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    Media Fail?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ArmageddonAsh, Oct 28, 2008.

  1. ArmageddonAsh

    ArmageddonAsh Mangekyo Sharingan

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    right before i had to send my laptop back to get OS moved to new HD i noticed that after the screen where you can get into the BIOS i found some strange text, it chnaged to quickly to see it all but i did see the words "Media Fail" i was a bit worried but vista loaded fine and i was able to login and eveything seemed fine, any idea what this Media Fail is all about?
     
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    it seemed to work fine once i had logged in.
    could it be becuase the new HD that has been added has not been formatted?
     
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    That's a possibility, because then the BIOS would have tried to find the appropriate formatting data on the hdd, and (obviously) would have failed, and as a result would probably have treated it as unreadable (i.e., failed) hardware/media.
     
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    after getting my laptop back, from them cloning the OS to the new drive i havent gotten the message so it was either

    A: they didnt install the drive correctly
    B: it was becuase the HD wasnt formatted
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Oct 28, 2008
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