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Please, anyone have any ideas on what I should do next?
Sorry but I have no idea what else you could try - You aren't able to boot even to Safe Mode.
Perhaps try fixing the boot records:
Bootrec.exe Tool - How to Use in Windows Recovery Environment
Seagate, Barracuda 250GB, Model # is ST250DM000
Pretty sure this is the exact same one
Amazon.com: Seagate 250GB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST250DM000): Electronics
Last edited by dtcanxz; 08 Jan 2016 at 20:24. Reason: typo
Testing the HDD:
- Follow This tutorial on how to use SeaTools for DOS if you don't want to use a CD to test the HDD you can use YUMI – Multiboot USB Creator to create a bootable USB (instructions are found at the bottom of both pages).
- If SeaTools for DOS is unable to recognize your HDD:
- Visit HDDdiag and follow the instructions | Or follow the instructions below.
If SeaTools For DOS does not recognize the drive;
Boot into the BIOS using the *Fx key.
Look for an entry called SATA Mode (or something similar), it should be set to IDE / AHCI.
It's probably set to AHCI which is why SeaTools doesn't recognize them in the DOS environment.
Set it to IDE then save and exit usually by pressing the F10 key.
Now boot into SeaTools and it should detect the drives.
Start the Long Test and let it run.
Upon completion don't try to boot into Windows as it will only result in a BSOD, go back into the BIOS
and change the SATA setting back to what it was in the first place.
Let us know the results.