Scenario

You are a technical support technician employed by a small manufacturing firm. The facility uses several legacy Windows PCs to run various machinery. After a major power outage, a floor manager calls for support, saying that several PCs will not turn on$.$ Upon investigation, you are able to gather the following details:

Power is currently on

Power LEDs and fans are on

PSUs test as operative

No recent updates or maintenance work has been performed

Cable connections check out

The HDD LEDs of the first system are active, but the error message $"$No boot device found" displays after POST emits two short beeps. The HDD also makes harsh grinding sounds every few minutes.

A second system has its HDD LEDs active, and the HDD sounds healthy, but a "blue screen of death" displays after POST emits one short beep.

A third system boots into the OS after POST emits one short beep but has a secondary drive that makes es to diagnose the systems and recommend solutions,

endation:

System $1$

System $2$

ctor?

$-1$

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System $3$

Diagnosis:

Rationale:

Recommendation:

Replace boot drive?

Yes

No

Test first

System $3$

System $2$

System $3$