Computer failure booting to Hasleo emergency disk

I was using an old spare HP Pavilion 570-p0030 desktop pc, Intel 7th Gen CPU, Windows 10 19045.6332 to test Hasleo as an alternate to my Macrium Reflect X. The computer had been working well and I had run the script to enroll in ESU about a week ago. I installed Hasleo Backup Suite Free 5.4.2.3, made a backup to a SK hynix 1 GB Beetle X31 SSD via USB 3. which completed successfully. Then I made the Hasleo Emergency drive on a SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 32 GB flash drive, to try restoring the backup. When I tried to boot to the options menu with ESC key, the computer ran but froze at a Black Screen. Ctrl+Alt+Delete had no effect. Powered off the PC and inserted a Windows 10 19045.6332 boot disk and now it would not boot to that but stayed at black screen with power and fans all on. Then tried to boot direct to Bios with F10 but nothing - the monitor would display its ACER name and the NO Signal and stay black. The backup 1 GB drive was not connected during the above tests.

I opened up the PC, removed CMOS battery, moved CMOS jumper to opposite position and let it sit like that for several hours with no power to the PC. Restored CMOS jumper to proper pins, installed a new CMOS battery, removed and reseated Memory cards. First I then tried to boot to the Crucial 500 GB SSD, still nothing but black screen, fans running. Then tried to boot to the Windows setup flash drive, with the system Crucial 500 GB SSD connected - same results hangs at black screen.. Disconnected Crucial SSD and tried to boot to the Windows setup flash drive with no other drives present - no boot, just black screen. Tried to boot directly to BIOS with F10 - black screen.

Removed the Crucial CT500MX SSD and put it in a Plugable SATA Hard Drive Adapter for testing. Tested attached to my Laptop via USB C port. Looked OK in Disk Management. Tested drive with Hard Disk Sentinel Pro 6.30, including running a surface scan and the drive tests good with Health and Performance excellent. Tested the 32 GB USB 3 flash drive that is the Hasleo emergency boot disk, with Hard Disk Sentinel as well and it reported that the status of the hard disk is unknown and recommended Surface Test, which indicated no surface problems. Crystal Disk Info did not see the Hasleo boot disk, but it shows in File Explorer and looks OK there

Since I can't boot to anything to try to reinstall BIOS or install Windows 10, or even open the Bios, I guess it is time to recycle this one, unless someone has an idea of how to fix it. I have no proof that Hasleo emergency boot disk caused the failure, but I am posting this here just in case anyone else runs into a similar issue. I probably should have posted it on the Windows 10 forum, but I doubt that this was Windows 10 specific, and this Windows 11 forum is the one I follow. I did a quick look in the Hasleo forum and didn't see a similar problem, but I will have to register and post his there.

It can happen at any time. Last time here was a motheboard, last but one it was a vcard. What was doing the system when it happened, or if your last session was just fine but it doesn't boot up anymore, doesn't have relation. The last time here it was during the lock screen of Windows 10, but Windows 10 behaved as healthy as before once found the culprit (motherboard) and replaced.

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These links are in my bookmarks in hardware and drivers\no post no video. They helped me to identify the vcard w/o doubt iirc, but in my latter problem I had to choose motherboard or processor. I could discard the PSU b/c I had a spare one and it did the same.

dagar7 said:

I have no proof that Hasleo emergency boot disk caused the failure

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Probably zero to none that it was the Hasleo boot media.

• Unplug the PC from the mains
• Press and hold the power button on the computer case for about 20 to 30 seconds to drain residual power.
• Remove the battery from the motherboard for 1 to 5 minutes (or use the Clear CMOS pins to clear the CMOS (reset BIOS) for 30sec)
• Replace the battery if you removed it
• Plug the PC back into the mains power
• Try starting the PC

Take care if putting a screwdriver near the board so as not to short anything but the Clear CMOS pins

Have you tried some other rescue disk?

Tried a Windows installation disk and a Macrium Reflect disk. Same boot to black screen & can't get to boot menu or Bios. I mentioned all the tests in first post. I also mentioned clearing CMOS with jumper and replacing battery after leaving battery out for two or more hours, plus reseating memory boards and testing the SSD drive. I have done all of the easy normal things. Hoping for something new I didn't think of.

That’s not what I suggested but sure. I hope you get to the bottom of it. Losing a system is never fun.

Is it possible that your MBR is corrupted? If it is, you can’t get your system back up and running until it is repaired and restored.

It happened to me once due to my misdeed. If using a Windows installation disk doesn’t help, try using MCT to do a fresh install. That’s what I did to solve the problem.

pewa said:

Is it possible that your MBR is corrupted? If it is, you can’t get your system back up and running until it is repaired and restored.

It happened to me once due to my misdeed. If using a Windows installation disk doesn’t help, try using MCT to do a fresh install. That’s what I did to solve the problem.

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How do you use MCT if pc cannot boot?

dagar7 said:

Tried a Windows installation disk and a Macrium Reflect disk. Same boot to black screen & can't get to boot menu or Bios. I mentioned all the tests in first post. I also mentioned clearing CMOS with jumper and replacing battery after leaving battery out for two or more hours, plus reseating memory boards and testing the SSD drive. I have done all of the easy normal things. Hoping for something new I didn't think of.

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It sounds like mobo has failed but you could be slightly lucky i.e. only hard drive (replaceable) has failed.

I would remove hard drive and put in a usb enclosure and see if you can access it on another pc.

If not, then you could try putting a blank drive in then see if you can boot

I hope you have all your critical data backed up as a minimum.

Can you get to the bios on your pc?

cereberus said:

How do you use MCT if pc cannot boot?

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Yup, that makes sense.

Sounds like you've been troubleshooting a Boot problem where the real issue is the system won't POST. No POST no worky. The No POST issue is more than likely a hardware issue. Motherboard, CPU, memory, etc.

Thanks to all for comments. I agree that problem is POST. The USB drive I used for attempts to boot was originally made via MCT months ago and then updated to the latest Windows 10 version by creating ISO with UUP Dump on a different computer and replacing the USB drive Sources folder with the updated Sources folder.
As I mentioned this was a spare old computer, with no data on it, that I was using to play with ESU options and to test Hasleo to see if it was a good alternate to my Macrium X subscription.
This old computer is not worth any more effort so I will just take it to recycling at Staples.