HDD formatted itself. Now my PC freezes on startup

Hardware Motherboards
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Greetings

 

So 1 of my 2 x 1TB WD HDDs formatted itself a few days back. I have no idea why... Luckily I got my data off of it with GetDataBack so that isnt really the problem. I already have a new drive to replace it.

My problem is my PC now restarts or (often) freezes on start up BIOS screen.

 

Could it have messed up my bios settings?

 

Spec is:
i7 3770k @ 4.4GHz



Asus P8Z77-V Pro



Corsair GS850 PSU



Kingston 128GB SSD for OS



1 x 1TB WD HDD (I had 2 of these but 1 of them was the one that wiped itself)




Any ideas?

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Did you have them set up in raid?

use cristal disc info to check all the drives and see if you have a failing drive -->   (follow the set up and unclick tool bar and adds) http://release.crystaldew.info/redirect.php?product=CrystalDiskInfo

if your discs are good it will look like this (mine is ssd but same same principle)

[img]http://i.imgur.com/rDPU4fu.png[/img]

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[IMG]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/Terratora/Capture_zpsa8e7165d.png[/IMG]

 

Got a caution. And no not set up in raid

Something else I have noticed is that my screen has started flickering on and off. I just played Diablo as like a test and it was fine for like 2.5hours. Come out and it flickers within minutes.

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Well those temp on your hardrives are geting hot (max temp is around 55c) maybe there just over heating in your case?

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That is possible, however it is doing this after being off in a 12 - 15C room, so doubt it is that to be honest. I have just got a Fractal Arc Midi R2 which this system is going into this weekend which will help with the temps anyway.

Until then, I have taken the sketchy drive out but I still get stuck on the "Press F2 or DEL to enter BIOS" screen.


Sometimes it does nothing. Sometimes I can get into the bios. Sometimes it starts fine (although rarely at the mo).


I have reset my Bios both in it and a hard reset.

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One thing is that it restarts at the "Starting Windows" GUI then brings up the Windows failed to start screen.
Im guessing I should reinstall my OS?

 

I'm very grateful for the help, by the way. It's really conforting to know I can ask for help and I get it :)

Very rare to find a forum that really does that, these days.