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Stuck at BIOS splash screen, suspected hard drive issue.
Today when I was trying to turn on my PC, it got stuck at the BIOS splash screen, I couldn't get into the boot menu as well. I thought about it, and felt that there could be a number of problems, RAM, HDD, etc. (some hardware issue), so I thought I would try disconnecting hardware from my mobo in a trial and error fashion to figure out which was the culprit. I managed to get past the BIOS splash screen and into the boot menu when i disconnected one of my HDDs (it’s a seagate 1TB barracuda). I'm trying to figure out what went wrong with it, but cannot run somehing like chkdsk on it as it is impossible to get past the BIOS splash screen when its SATA cable is connected to the mobo.
Can i get some advice on how i can narrow down the cause of this issue? Also coincidentally, I was defragmenting that HDD yesterday and another one of my family members turned off the PC while the process was still on-going. I'm not too sure if this has caused an issue, but it might help with the diagnosis?
Feel free to check my profile for system specs, also i don't have another desktop only laptops.