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Question posted by den0712 on July 6th, 2013

Emachine T5246 Stuck In Boot Mode

Stuck in boot mode. says boot failed when using e-machine restore cd. tried to repair with os cd but i no longer have a partitioning and can't find my hard drive. What in the world happened?

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Answer #1: Posted by TommyKervz on July 6th, 2013 10:24 PM

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Greetings - This may sadly mean that your hard drive has gone bad. To confirm this you will need to obtain a Windows disc (apart from the recovery disc) and attempt to load a fresh OS to the hard drive and observe.

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