XP update, now won't boot

[Guest DZ]

Hey everyone,

Last night I updated my PC (SP 3?), and now all I get is a black screen with

a blinking cursor. I have a removable hard drive and last night I was using

my 320 gb one. Today when I check the BIOS, it doesn't see my hard drive. It

does see the DVD, USB devices, etc. When I use my 120 gb hard drive it does

the same thing. The 120 gb was updated the other day and everything worked,

although I had to go into the BIOS and tell it to boot to the hard drive.

Both hard drives worked until after last nights updates. Any ideas?

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DZ

[Guest Bob I]

Re: XP update, now won't boot

 

Sounds like the drive connection/or IDE channel failed, by pure

coincidence after the install. IF the BIOS can't see a drive, then it is

somewhat difficult to load an operating system from it no?

 

DZ wrote:

> Hey everyone,

> Last night I updated my PC (SP 3?), and now all I get is a black screen with

> a blinking cursor. I have a removable hard drive and last night I was using

> my 320 gb one. Today when I check the BIOS, it doesn't see my hard drive. It

> does see the DVD, USB devices, etc. When I use my 120 gb hard drive it does

> the same thing. The 120 gb was updated the other day and everything worked,

> although I had to go into the BIOS and tell it to boot to the hard drive.

> Both hard drives worked until after last nights updates. Any ideas?