Strange BIOS screen - hard drive problem


  1. Posts : 53
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
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    Strange BIOS screen - hard drive problem


    My computer is Lenovo IdeaPad S400.

    Recently, I started to see a strange BIOS screen at startup and after this, my computer sometimes started to freeze.

    Strange BIOS screen - hard drive problem-img_0873.jpg

    I can't find the root cause of this. Is it a hard drive problem? If it is, should I replace it?
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  2. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #2

    Did you make any Bios changes, please answer honestly.

    Why is Raid Volume 1 Cache Disabled ?

    If you don`t know what you`re doing call Lenovo or take it to a Professional.
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  3. Posts : 53
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       #3

    AddRAM said:
    Did you make any Bios changes, please answer honestly.
    No, I didn't. It suddenly happened.
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  4. Posts : 53
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    AddRAM said:
    Did you make any Bios changes, please answer honestly.

    Why is Raid Volume 1 Cache Disabled ?

    If you don`t know what you`re doing call Lenovo or take it to a Professional.
    I don't know why Raid Volume 1 Cache is set to Disabled. I didn't do anything. :)

    This is what I see when press Ctrl + I:

    Strange BIOS screen - hard drive problem-img_0874.jpg
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  5. Posts : 53
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       #5

    Is it certain that this is caused by hard drive? If it is, I will replace it.
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  6. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #6

    It could be, as you said it freezes up.

    But then maybe it could just use a fresh install.

    Is there a Recovery Partition ?

    Just use that to reinstall Windows.

    Backup Your Data first.
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  7. Posts : 53
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    AddRAM said:
    It could be, as you said it freezes up.

    But then maybe it could just use a fresh install.

    Is there a Recovery Partition ?

    Just use that to reinstall Windows.

    Backup Your Data first.
    There is a recovery partition.

    I had also created a recovery disc. Can I use that recovery disc on a new hard drive?
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  8. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #8

    I don`t see why not, that`s what they are for.

    But sometimes Windows is funny and will only reinstall to the same drive.

    I would just get a solid state drive and do a clean install, get rid of that hybrid drive.

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