Haven't tried to reset the BIOS but did try to change the boot order. On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Michael Torres <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am not trying one bit to sound arrogant or sarcastic, but have you tried > to reset BIOS? or Re-order the boot order? > > Mike > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Stephen M <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This might seem odd. But is there a chance that dban messed with my BIOS >> firmware? I am having trouble loading even a live CD. BIOS doesn't always >> work but computer will boot into EFI. I know it sounds strange but thats >> the only thing I can think of. If it was just the drives than I would just >> assume the boot sector might have been messed up. But when I try to boot >> into a live CD it will only do it through EFI. The same thing happens when >> I try a live USB. I know it works on legacy BIOS because my laptop sees it >> right away. >> >> Just wanted to know whats the best course of action. The BIOS is HP and >> from their website it should be the most current version. >> >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Stephen M <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Ok, well at this point I should be able to get a program to rewrite the >>> boot sector so I can setup an OS on the drives. So that is what I am >>> looking for something that will help on that respect. I am that the >>> creators of dban would not make a program that would wipe a disk completely >>> so that you can never use it again. >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Michael Butash <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> It sounds like it wiped at least the boot sector, and probably a good >>>> chunk of your os disk as an unintended victim. Hate to say it, but never >>>> used dban, so not sure if it's a glitch or just meant to blatantly wipe >>>> *everything* in a system. Sounds like the later... >>>> >>>> If so, you're likely a bit (or lot) hozed. If you know the geometry of >>>> the disk partitions, you can maybe recreate the partitions and access some >>>> of your data, but seeing as you're now missing contiguous chunks of disks, >>>> my guess is unless you're using forensics tools, you're not going to get at >>>> it. >>>> >>>> -mb >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 12/15/2014 02:26 PM, Stephen M wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> I need help again with my computer. I am not sure what happened, but >>>> ever since I used dban to erase one HDD connected through a usb adapter my >>>> desktop doesn't want to load an OS. It was working fine until dban started >>>> to erase the entire disk. I stopped it before it could get too far. Now >>>> when I try to boot into either of my disks it doesn't see them. >>>> >>>> I've already tried to use a live CD to correct the problem and I have >>>> an OS on one of my drive. But the computer won't load into and says it >>>> can't find a bootable disk. I am sure that one of the disk as an OS on >>>> it. When I use a live USB it won't load. But I use it on my laptop and it >>>> works just fine. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Stephen Melheim >>>> 602-400-7707 >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail >>>> settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Stephen Melheim >>> 602-400-7707 >>> [email protected] >>> >> >> >> -- >> Stephen Melheim >> 602-400-7707 >> [email protected] >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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