dban

[Stephen M]

I think I got something.  Looked for forms and one suggested to rebuilt
GRUB bootloader.  Seems to be working but it was working earlier today
before I rebooted my computer for updates.


On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Stephen M <smelheim85 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I can look but most of them are either a 2.5 or not sure if they work or
> if it was just my usb adapter that the power cable is shot.  Because they
> weren't loading on my laptop.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Michael Torres <matorres124 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> Stephen Melheim
>>>>>>>> 602-400-7707
>>>>>>>> SMelheim85 at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
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