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systems hangs and grub gets wiped out

Asked by shubhangr

i have Ubuntu 8.04 and Win XP dual boot, while using win xp the system hanged and i had to restart but the grub had gone and a blank screen appears after bios.

i tried to reinstall ubuntu but i am unable to do it as the hard disc is not being detected by the installer

so what should i do now, i dont want to reinstall win xp, how should i go about it??

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Charles Profitt (cprofitt) said : 		#1

Sounds like we have a hardware problem if the HD is no longer detected...

Does your bios detect the drive?

Have you checked the cables connecting the drive?

Do you have a spare drive to try?

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shubhangr (shubhangr) said : 		#2

the boot loader just reappeared, i donot know how, then booted into XP and the system hanged again, but it then showed an error msg that there has been a hardware or software error caused by a newly installed device or software and the computer is shut down,pls restart the comp and if the problem persists disable the newly installed hardware/software.(this is the second time this has happened)

 i restarted and the boot loader got wiped out once again.

i had installed a serial AVR programmer which did not work properly about 2 weeks ago

the BIOS does not detect the HDD
i do not have a spare drive
i will check the cables right away and try it.....
i am currently using a Ubuntu live CD on the same comp

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shubhangr (shubhangr) said : 		#3

i unplugged the cable from the SATA slot and connected it to another slot and it is working now

but still the main problem is not solved,there was a power failure and this HDD not being thing happened again

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shubhangr (shubhangr) said : 		#4

i had removed the serial programmer before the power failure so this was not caused by it.

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Charles Profitt (cprofitt) said : 		#5

Well... now that you have mentioned the power failure... there is a chance that something is fried... It might be worth it to go get a second drive and see if that one works... I really do not like the fact that your bios is not detecting the HD...

When you boot to the liveCD are you able to see the HD?

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Charles Profitt (cprofitt) said : 		#6

any update?

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shubhangr (shubhangr) said : 		#7

nope it seems alright now but i have not used the system so much

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Charles Profitt (cprofitt) said : 		#8

OK -- you might want to mark this solved if you feel comfortable with that. I hope it continues to work for you.

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shubhangr (shubhangr) said : 		#9

thanks dude i appreciate your interest to solve this problem,
but i will keep this open for this a few more days just in case......

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Charles Profitt (cprofitt) said : 		#10

sounds good... let me know if any more details surface that give me more clues.

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