[mythtvnz] Looks like my system drive is faulty - ideas?

[David Moore]

On 24/06/2012, at 1:55 PM, "Steven Ellis" <steven at openmedia.co.nz> wrote:

> 
> On Sun, June 24, 2012 1:31 pm, David Moore wrote:
>> My system won't boot today unless I unplug the boot drive. Can't even
>> get into the BIOS setup. Just hangs with no POST beeps/messages and the
>> hdd led permanently on. So I can't boot into a cd to try and
>> diagnose/repair the drive. I can boot a cd if I disconnect the boot hdd..
>> Any ideas how I can get round this so I can try and fix the boot drive?
> 
> Is it IDE or SATA?
> 
> If its sata an option might be an external USB -> SATA adapter so you can
> try to access the drive on another system that has already booted.
> 
> Steve
> 
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> 
Thanks. It is SATA so may try that depending on adapter price.