SOURCE: PC won't boot if SATA drive connected, drive works fine if plugged afterward
Try Hirens Boot CD. It has a lot of programs on it to detect format etc.
I think your hard drive has a missing or corrupt MBR and it needs to be replaced.
When I have had a hard dive not recognized I hve used Super Fdisk to format and reset hard drive.
On the boot disk
SOURCE: ASUS P4S533 Motherboard 1.77GHz CPU does not boot with 1GB DDR400 RAM
Make sure you are using the supported memory type. Check the user guide. Also check if you have installed the latest BIOS firmware from ASUS.
SOURCE: computer beeping and saying reboot and select proper boot device
When you reboot, go to BIOS, restore factory BIOS settings. If that doesn't help, you'll need to reinstall your OS.
SOURCE: New ASUS A8V-MX motherboard will not boot to CD or HD with XP
The first thing is to make sure that your CD/DVD drive has the windows disk in it. Also check drive C which is where the windows will be installed. It may require that it is hard formated. Hard formatted means "format x /u" [format-space-drive to be formatted-space-right slash-u]. This will place the drive for "windows xp sp2", all of it, to one pass of zeroes. So, once we have a clean drive C and the installation disc is inserted into the CD/DVD drive, you may proceed to install. You will need to find "install" or "setup" and start it on he "RUN" mode. Any questions or help get back to me. CONSTANTIN (arzconst)
SOURCE: my asus Eee pc 900hd will not start up it goes to
Try starting with "last configuration that worked"
If you are running Safe Mode because you cannot get into Windows, you may want to first try
loading the last known good configuration.
To
get into the Windows 2000 / XP Safe mode, as the computer is booting
press and hold your "F8 Key" which should bring up the "Windows Advanced
Options Menu" as shown below. Use your arrow keys to move to "Safe Mode" and press your Enter key.
Note:
With some computers, if you press and hold a key as the computer is
booting you will get a stuck key message. If this occurs, instead of
pressing and holding the "F8 key", tap the "F8 key" continuously until
you get the startup menu.
Trouble Getting into Windows 2000 or Windows XP Safe mode
- If after several attempts you are unable to get into Windows 2000 or
Windows XP Safe Mode as the computer is booting into Windows, turn off
your computer. When the computer is turned on the next time Windows
should notice that the computer did not successfully boot and give you
the Safe Mode screen.
Windows Advanced Options Menu
Please select an option:
Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Enable Boot Logging
Enable VGA mode
Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)
Directory Services Restore Mode (Windows domain controllers only)
Debugging Mode
Start Windows Normally
Reboot
Return to OS Choices Menu
Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice.
Once
you're done in Safe mode if you want to get back into Normal Windows
restart the computer like you normally would and let it boot normally. Click here to get additional information about getting out of Safe mode.
Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 users
If you are running Safe Mode because you cannot get into Windows, you may want to first try
loading the last known good configuration.
To
get into the Windows Vista and Windows 7 Safe Mode, as the computer is
booting press and hold your "F8 Key" which should bring up the "Windows
Advanced Options Menu" as shown below. Use your arrow keys to move to "Safe Mode" and press your Enter key.
Note:
With some computers if you press and hold a key as the computer is
booting you will get a stuck key message. If this occurs, instead of
pressing and holding the "F8 key", tap the "F8 key" continuously until
you get the startup menu.
Trouble Getting into Safe mode - If after several attempts you are unable to get into Safe Mode as the computer is booting into Windows, turn off your computer. When the computer is turned on the next time Windows should notice that the computer did not successfully boot and give you the Safe Mode screen.
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