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Question posted by ebaker58003 on September 10th, 2014

Hp 500b Mt New Out Of Box Won't Boot.

I have an HP 500B MT that I purchased at least a year ago as a back up desktop. Finally connected and it ran well for two days, but now won't boot. Gives me an error of 0xc00000e9 encountered an I/O error. Help with diagnosing?

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Answer #1: Posted by TheWiz on September 11th, 2014 7:35 AM
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That error indicates a problem with either the hard drive or the SATA controller on the motherboard. Either way, it means you will likely have to replace the hard drive or the motherboard.

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