I reinstalled Windows 7 on my built computer. It restarted several times, and after I finally got to the decktop, it restarted once more, only this time the screen went black after it posted. I did not see the Windows 7 insignia all come together: just a black screen, and it's been like that for the past 15 minutes. What the fuck is wrong with it? I can't do anything on the keyboard, can't restart, nothing. Whenever I try to restart, it does the same thing as above.

 

is there a blinking cursor in the upper left corner? Do you have a USB flash drive connected to your PC, if so remove it. Check the boot order in the bios to make sure it's booting to the hard drive.

 

try rebooting and hit f8 a bunch of times until the windows boot menu appears. boot in to safe mode and then report back if you can get into safe mode.

 

As it powers up press and hold Command-Apple-Shift-T-Enter-7-|-V. Works every time.

 

Stick a candle in your eye.

 

I think part of the problem is that sometimes the motherboard does not recognize the hard drive. Hweird circumstances.

 

OK, that hurt. I used a birthday candle. Still stings.

Seriously, first things first, check the cable connections on both ends of the cable that goes from the drive to the motherboard.

 

Then your on board sat a controller or drive is about to go. Better backup your data ASAP.

I dealt with a pc today with a bad sata controller. If your dvd drive has a sata connection too check to see if your mobo sees the optical drive also. If it doesn't then def your sata controller. But it might be your drive about to go

 

It sees both the optical SATA drive and the hard drive, but I don't know how long that will last. We shall see.

Is there a way to mirror everything from one drive to another, so that if my primary hard drive fails, my backup already has everything on it, including the operating system?

 

:ibstunnareferencespostfromsarlacc:

 

mac.

 

Clone the drive! Norton Ghost is popular. If you got an extra drive that has enough space to hold your data then plug it in no matter if it's over USB, IDE or SATA.

Download Hiren's 10.5 since it's got Norton Ghost on there. Extract this .rar file then burn the disc image to a CD and boot from it. Then run norton ghost after you have all the drives connected and clone from the original to the new.

http://www.fileserve.com/file/dWaKMH..._9Down.COM.rar

 

Is an overpried piece of junk.

 

Thanks bro!

 

Sata or IDE are definitely the preferred method to connect the 2nd drive. So try to do that if possible but don't kill yourself over it.

 

Did you arrange your icons by penis?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8_Kfjo3VjU

 

I have a brand new SATA hard drive that is the same make and capacity as the new hard drive I have, so I want to clone that. Problem is I need an SATA cable.

 

 

http://support.geeksquad.com/support/expert/warren

 

Whiskers computer help!

 

none came with the motherboard? I got more sata cables than I can shake a stick at.....

 

Wow, I'm really enjoying this page! Warren what happened with those 2%!?!?

 

Idiots!

 

No. Some came with the hard drive, but with the new hard drives, they didn't come with them. Could you send me one?

 

sure, PM your info and I'll try and get it out today.

 

Sent! I'd expect it to arrive tomorrow since you're so close. Have you tried out the Hiren's CD yet?

 

Wait, is this a "delivery" thread?

 

LOL, I thought of it after but I should've put Jefford Englander on the return address.

p.s. your name isn't in the dictionary....

 

 

Everything seems to be in working order. As soon as I get the SATA cable, I will try to ghosting feature.

So let me get this straight: if the primary hard drive fails for whatever reason, the backup hard drive will take over as if nothing had happened?

 

Nope.

 

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If you ghost the drive to the backup drive and the original failed. you could plug in the backup and it should work just like the original did from the moment you did the ghost.

 

OH OK, so I should leave it unplugged after I ghost it?

 

Did you call Paypal?

 

Yep, they said that you own too many wood tools.

 

That's not possible.

 

Sure it is. Paypal told me; therefore it must be true.

 

They must have spies everywhere. I don't use Paypal.