So I have a used HP Computer with two hard drives. I installed Ubuntu on one of them and the second one is used like an external drive.
Ever since the pc sometimes struggles with booting and poops up a Non-System disk. I used to think it might be a USB drive that is pluged, and a simple reboot usually did the trick.
No since the Computer had a power outage it does not boot anymore at all. Everytime I turn it on I end up in an Non-System disk or disk error. I turned off everyting in the boot order except the internal HD but it didn't change anything.
I first assumed that my HD died and let the DPS Self-test run in my BIOS. There it showed that both HDs have a disk error. (Test failed, Drive replacement recommended)
Then I inserted the USB that I used to install Ubuntu and allowed boot from USB.
The USB booted and let me access both my HDs. I even was able to copy files around.
So next I thought maybe just the Ubuntu installation got corrupted so I did a new install choosing to format the drive (the Ubuntu installation noticed that Ubuntu was already installed on the drive).
The installation went through but when I tired to boot the HD again I run in the same error.
What can I do to make this run again? Do I just replace the Motherbord or how do I get the BIOS to do its job again. (I tried to apply the default settings but nothing changed)
Thanks for your help!
