Re: 2100: Detection error on HDD0 (Main HDD)

old PC day this
SAMSUNG Spinpoint M7 HM250HI (2009) 12 years old? (sata )"nos?)"no COMPAQ PC MODEL TOLD (LAST ONE WAS 2013)
AND VASTLY OLDER. NOt TOLD. even 21 years old.
the drive new in a box (NOS) has no OS,
is the goal windows, 7? or what?
do you have have install media.?

boot order is in BIOS. pages.
and HDD0 is the boot driver, top of list it boots first if you set it to first, in BIOS.
your PC is 2001 to 2013 made, 2001 is first PCs with hdd SATA interface ports.
HP bought compaq in 2002. so yours may be pure HP.
your PC has service tag that tells full model name.
the first step working on relics is
a new RTC CMOS coin cell battery it is due. or soon.
if not good the battery BIOS goes mad, and can not find boot drives.
and 128 other errors bios can not understand with a dead battery
so it is first. first.

new battery
in bios click reset BIOS to factory defaults.
set date and time in bios
set PXE to disable on all pages seen in bios. if seen.
boot order HDD0 first
click save, click exit and cold boot.

a compaq 6300 has the service tag on top front. edge
and product number too that tells all options it had day1.

we smart test the HDD first, ask.

Ok all this is basics, PC 101 stuff.
z3 115 all in ONe desktop? that?
no screen posted by you of errors, making any accurate answers impossible (toss dice"?")_
Most bios this old will do that if 2 things happen ,
1: THE hdd IS DEAD. and if dead so will be...
2: THE hdd OS is corrupted. w8.1 is what it had NEW.
in real shop we test the HDD first or the recovery time goes to
INFINITY , so we are savvy never to skip, HDD testing first.
we use a Linux boot disk (demo) and run SMART tests first.
always that first. or you will not get the recovery hot key to work.
if upgraded to w10 that dooms the HOT recovery key.
(only the official w10 disk set from Acer will work sure)


your manuals and drivers (no OS stated)
are here
https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/support-product/5450?b=1


the error select proper boot device really means
BIOS scanned up to 6 or media ports and all are dead.
NO boots found, for sure HDD0 is dead.
or "the normal boot device is dead"
that is the HDD,
but if you insert boot USB it will not be dead, see?

Hello lynn.
this pC is F1
key power on, hammer F1 see bios screen now.
this must work or PC is dead
then click startup tab.
then see 14 boot devices there.
HDD0 must be there or the HDD 0 is dead.
the HDD0: wd12345at , the wd name is makers name of drive if the info after : colon is missing that Is a dead HDD.

double posted

any random PC will do that when the HDD is bad
you double posted why? this post has more words
but my guess is the PC failed to boot windows
and then went to the F1 BIOS startups screen
it had 2 choices, boot or if no boots found show F1.
so it did.
and then you click startup tab below and HDD0 is missing.




this is your PC with a dead HDD0. if there are on words to the right
like seen at HDD2, that means the HDD0 is DEAD drive.
or missing or unplugged. if can't hear it spin that to is a dead drive. HDD0:

The ThinkPad system may experience a bluescreen that may only appear for a very short time, followed by a reboot. During POST, the system will display a POST 2100 error code indicating the drive cannot be initialized. The machine will not boot into the operating system.
NOTE: Powering the system fully off and then on again after 20-30 seconds will usually clear the error, but a warm reboot will not.
IT have personally experienced this issue twice so far, & Lenovo posted an advisory on this in July.
If you have encounter this issue since getting your T440 notebook, it's highly recommended to update your SSD to this new firmware.
The firmware updater is windows based, & is non-destructive (does not affect existing data) so it's easy to update.
To be absolutely safe though, it's recommended to back up your essential data before installing this firmware update.

ThinkPad may bluescreen and reboot to POST error 2100 Lenovo Support US

Also recommended is to use CCleaner registry cleaner which solves the problem temporarily.

CCleaner PC Optimization and Cleaning Free Download

Interesting.

I have only encountered this issue since using Audlogics software to remove duplicate files on my machine.

Nothing against Audlogics, I have used it before to remove duplicate images or mp3s without any problems.

This time I (maybe foolishly) scanned the entire machine and removed every duplicate file with every extension (whilst keeping an original)

Since then my machine crashes, especially when using Chrome, and gives this error upon restart. It will eventually restart.

It works fine in safe mode and does not crash at all.

I am about to go back in and try it in normal mode and run various software to see which one causes the crashes.

I'm confident that the hard drive is still fine though.

Please try re-seating the hard drive.

If you look at the bottom of your laptop, along the edge there should be a screw larger then all the rest which holds a small panel. Remove this screw and panel. Remove the drive pulling lightly, with steady pressure, straight out. Place the drive back in and screw the panel back.

We had a lot of these issues, and they were often solved by just this manner alone.

Let us know if we have to go any further.
Good luck

UR HDD IS NOT SUPPORTING THE CAMCORD I THINK ANY CONNECTION GET LOOSE GIVE THAT FOR REPAIR....

To all users with: lenovo T61error 2100: HDD0(hard disk drive),


Possible cause:

1. Corrupted hard disk logical sectror/hard disk logical error (bad format).
2. Hard disk connector not well in place.
3. Hard disk broken, physical fault.

Solutions:

1. Format hard disk and reinstall system using a Windows setup CD.
2. If that does not work the Hard disk must be removed to check thge connector, and to test the hard disk on a different computer.
3. If the hard disk is bad , it must be replaced, and windows reinstalled repeating step one.

same prob on my IBM LENOVO T60
did anyone found the solution?
please contact me
i need to recover my DATA
my pc can't start no more