xmf Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 (edited) I was watching a movie and playing a video game (both half-screen), and the game froze up and I couldn't get task manager to start. I waited a bit to see if things would resolve, and after they did not I restarted (manually) only to get insert proper boot media type message. I restarted again and was unable to get into safe-mode (same insert proper boot media type message). Entering the BIOS the main boot device had been changed to my storage drive (not-bootable). I was able to change back to my OS drive and boot into Windows, but I'm kind of concerned. Is there any way I can look into what might have happened? As far as virsuses, I use AV and browse sandboxed, perform boot-time scans, and am generally pretty cautious. Edited May 10, 2014 by xmf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Have you looked into Event Viewer at the time of the freeze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmf Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 (edited) I just looked under all event types, and I can see a record of the unexpected shut-down - however, referencing the event viewer for the time when the freeze-up occurred, no errors, critical, or any type of events are registered.Have you looked into Event Viewer at the time of the freeze? Edited May 13, 2014 by xmf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 It is possible that the game may have its own log files. What game is it? (Don't say Skyrim) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmf Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Some older golf demo i got off of cnet. i looked and the game does not have log files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 For an unknown reason your HDD stopped responding, even after (at least 1st) reboot, shifting your 2nd HDD to 1st boot device. From then it is not clear when it came back, but you were able to put it back in 1st place. I'd first backup check the HDD then check it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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