Hard Drive Problem

Computer is booting very slow then goes to BSD. The hard drive also shows no letter designation the C: drive. Any suggestions

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sthomas

Try unplugging the Harddrive then plugging it back it again, also try booting to Win XP CD (if that is the OS installed on the drive) and do a CHKDSK. You could also try booting to the XP CD and doing a repair on the OS or format the drive and reinstall the OS if the other stuff does not work, but it sounds to me like the drive is bad.

davenport

telecomops101 wrote:

Computer is booting very slow then goes to BSD. The hard drive also shows no letter designation the C: drive. Any suggestions

Then goes to BSD? If you're talking about BSD as in a /nix operating system there isn't a "C:" drive. If I was you and you are looking into a /nix machine, I would do some more reading on unix/linux and mount points. C: drive is a thing of the Microsoft world.

If not, I totally misunderstood your question and I apologize.

JDMurray

BSD = Blue Screen of Death, which is definitely a Windows thing.

This is usually an indication of a hardware problem, possibly involving a bad or damaged driver, a hardware subsystem or peripheral that is malfunctioning, or a cable connector that isn't fitted properly or is shorting out. The first thing to note is what changes were made to the computer prior to this error condition occurring. Also check the BSD error message to see if it points to a specific driver file or device.

If there have been no recent changes to the computer's hardware or software, it could be that the computer's hard drive or disk controller is (going) bad. Swap out the hard drive with a known good hard drive and see if the same problem occurs.

5no-yt

jdmurray wrote:

BSD = Blue Screen of Death, which is definitely a Windows thing.

Slowhand

Hell, if it happens before the OS loads, it's an IBM thing. (Those machine-BSD's are a little scarier than anything Windows ever threw out.) As mentioned, there is a good chance there is a hardware problem, and you should start troubleshooting the physical computer, particularly the hard drive.

davenport

GOTCHA! I thought he was talking about FreeBSD. That's why I was wondering what he was smoking about a C:\ drive. lol

Move along, nothing to see here.

blargoe

In his defense the more common acronym for this is BSOD. I can understand the confusion.

ally_uk

Yeah I thought he was talking about UNIX at first i was like wtf lol

Then the BSOD hit me