HD Probs??
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From: Michael on 8 May 2010 18:14 "chuck" <cciafNOSPAMfone(a)verizonNOSPAMk.net> wrote in message news:OjBlMHv7KHA.1424(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > My mighty backup PC, Asus MB 2.66 Pent 4 running XP Pro > has died. All of a sudden, as in overnight, it will not > boot from a HD. > > Will boot from floppy and from CD just fine. > > Try boot from HD and I get NTLDR not found, I get > Boot Image not found, or it just recycles to try to > reboot (unsuccessfully). Never actually boots. > > I have flashed bios, replaced the IDE cable, tried > different HDs. > > btw - all HDs boot successfully in a different pc. > > What might this be? A bad HD controller on the MoBo?? > > thanks > > chuck Go into your BIOS and check the devices it's booting to. Make sure USB and Network Device aren't listed at the top. ....and no, Clair. This isn't a Windows problem. -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
From: chuck on 8 May 2010 19:15 Claire wrote: > and you are MVP??? > Of course it relates to Windows. > If you can boot from other devices and get that NTLDR message when booting > from hd it indicates that your Windows boot is corrupted. > Just reinstall your Windows and you will be fine, but all your data may be > lost depending on it's location. Hey Claire, but as I said, all 4 HDs boot fine on a different pc. Just not on this pc. I have swapped cables, flashed bios, etc, to no avail. I do not believe this is a HD problem as they work so well in other pcs.
From: LVTravel on 8 May 2010 18:54 "chuck" <cciafNOSPAMfone(a)verizonNOSPAMk.net> wrote in message news:OjBlMHv7KHA.1424(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > My mighty backup PC, Asus MB 2.66 Pent 4 running XP Pro > has died. All of a sudden, as in overnight, it will not > boot from a HD. > > Will boot from floppy and from CD just fine. > > Try boot from HD and I get NTLDR not found, I get > Boot Image not found, or it just recycles to try to > reboot (unsuccessfully). Never actually boots. > > I have flashed bios, replaced the IDE cable, tried > different HDs. > > btw - all HDs boot successfully in a different pc. > > What might this be? A bad HD controller on the MoBo?? > > thanks > > chuck Did not change anything on the computer the night it died? New hard drive, CD or the like? It is possible that the Motherboard has died but if your onboard battery is not holding bios information some computers will give this type of error. This is an older computer and if the onboard battery has never been replaced it may be worth a trip to the local store to purchase one. Open the case with the power off and unplugged to see what type of battery is there. Write down the number on the battery and take it to the store (Radio Shack, Best Buy or even Staples type of store should have the battery as well as all Mom & Pop type of computer stores. The replacement of the battery is easy. Ensure that the bios is set to boot from the hard drive as the first item in the list. As the computer is first booting wait for the bios to display the hard drive statistics on the screen and press the Pause key to stop the boot process at that point to enable you to read the entire screen. Your system should identify the drive at least by the manufacturer. If it does not after replacing the battery (and you said you have tried different HDs with the same result) then the motherboard or controller is caput. If you happen to have a PCI IDE controller card laying about you could insert that card to see if you could get the computer to boot from that card with the HD plugged into it. It would not be worth a purchase to try that however. Others may also append additional information here to try and all should be tried to get the computer working again. Let us know what happens.
From: LD5SZRA on 9 May 2010 00:12 Claire, In future when you post something useful for us please remove entire message posted by an MVP because some of us are allergic to those three letter initials to signify Microsoft Valuable Pig. Their knowledge is completely haphazard and without any foundation! They think they know it all!. hth Claire wrote: > > and you are MVPig??? > Of course it relates to Windows. > If you can boot from other devices and get that NTLDR message when booting > from hd it indicates that your Windows boot is corrupted. > Just reinstall your Windows and you will be fine, but all your data may be > lost depending on it's location. > Claire > -- THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. LD5SZRA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL LD5SZRA OR ITS ASSOCIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF LD5SZRA OR ITS ASSOCIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright LD5SZRA 2010.
From: Peter Foldes on 9 May 2010 00:57
Claire This is a hardware issue not a Windows XP one. You would be better to repost this to the hardware newsgroup as per below link. news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Claire" <replyto(a)fra> wrote in message news:OuMpMrv7KHA.720(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > and you are MVP??? > Of course it relates to Windows. > If you can boot from other devices and get that NTLDR message when booting from hd > it indicates that your Windows boot is corrupted. > Just reinstall your Windows and you will be fine, but all your data may be lost > depending on it's location. > Claire [not MVP] > > "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:%235rf5av7KHA.5476(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> >> "chuck" <cciafNOSPAMfone(a)verizonNOSPAMk.net> wrote in message >> news:OjBlMHv7KHA.1424(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> My mighty backup PC, Asus MB 2.66 Pent 4 running XP Pro >>> has died. All of a sudden, as in overnight, it will not >>> boot from a HD. >>> >>> Will boot from floppy and from CD just fine. >>> >>> Try boot from HD and I get NTLDR not found, I get >>> Boot Image not found, or it just recycles to try to >>> reboot (unsuccessfully). Never actually boots. >>> >>> I have flashed bios, replaced the IDE cable, tried >>> different HDs. >>> >>> btw - all HDs boot successfully in a different pc. >>> >>> What might this be? A bad HD controller on the MoBo?? >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> chuck >> >> How does your question relate to Windows? I would ask the experts in a hardware >> newsgroup. > > |