dban

[Michael Torres]

That is odd..... IDK anything about dban but it does seem like something
messed with BIOS....  do you have a clean working drive that  you can
install and boot to.  One that is NOT a USB?  Try that, at least you'll be
able to narrow down the issue in one direction or the other.

Mike

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Stephen M <smelheim85 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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