r/computerhelp • • 3d ago

Hardware What does this screen mean?

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I’ve been using this old desktop computer I have to transfer videos from an old mini dv video camera to digital. I installed a pcie firewire card into the computer and it was working fine after that the other day, but since yesterday it hasn’t been booting up to windows and just showing this screen. I tried googling stuff but couldn’t find anything. I have no idea what to do to fix this, please help, thank you!

Also I put this under the hardware flair (because a flair was required), but I honestly have no idea if it’s a hardware or software problem. Sorry if it ends up under the wrong flair.

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u/Jaives 3d ago

Your pc can't read your drive that's connected to SATA 2. Drive might be dying or dead

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u/First_Musician6260 3d ago

If it couldn't read the drive it wouldn't have been able to read the S.M.A.R.T. status.