 | View Full Version : I need help fast! Stephen 08-26-2003, 06:23 PM I think I have a faulty hd but am not sure I am building my comp and when I turn it on is just frezes up at some stupid error. and if I unplug the hd and reboot the error is gone.. so what do you guys think... the error is something about verifying and then it stops and don't say nothing. Mrdredd 08-26-2003, 06:26 PM need more information... verifying what? Whats on the hard drive? Did you get the cables on properly and not backwards? Stephen 08-26-2003, 06:29 PM #1 I checked the motherboard manual and everything is in right and tight, nothing its a blank Maxtor 160gb hd just out of the box yesterday. Easy Internet | Erik 08-26-2003, 06:31 PM Look for a function in your BIOS where the HD's are autodetected, maybe your new HD isn't listed there VH-Robert 08-26-2003, 06:33 PM What do you mean if you unplug the hard drive and reboot? Are you unplugging the hard drive while the system is on? Stephen 08-26-2003, 06:35 PM Verifying DMI Pool Data and then it stops Stephen 08-26-2003, 06:36 PM Originally posted by VeroHost What do you mean if you unplug the hard drive and reboot? Are you unplugging the hard drive while the system is on? No I turn it off then start it with it unplugged Stephen 08-26-2003, 06:38 PM Originally posted by Stephen Verifying DMI Pool Data and then it stops Anyone know what that means FW-Mike 08-26-2003, 06:40 PM Well I had this problem, I just fdisk'ed the MBR and it was good! If you dont have any other paritions, you can just put in a boot disk and at the prompt a:> type fdisk\mbr [enter] (slash might be the other way) VH-Robert 08-26-2003, 06:41 PM A few things may be wrong: 1) Bad/Faulty Hard Drive 2) Hardware conflict (unplug all devices and boot with just the hard drive) 3) Bad boot sector, try booting froma bootup and type fdisk/mbr Stephen 08-26-2003, 06:44 PM I don't get prompt a:> sry and yeah I said faulty hard drive to my dad and my neighbor who does programing and he said can't be because the computer recognizes that its there. Stephen 08-26-2003, 06:48 PM Whats an Mbr VH-Robert 08-26-2003, 06:52 PM Originally posted by Stephen I don't get prompt a:> sry and yeah I said faulty hard drive to my dad and my neighbor who does programing and he said can't be because the computer recognizes that its there. And he's a computer programmer? *sigh*. Just because the system recognizes the hard drive, doesn't mean it's good. You could have bad sectors. MBR = master boot record The Dude 08-26-2003, 06:57 PM A friend of mine also had this problem,he apparantly tried to do something with partioning (Hope its spelled right) and it messed up his C drive..... He gets BOOT DISK FAILURE when booting up,then he got to windows but not desktop,i dunno...... I had something wierd happen on mine the other day,the screen full of dots,froze up,then i re-started and BOOT DISK FAILURE,i just turned it off/on and THANK GOD it was fine...... I also wonder what VERIFYING DMI POOL DATA means The Dude :confused: Stephen 08-26-2003, 06:57 PM #1 Where can I do stuff to that... #2. The whole comp I just put together yesterday for the first time. #3. I can't get to a prompt screen. VH-Robert 08-26-2003, 07:01 PM what happens when you boot from a floopy? a bootup disk? Stephen 08-26-2003, 07:46 PM Well I got xp installing now thanks verohost and the rest of ya |