Troubleshoot Unbootable PC After Windows 10 Installation Failed

[King Alpha]

Briefly explain your current issue(s)

Unbootable, No OS, Unable to detect hard drive, Locked Hard Drive?

Steps taken to resolve, but have been unsuccessful

Windows 8 CD and Bootable USB, Command Prompt (DISKPART), Reset PC

Hello guys! I badly need some help... I have a very big problem with my PC and it all started yesterday. I've upgraded my PC to Windows 10, it seems okay at first but a BSOD (memory_management) occurred after a few minutes. So, I've decided to RESET the PC. The process lasts for 3hrs and is successful. After that, Windows 10 installation has started. It went up quickly to 10% and got stuck for almost 2hrs. Then a message popped out (I can't remember the message though) and it all went black. I have no choice but to do a "hard shutdown". Windows then ran the automatic repair but failed. Reinstalling Windows 8 didn't worked, no hard drive detected. Both "Reset your PC" (Unable to reset your PC. A required drive partition is missing) and "Refresh your PC" (The drive where Windows is installed is locked. Unlock the drive and try again) didn't worked either. I've also tried to fix it in command prompt; DISKPART status: no media, size: 0, free: 0. I ran HP Hardware Diagnostics awhile ago; S.M.A.R.T. Test-Failed Error - 303. I've run out of ideas guys. I should've followed my gut instinct to do a clean install instead of upgrading.

 

[King Alpha]

Only Linux Mint Bootable USB showed up.

 

[King Alpha]

Any help, guys?

 

[BoraMurdar]

And when you click here

only USB is shown?

 

[viktik]

Check in BIOS if it is detecting the hard disk or not.
if BIOS is not detecting the hard disk then definitely there is some hardware problem.
BIOS detects the hard disk even if it has some bit of failure. I know it because i kept using a failing hard disk for many years. So if BIOS is not detecting any hard disk then hard disk has totally failed. Or it is not properly connected.

 

[King Alpha]

And when you click here
View attachment 104626
only USB is shown?

Yes.

For the second time, I tried DISKPART.exe and here's the result;

DISKPART> list disk

Disk### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 3841 MB 0 B
Disk 1 No Media 0 B

DISKPART> sel disk 1

Disk 1 is now selected disk.

DISKPART> list vol

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----- ----- --------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 E DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
Volume 1 C ESD-ISO NTFS Removable 3840 MB Healthy
Volume 2 D Removable 0 B No Media

 

[King Alpha]

Check in BIOS if it is detecting the hard disk or not.
if BIOS is not detecting the hard disk then definitely there is some hardware problem.
BIOS detects the hard disk even if it has some bit of failure. I know it because i kept using a failing hard disk for many years. So if BIOS is not detecting any hard disk then hard disk has totally failed. Or it is not properly connected.

How? Thanks bro!

 

[BoraMurdar]

Try taking out the HDD and put it back in.

 

[BoraMurdar]

After that, try to see if HDD is shown in GParted. If not, please download HirensBootCD from this link
http://www.hirensbootcd.org/files/Hirens.BootCD.15.2.zip
Unzip it and make a bootable USB using Rufus or YUMI (anything about creating multiboot USB you can see following my signature). Try some HDD diagnostic tools from DOS Menu within Hirens Boot.
Alternatively you can download Minitool Partition Wizard to check if it's able to see your HDD
https://www.partitionwizard.com/download/pwfree91-x86.iso
https://www.partitionwizard.com/download/pwfree91-x64.iso
Create bootable USB with Rufus.

Tell us the results. If your HDD isn't shown after all, it's probably dead.

 

[King Alpha]

I've already used Minitool.
It says; attached scsi removable disk - softreset failed (1st fis failed)

BTW, I still didn't remove the HDD.

 

[Andytay70]

Has the HDD been formatted in RAW instead of NTFS?

 

[King Alpha]

Has the HDD been formatted in RAW instead of NTFS?

Nope.

Anyway, it all started after failing to install Windows 10. Got stuck in 10% then it went black screen. I've successfully RESET the PC but failed in installing Win 10.

 

[BoraMurdar]

I've already used Minitool.
It says; attached scsi removable disk - softreset failed (1st fis failed)

BTW, I still didn't remove the HDD.

What BIOS says?

 

[Andytay70]

S.M.A.R.T. Test-Failed Error - 303 means a failed HDD Read this.
Recieved S.M.A.R.T Error 303, but HDD runs fine.

 

[King Alpha]

S.M.A.R.T. Test-Failed Error - 303 means a failed HDD Read this.
Recieved S.M.A.R.T Error 303, but HDD runs fine.

I ran S.M.A.R.T. Test last week and it is still fine. Can't believe what's happening right now.

 

[Stas]

Your HDD decided to die rather than live with Win 10 on it

 

[King Alpha]

Hello guys! I think my HDD gave up already. Didn't expect this to happen very soon. I was expecting it will survive until 2018. Oh well. Thanks guys for all the help. Will buy a new hard drive ASAP. Moving on...

 

[King Alpha]

Connected HDD to laptop. Disk Management says "No Media".

Okay, I give up. All my hope is gone.

EDIT: Using my old Laptop's HDD (300GB). Currently installing Windows 8.