dban

[Stephen M]

Well that didn't do anything still looking for EFI.  But I am going to see
about downloading this new version of the BIOS and see if it will run or
not.


On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Stephen M <smelheim85 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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 <matorres124 at gmail.com>
> 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 <smelheim85 at gmail.com> 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 <smelheim85 at gmail.com> 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 <michael at butash.net>
>>>> 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
>>>>> SMelheim85 at gmail.com
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
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