Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device

[BrianHanna]

i got this error last night out of nowhere.

the computer has been working fine for over a year and i changed absolutely nothing.

i awoke it from sleep, logged in and it hung on the welcome for 15 minutes, i rebooted and got this message.

my specs are in my sig, i checked by bios and the hard drive isn't detected, only my dvd drive.
Am i screwed?

[N.V.M.]

you may want to say three hail Mary's for your HDD.

[BrianHanna]

i changed out the sata cables and the hard drive is still not recognized by the bios.

can i be certain that the drive died?

[AkG]

if you have used known good cables, and tried it on other ports and its still not being seen by the BIOS....its toast. Time to RMA it. If you really want to go above and beyond yank it and stick it in another system and see if its seen by the bios in that system. But TBH...its dead. Say a quick prayer and RMA it.

[BrianHanna]

Originally Posted by AkG

if you have used known good cables, and tried it on other ports and its still not being seen by the BIOS....its toast. Time to RMA it. If you really want to go above and beyond yank it and stick it in another system and see if its seen by the bios in that system. But TBH...its dead. Say a quick prayer and RMA it.

**** rma, wont i just get another shitty 7200.11 drive from them?

im moving to western digital, and this time im doing raid 1

[AkG]

You may get a .11 you may get a .12
All depends on stock on hand.
RMA it...SELL the replacement and THEN by a WD. At least that way your new WD hdd is partially subsidized by Seagate ;)

[BrianHanna]

Originally Posted by AkG

You may get a .11 you may get a .12
All depends on stock on hand.
RMA it...SELL the replacement and THEN by a WD. At least that way your new WD hdd is partially subsidized by Seagate ;)

ill do that!

but i have to buy the drive today.

most likely a 30gb vertex and 1 500gb caviar black for now.

OS on ssd, everything else on 500gb, and ill set up a raid 1 later when i get the money from rma

[BrianHanna]

all right, well i installed the SSD, a vertex 30Gb, and i have my 500g caviar black.

everything seems ok... now to start the process of bring it back to normal.

[bushwhacker]

Originally Posted by BrianHanna

i changed out the sata cables and the hard drive is still not recognized by the bios.

can i be certain that the drive died?

You may have a Seagate 7200.11 500GB drive that has become a 'brick'.
HOW TO FIX BRICKED DRIVES WITH SEAGATE TECH SUPPORT - Internal (ATA and Serial ATA) drives - Seagate Community Forums

Check the accessibility of the drive in an external enclosure.

[BrianHanna]

Originally Posted by bushwhacker

You may have a Seagate 7200.11 500GB drive that has become a 'brick'.
HOW TO FIX BRICKED DRIVES WITH SEAGATE TECH SUPPORT - Internal (ATA and Serial ATA) drives - Seagate Community Forums

Check the accessibility of the drive in an external enclosure.

ill have to deal with the bad drive soon, for now though i have to have my computer working, it's the only one i've got.

and shipping both ways would take forever.