unplug external USB devices you might have plugged in.

SeanGAR · 06-10-2009, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BeerAdvocate

I got it to the BIOS screen and it said: "Please select boot device" and my options were: "4M-JLMS XJ HD166S" or "1BAFE Slot 0240U4110" choosing either one takes me back to that black screen....

4M-JLMS XJ HD166S is a LiteOn CD drive, I'm not sure about the BAFE, but it doesn't look like a hard drive to me.

It appears to me that your hard drive is toast. I can't be positive without looking at it, but that's what it seems. If you're lucky and have lived a clean life, reseating the cable connections to the hard drive or replacing the cable may fix the problem. Not being seen in the BIOS suggests that it is worse than a corrupted boot sector (which could also prevent booting).

I have had more hard drive failures in the last 2-3 years than the prior 20 combined. They seem to be built cheaply these days.

It is generally possible but expensive to get data off of a hard drive that has suffered a hardware failure. I have my desktop backup all data files daily automatically to a separate drive since I don't trust hard drives anymore.

06-10-2009, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SeanGAR

I have had more hard drive failures in the last 2-3 years than the prior 20 combined. They seem to be built cheaply these days.

It is generally possible but expensive to get data off of a hard drive that has suffered a hardware failure. I have my desktop backup all data files daily automatically to a separate drive since I don't trust hard drives anymore.

I don't do it daily but I do back up and multi store data. I totally agree about the failure rate. I have personal photographs stored in four separate locations.

Big sigh of relief to the O.P.

06-10-2009, 04:45 PM	#1
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06-10-2009, 04:47 PM	#2
mikeyj23 Feeling at Home Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Michael Location: Texas Posts: 635 Trading: (10)	Re: I need computer HELP!!! Do you have any discs in your drives? Do you have a flashdrive plugged in to your USB? Make sure everything's empty and unplug external USB devices you might have plugged in.