Windows 7 won't boot!

Quick question, could this be the graphics card? If I were to take the card out while Windows boots, would it work?

Did you tried to use another HD anyway ?

Yes trying to analyze it on another computer would be a nice option.


PS : lol is there a reason why someone would get banned ?

ManOwar2 said:

Did you tried to use another HD anyway ?

Yes trying to analyze it on another computer would be a nice option.


PS : lol is there a reason why someone would get banned ?

Banned?

darkassain said:

Omlet said:

Alright. Well, in the meantime, I'll open the computer up and wee what I can do. There is quite an amount of dust buildup on the HD itself considering this is about a year old build. I'll run to the store first think in the morning and pick up a can of compressed air and go through there. All connections were secure, however, and the HD is held firmly in place. If this is a HD failiure, I'll need to rethink my views on Western Digital.

drive failures happen all the time...
it happens on WD hitachi and pretty much every company...
also CQ doesn't always catch everything...
one question
if the drive is recognized in the bios can you hear it spinning, does it click or does do no noise at all?

Omlet said:

Quick question, could this be the graphics card? If I were to take the card out while Windows boots, would it work?

i would be careful about pulling anything out of a running system...
most likely what will happen is that it will shutdown instantly...

The drive is pretty silent, but if I put my ear to it I can hear it fine.
I kindap hrased that bad. What I meant was if I pulled the card out before booting into Windows, would it be worth a try?

Oh, real quick, I plugged my HD into the 2nd SATA port. There are four red SATA ports and two black ones. Would plugging one into a different one do the trick?

As far as I know, there is no self HDD test. I did run a surface test and came back with one error.

Omlet said:

Alright. Well, in the meantime, I'll open the computer up and wee what I can do. There is quite an amount of dust buildup on the HD itself considering this is about a year old build. I'll run to the store first think in the morning and pick up a can of compressed air and go through there. All connections were secure, however, and the HD is held firmly in place. If this is a HD failiure, I'll need to rethink my views on Western Digital.

Did you test the HD on other system

I'll be putting it in another system today and keep you posted. Thanks for all the help by the way!

Is it a PC- or laptop your using? I wouldnt reccomend taking it out of a laptop but if its a desktop, you could do that... and inspect the hdd for errors etc... manually.