Computer goes in restart loop

kiran.ursal · 03-16-2012, 12:05 AM

I have samsung IDE hard disk I have RHEL5 installed on it.
whnever I try to start my computer it goes in restart loop.
some time my RHEL5 start fully also but after half hour or within 10-15 minut my pc get restart again.

some time their is little voice come from my disk.

when I try with other hard disk my computer work properly I dont know what happen please help me.

acid_kewpie · 03-16-2012, 06:40 AM

what happens when it restarts? It sounds like a shafted motherboard to me. I used to have a PC which had an annoying voice embedded in the BIOS, I thought I was being robbed or haunted when I first heard it coming from my cupboard...

kiran.ursal · 03-16-2012, 04:36 PM

I am not understand properly what do you want to say sir

anomie · 03-16-2012, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by kiran.ursal

some time their is little voice come from my disk.

when I try with other hard disk my computer work properly I dont know what happen please help me.

I think what he means is your hard disk may be failing, or your motherboard may be having issues. (Are you plugging the other - working - drive into the same controller or a different one?)

In case a failing drive is the cause, it may be wise to boot with a live CD and take a block-by-block backup (e.g. using dd(1)) somewhere safe.

kiran.ursal · 03-17-2012, 02:55 PM

yes I have two more hard drives attached to my computer .
but when I set another drives as first boot device that time my pc not get restart it work properly.

FrankP · 03-17-2012, 03:31 PM

It does sound like a hardware problem with the affected drive - a hard drive can start to make unusual noises when it is close to failure. Do as anomie suggests and backup any important data off it, while booted from a different device like a live CD or one of your other disks.