onesmartidiot
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I tried sticking in an old ati tv tuner card into my pc (back up old family tapes)
Upon booting up, the pc started flashing b.s.o.d's and restarting in a cycle. Ok, it didnt like the card.. so i took it out, and still cant boot. After trying all the "f8" options, and watching it cycle through the boot process 500 times, It said bootmgr is missing.
Ok, not sure how a tv tuner driver would attack the mbr, but hey, im no pro.
So I try using the repair features on the vista disc (now heres where it gets werid)
I know the hard drive itself is good, Its less than a year old and hasnt had any problems up to this point. It spins up when powered on, the bios (on both pc's ive tried it on) list it as a bootable drive. But when I FINALLY get the vista install screen to load (this drive in any computer makes the process 50000x longer) i hit the "repair my computer" option like many list as a method to replace the mbr.
Well upon doing that, the hard drive will start cycling, power on, 4-5 seconds, power off, power on, etc.
Now, If its not a physical connection, and the drive is fine, what is keeping me from repairing the drive?
It lists as a RAW partition upon being hooked up to another computer. There is about 600gigs of stuff I dont want to lose on the drive. So any moethod to retrieve my data is welcome. And after I have it, Ill send the drive to WD under warranty for a replacement.
Help?
-Blain
Upon booting up, the pc started flashing b.s.o.d's and restarting in a cycle. Ok, it didnt like the card.. so i took it out, and still cant boot. After trying all the "f8" options, and watching it cycle through the boot process 500 times, It said bootmgr is missing.
Ok, not sure how a tv tuner driver would attack the mbr, but hey, im no pro.
So I try using the repair features on the vista disc (now heres where it gets werid)
I know the hard drive itself is good, Its less than a year old and hasnt had any problems up to this point. It spins up when powered on, the bios (on both pc's ive tried it on) list it as a bootable drive. But when I FINALLY get the vista install screen to load (this drive in any computer makes the process 50000x longer) i hit the "repair my computer" option like many list as a method to replace the mbr.
Well upon doing that, the hard drive will start cycling, power on, 4-5 seconds, power off, power on, etc.
Now, If its not a physical connection, and the drive is fine, what is keeping me from repairing the drive?
It lists as a RAW partition upon being hooked up to another computer. There is about 600gigs of stuff I dont want to lose on the drive. So any moethod to retrieve my data is welcome. And after I have it, Ill send the drive to WD under warranty for a replacement.
Help?
-Blain