Hi I was following the How to Hack 250gb TUT and i think i screwed my Desktop HDD First off i copied all the files needed to USB and re started my PC , i went it boot menu and had a look , i was a bit concerned about deleting my main HDD Sooo i shut the PC down, disconnected the HDD, and fired it up again It took a while to fire up and did not give me the option to go into boot menu, it seemed to search for a hdd, it then said something about routing sata .. or something At this point i realised i had squashed the usb key while opening the pc (it was in the front port) So i swtiched off again and reconnected the HDD with the intention of putting the files onto another USB and starting again Only to find the pc cannot find a HDD , so i fiddled about in the bios a bit and still had no luck As of now i have pulled the power and removed the battery so it forgets its bios and hopefully will work again I think the pc has attempted to learn a new boot device and just needs to forget it again .. hopefully Or i screwed the HDD somehow when i unplugged/reconnected it Either way if it is screwed all is not lost as this desktop had nothing on it other than 2 games i installed yesterday If i had screwed this one (laptop) i would not be typing now .. ! Anyone have any other ideas? Slim
Ok i fixed it After i Re installed the battery and powered it up again it once again found the HDD and is now working ok I guess i am going to have to select the HDD to hack from the list very carefully when i try it again tomorrow Slim
Hey I've done that several times! I remember once I went through the effort of making a backup of all important stuff onto a different hard drive. Then when I went to reinstall, the drive letters had changed, and I went ahead and formatted the backup drive, I felt like such an idiot at that moment.