JMac Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Hi, I noticed a problem when my computer starts up, It is telling me no hard disk detected then it tells me boot from cd/dvd... then the computer starts up fine... Is there any suggestions to this? Regards JMac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tarun Posted January 18, 2009 Administrator Share Posted January 18, 2009 Check the Event Viewer for errors that may relate to the hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMac Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 I opened event viewer under computer management, but i am lost as to what i am looking for...? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 When you noticed this? Has it always been like this? Maybe has something todo with boot order in the BIOS? You recently changed or moved any hardware? I opened event viewer under computer management, but i am lost as to what i am looking for...? Thanks Anything related to hard disks, disk drives, SATA, IDE, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMac Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 Hi, I just noticed in the BIOS that boot from CD/DVD is selected! is this right or wrong... If wrong what should it be the hard drive? If i select hard drive will this solve the no hard drive detected error on start up and get rid of the message boot from Cd/DVD? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rridgely Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Download this: http://www.hdtune.com/ Install it and look in the "health" tab. Does it say everything is fine? Wouldn't hurt to run the error scan either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMac Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 Hi rridgely I downloaded and installed the program you suggested and ran when i look in the health tab, it tells me health status OK. Although B8 (unknown Attribute) Current 100 : Worst 100 : Threshold 99 : Data 0 0 Is highlighted yellow the rest is not.. I also ran the quick error scan and there was no errors. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenknight Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Hi, I just noticed in the BIOS that boot from CD/DVD is selected! is this right or wrong... If wrong what should it be the hard drive? If i select hard drive will this solve the no hard drive detected error on start up and get rid of the message boot from Cd/DVD? Thanks Having it set to boot from CD/DVD is fine, that shouldn't cause the error you're getting. You should get a message that boot from CD/DVD failed, booting from the hard drive (when there's not a bootable CD or DVD in the drive). Getting the message the other way around, like you are, is truly screwy. Seems to me that it couldn't hurt to try changing the boot order to boot from the hard drive - the only drawback would be that if you want to boot from a CD or DVD in the future, you'll have to change it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tarun Posted January 19, 2009 Administrator Share Posted January 19, 2009 Who's the hard drive manufacturer? Almost willing to bet Seagate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMac Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 The hard drive manufacturer is Samsung. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 The hard drive manufacturer is Samsung. I have heard good things of Samsung. They have been on the market as long as other companies such as Western Digital and Seagate, etc. But I have a two Samsung hard disks in my computer. I heard they're known for making silent drives... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tarun Posted January 20, 2009 Administrator Share Posted January 20, 2009 You may want to revert your settings to default in the BIOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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