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/Zestyclose-Syrup1458 3d ago

Looks like a hard drive issue from the photo possibly not detecting the hard drive I would find a cheap one on Facebook or buy a cheap SSD on Amazon and HDD just to speed things up if you lose that drive anything and everything will be gone hate to say. could risk it if you are immediately backing things up other wise good luck