I am not trying one bit to sound arrogant or sarcastic, but have you tried to reset BIOS? or Re-order the boot order?
Mike On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Stephen M <smelhei...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This might seem odd. But is there a chance that dban messed with my BIOS > firmware? I am having trouble loading even a live CD. BIOS doesn't always > work but computer will boot into EFI. I know it sounds strange but thats > the only thing I can think of. If it was just the drives than I would just > assume the boot sector might have been messed up. But when I try to boot > into a live CD it will only do it through EFI. The same thing happens when > I try a live USB. I know it works on legacy BIOS because my laptop sees it > right away. > > Just wanted to know whats the best course of action. The BIOS is HP and > from their website it should be the most current version. > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Stephen M <smelhei...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Ok, well at this point I should be able to get a program to rewrite the >> boot sector so I can setup an OS on the drives. So that is what I am >> looking for something that will help on that respect. I am that the >> creators of dban would not make a program that would wipe a disk completely >> so that you can never use it again. >> >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Michael Butash <mich...@butash.net> >> wrote: >>> >>> It sounds like it wiped at least the boot sector, and probably a good >>> chunk of your os disk as an unintended victim. Hate to say it, but never >>> used dban, so not sure if it's a glitch or just meant to blatantly wipe >>> *everything* in a system. Sounds like the later... >>> >>> If so, you're likely a bit (or lot) hozed. If you know the geometry of >>> the disk partitions, you can maybe recreate the partitions and access some >>> of your data, but seeing as you're now missing contiguous chunks of disks, >>> my guess is unless you're using forensics tools, you're not going to get at >>> it. >>> >>> -mb >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12/15/2014 02:26 PM, Stephen M wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I need help again with my computer. I am not sure what happened, but >>> ever since I used dban to erase one HDD connected through a usb adapter my >>> desktop doesn't want to load an OS. It was working fine until dban started >>> to erase the entire disk. I stopped it before it could get too far. Now >>> when I try to boot into either of my disks it doesn't see them. >>> >>> I've already tried to use a live CD to correct the problem and I have >>> an OS on one of my drive. But the computer won't load into and says it >>> can't find a bootable disk. I am sure that one of the disk as an OS on >>> it. When I use a live USB it won't load. But I use it on my laptop and it >>> works just fine. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> -- >>> Stephen Melheim >>> 602-400-7707 >>> smelhei...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail >>> settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> -- >> Stephen Melheim >> 602-400-7707 >> smelhei...@gmail.com >> > > > -- > Stephen Melheim > 602-400-7707 > smelhei...@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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