I have been having problems with my main rig recently.
My hard drive configuration is like this:
1. 40GB Intel 320 SSD
2. 500GB Western Digital 7200RPM
3. 400GB Western Digital 7200RPM
4. 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green 5400RPM
My motherboard, a GA-EP43-UD3L, had IDE legacy mode enabled.
A few days ago, I tried to wipe everything on my computer clean and re-install Windows 7 SP1 onto my new SSD. I manually backed up everything I needed, so I thought it was wise to start fresh.
I booted up my Windows 7 USB, but it hanged before it could get to the "Install Windows Now" screen. I tried my Windows 7 DVD, and it didn't work either, hanging just before that screen showed up.
I ended up booting back into my old Windows 7 partition on another drive and ended up installing Windows 7 onto my SSD that way. I booted into my new Windows 7 partition on my SSD, and wiped the other drives one by one.
However, the 500GB drive refused to be wiped. Turns out, the NTLDR was installed on there, even though I had primarily used the drive for installing games. Without thinking, I manually wiped the drive through several CMD.exe commands.
When I rebooted my computer, the bootloader was yelling at me, telling me that it was missing. Only then did I realize my mistake. I tried to boot the Windows 7 DVD in a desperate bid to recover my SSD's partition and make it bootable, but I couldn't boot the DVD. It hanged.
I tried downloading DBAN and tried to wipe everything, but it tossed me several error messages after the process. I even tried to boot a USB key with Ubuntu Linux, hoping to recover some use of my computer via another OS, but that hanged, just like the Windows 7 DVD did.
Am I screwed? I can't boot anything. I suspect a BIOS problem now. Or should I remove all of the hard drives, save the SSD, figure things out that way?
My hard drive configuration is like this:
1. 40GB Intel 320 SSD
2. 500GB Western Digital 7200RPM
3. 400GB Western Digital 7200RPM
4. 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green 5400RPM
My motherboard, a GA-EP43-UD3L, had IDE legacy mode enabled.
A few days ago, I tried to wipe everything on my computer clean and re-install Windows 7 SP1 onto my new SSD. I manually backed up everything I needed, so I thought it was wise to start fresh.
I booted up my Windows 7 USB, but it hanged before it could get to the "Install Windows Now" screen. I tried my Windows 7 DVD, and it didn't work either, hanging just before that screen showed up.
I ended up booting back into my old Windows 7 partition on another drive and ended up installing Windows 7 onto my SSD that way. I booted into my new Windows 7 partition on my SSD, and wiped the other drives one by one.
However, the 500GB drive refused to be wiped. Turns out, the NTLDR was installed on there, even though I had primarily used the drive for installing games. Without thinking, I manually wiped the drive through several CMD.exe commands.
When I rebooted my computer, the bootloader was yelling at me, telling me that it was missing. Only then did I realize my mistake. I tried to boot the Windows 7 DVD in a desperate bid to recover my SSD's partition and make it bootable, but I couldn't boot the DVD. It hanged.
I tried downloading DBAN and tried to wipe everything, but it tossed me several error messages after the process. I even tried to boot a USB key with Ubuntu Linux, hoping to recover some use of my computer via another OS, but that hanged, just like the Windows 7 DVD did.
Am I screwed? I can't boot anything. I suspect a BIOS problem now. Or should I remove all of the hard drives, save the SSD, figure things out that way?
