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    I think I corrupted my hdd.. or something

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by dazedfinch, Feb 28, 2008.

  1. dazedfinch

    dazedfinch Newbie

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    Alright, so I was trying to install a distro of linux onto a USB flash drive (Apparently I did it horribly wrong). After that was all done, I boot up my laptop and get "01 01 01 01" all across the screen after POST in that order. I have an ASUS F8SA, I tried using the recovery cd's but I still end up getting the "01 01 01" ... Live CD's work fine, but when I try to boot from the hdd it doesn't budge.

    Here's what it shows...
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    I've tried everything I know and nothing seems to work, I hate feeling out of control like this and I'm literally freaking out! I keep getting those darn 1's and 0's, Don't think it's binary, if it was it would be random right? Not in a sorted order like that.

    Also I really don't want to send it in to ASUS and would prefer to resolve the situation myself. If that involves ordering another laptop HDD then so be it.

    and yes the recovery partition is long gone...
    I would LOVE some input and help! Please give me hope and tell me this can be fixed!
     
    dazedfinch, Feb 28, 2008
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Please read http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=3020173

    there are several points that might interest you, namely:
    # Has my HDD gone bad?
    # Windows no longer starts! How can I fix it?
    # Windows no longer starts! How to back up my data off the Windows partition before I kill it?
    # I want to wipe the Master Boot Record / wipe my HDD clean!

    and of course the good ol' recovery (from the optical media since you don't have the recovery partition any more).
     
    E.B.E., Feb 28, 2008
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  3. dazedfinch

    dazedfinch Newbie

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    THANK YOU! I got it working (so far) and you definitely pointed me in the right direction!

    Apparently for some when I installed linux to that USB drive, it installed Lilo onto my master boot record. The lilo.conf file was on the usb drive and lilo couldn't find it (resulting in the 1's and 0's). Deleting the mbr resolved my problem.

    I kind of wish I didn't reformat now , since now I realize it was unnecessary. Oh well, I had nothing on my drive that can't be re-installed anyways (unless deleting the mbr does format the hdd, i'm not sure) now i'm off to remove bloatware and fix drivers! Thanks again!
     
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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    No, deleting the MBR only clears the boot settings on the machine. The data is still there.

    Glad my thread helped.
     
    E.B.E., Feb 29, 2008
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    Cyber6 Notebook Consultant

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    Damn ... I was so sure you were getting messages from the beyond. ;)

    C.
     
    Cyber6, Feb 29, 2008
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