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The_Pumpkin_King

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my pc wont read both my wondows or ubuntu hard drives:(

both get stuck on the start up screen, on windows if i click on "start windows normally" it freezes there, if i click "last known config" it goes to a blank/black screen and freezes or resets. please help me fix this
 
Wondows can do that...:D

Tried resetting bios to defaults - ensure APIC mode is on?

Edit: I meant try toggling apic mode on or off. ie: if it's on, turn it off. if it's off, turn it on. If it doesn't solve your problem, reset it to what it was to begin with.
 
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Sounds to me like ubuntu has messed up your boot record, ubuntu can do that

Had you tried to repair it? did you install ubuntu before windows?
 
Grouter said:
Wondows can do that...:D

Tried resetting bios to defaults - ensure APIC mode is on?

Edit: I meant try toggling apic mode on or off. ie: if it's on, turn it off. if it's off, turn it on. If it doesn't solve your problem, reset it to what it was to begin with.
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reseted to defaults, and APIC is enabled, i changed its still getting stuck, both windows and ubuntu

i connected the windows hard drive to my bros laptop via portable HDD case and everything is still working fine.
 
killadoob said:
Sounds to me like ubuntu has messed up your boot record, ubuntu can do that

Had you tried to repair it? did you install ubuntu before windows?
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no i haven't tried to repair it, i disconnected the ubuntu hard drive now, only need windows hard drive to work for assignments :eek:
 
The_Pumpkin_King said:
no i haven't tried to repair it, i disconnected the ubuntu hard drive now, only need windows hard drive to work for assignments :eek:
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So it's not the drive (s) that's the problem. At this stage I would be popping out mobo batteries, disconnecting all other stuff (cd's, graphics cards, etc,) and trying to boot a virgin barebones pc. Swapping out each component one at a time. Painful, but a process of elimination is the only way to go sometimes.
 
Grouter said:
So it's not the drive (s) that's the problem. At this stage I would be popping out mobo batteries, disconnecting all other stuff (cd's, graphics cards, etc,) and trying to boot a virgin barebones pc. Swapping out each component one at a time. Painful, but a process of elimination is the only way to go sometimes.
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ok so everything is out, only HDD is connected but it still gets stuck on "start windows normally" :(
 
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