Solve : my comp wont boot?

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Answer» My computer is about 2001 it is a PC and I have my own hard drive in it. Until recently the computer has worked without any kind of issues. I currently dual boot Linux Ubuntu and Windows XP. Recently I installed a 5 1/4" floppy drive USING appropriate cables and the all of a sudden the computer won't even READ the hard drive so it wont boot. Does anyone know whats wrong? I'm kind of under the gun here so any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.Ok, now my computer will read the hard disk but now it just gets to the start of the Ubuntu boot screen and just stops working...I dont think it is freezing up but it might be, again any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The computer will then leave the boot screen and go to a DOS screen and give an error message reading "Alert! /dev/hda2 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!" Does anyone know what that means? And if you have any questions of information that I may not have included, let me know. Thank you.Quote from: smelius on June 18, 2007, 09:21:34 AM Recently I installed a 5 1/4" floppy drive using appropriate cables and the all of a sudden the computer won't even read the hard drive so it wont boot. Have you tried removing the 5 1/4 floppy? Sounds like it might be intefering with your IDE bus. If you've already removed it, then did you use an ESD kit during installation and removal? Static electricity can destory computer chips from inches away without you even noticing!!! If this is the case, try moving your HDD to another IDE bus, otherwise you'll have to replace the motherboard. Of course, it COULD be that your HDD has just died on the same day, in which case you'll need a new HDD INSTEAD of motherboard.

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My computer is about 2001 it is a PC and I have my own hard drive in it. Until recently the computer has worked without any kind of issues. I currently dual boot Linux Ubuntu and Windows XP. Recently I installed a 5 1/4" floppy drive USING appropriate cables and the all of a sudden the computer won't even READ the hard drive so it wont boot. Does anyone know whats wrong? I'm kind of under the gun here so any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.Ok, now my computer will read the hard disk but now it just gets to the start of the Ubuntu boot screen and just stops working...I dont think it is freezing up but it might be, again any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The computer will then leave the boot screen and go to a DOS screen and give an error message reading "Alert! /dev/hda2 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!" Does anyone know what that means? And if you have any questions of information that I may not have included, let me know.
Thank you.Quote from: smelius on June 18, 2007, 09:21:34 AM

Recently I installed a 5 1/4" floppy drive using appropriate cables and the all of a sudden the computer won't even read the hard drive so it wont boot.

Have you tried removing the 5 1/4 floppy?
Sounds like it might be intefering with your IDE bus.

If you've already removed it, then did you use an ESD kit during installation and removal? Static electricity can destory computer chips from inches away without you even noticing!!! If this is the case, try moving your HDD to another IDE bus, otherwise you'll have to replace the motherboard.

Of course, it COULD be that your HDD has just died on the same day, in which case you'll need a new HDD INSTEAD of motherboard.

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