While defragging a HD, the systemappeared to lock. Four hours later I shut
down the system (XP SP2) Now I can not boot the system to anything but setup.
The drives are not recognized. I have 2 HDD, 2 cd-rom, and can set everyting
but the boot drive. After saving the BIOS setup, I reboot and have the same
problem.
any suggestions?

Silver

- There is a "use default settings" in bios setup, try that,
except change one thing: make cd-rom the first boot device.
- Can you then use the Windows CD to boot to Windows setup?

"Silver" <Silver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3DECBEF2-9234-4A34-9437-5AB0235DFF36@microsoft.com...
> While defragging a HD, the systemappeared to lock. Four hours later I shut
> down the system (XP SP2) Now I can not boot the system to anything but
> setup.
> The drives are not recognized. I have 2 HDD, 2 cd-rom, and can set
> everyting
> but the boot drive. After saving the BIOS setup, I reboot and have the
> same
> problem.
> any suggestions?
>
> Silver
>

Thanks for the response, but no luck. The drive just clicks away. I'm
beginning to believe that the drive has crashed without a warning. Am unable
to get to the CD-ROM.

"Michael Jennings" wrote:

> - There is a "use default settings" in bios setup, try that,
> except change one thing: make cd-rom the first boot device.
> - Can you then use the Windows CD to boot to Windows setup?
>
> "Silver" <Silver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3DECBEF2-9234-4A34-9437-5AB0235DFF36@microsoft.com...
> > While defragging a HD, the systemappeared to lock. Four hours later I shut
> > down the system (XP SP2) Now I can not boot the system to anything but
> > setup.
> > The drives are not recognized. I have 2 HDD, 2 cd-rom, and can set
> > everyting
> > but the boot drive. After saving the BIOS setup, I reboot and have the
> > same
> > problem.
> > any suggestions?
> >
> > Silver
> >
>
>
>

Hi,

Download a drive diagnostic tool from the web site of the drive
manufacturer. Boot the system with the disk it creates and test the disk. If
it's a candidate for replacement (and that clicking sound definitely makes
it sound as though it is), then this should confirm it.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Silver" <Silver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0CF3EA47-4514-4054-94BF-21FE6109021A@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the response, but no luck. The drive just clicks away. I'm
> beginning to believe that the drive has crashed without a warning. Am
> unable
> to get to the CD-ROM.
>
> "Michael Jennings" wrote:
>
>> - There is a "use default settings" in bios setup, try that,
>> except change one thing: make cd-rom the first boot device.
>> - Can you then use the Windows CD to boot to Windows setup?
>>
>> "Silver" <Silver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3DECBEF2-9234-4A34-9437-5AB0235DFF36@microsoft.com...
>> > While defragging a HD, the systemappeared to lock. Four hours later I
>> > shut
>> > down the system (XP SP2) Now I can not boot the system to anything but
>> > setup.
>> > The drives are not recognized. I have 2 HDD, 2 cd-rom, and can set
>> > everyting
>> > but the boot drive. After saving the BIOS setup, I reboot and have the
>> > same
>> > problem.
>> > any suggestions?
>> >
>> > Silver
>> >
>>
>>
>>

Thanks for the input. Three sources have concluded that the drive is trash. I
have started a RMA with the manufacturer.

Thanks, again.

Silver

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Download a drive diagnostic tool from the web site of the drive
> manufacturer. Boot the system with the disk it creates and test the disk. If
> it's a candidate for replacement (and that clicking sound definitely makes
> it sound as though it is), then this should confirm it.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Silver" <Silver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0CF3EA47-4514-4054-94BF-21FE6109021A@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for the response, but no luck. The drive just clicks away. I'm
> > beginning to believe that the drive has crashed without a warning. Am
> > unable
> > to get to the CD-ROM.
> >
> > "Michael Jennings" wrote:
> >
> >> - There is a "use default settings" in bios setup, try that,
> >> except change one thing: make cd-rom the first boot device.
> >> - Can you then use the Windows CD to boot to Windows setup?
> >>
> >> "Silver" <Silver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3DECBEF2-9234-4A34-9437-5AB0235DFF36@microsoft.com...
> >> > While defragging a HD, the systemappeared to lock. Four hours later I
> >> > shut
> >> > down the system (XP SP2) Now I can not boot the system to anything but
> >> > setup.
> >> > The drives are not recognized. I have 2 HDD, 2 cd-rom, and can set
> >> > everyting
> >> > but the boot drive. After saving the BIOS setup, I reboot and have the
> >> > same
> >> > problem.
> >> > any suggestions?
> >> >
> >> > Silver
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>