Can't Boot

[Peenyuh]

Before "repairing" the install (I don't think it was broken) I tried every connection combo on the scuzzi and either got the freeze at the screen I've been getting or it informed me that thewhatever66 bios wasn't installed. I'm sure the drives are fine. They work fine in the cheapo pos I've been using them in. But that has been like puting a Ferrari engine in a Pinto. I bet the problem is so simple...like one minor setting in a place that I just cannot see. Been saving money for something big, so I'll just have to limp along til that's over.

Just outta curiosity....

Xp CD repair there is a program called fixboot

How would I find that? My disk seemed to do everything automatically.

[axbaby]

sorry to google ya :")

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/termsf/p/fixboot.htm

i have never used it so i don't have an opinion good or bad .. use with caution

[Peenyuh]

[axbaby]

http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?ThreadIndex=30064

[zolborg]

The fix mbr option is off of the repair xp as you have been told above. Trying to remember here.....go to the option using command prompt [part way into the repair xp stuff] and simply type in fix mbr and hit enter.

I think this is right. Just type fix mbr into google and you will see results related to repairing xp.

I have used this in the past and it works great. If that is your problem.

[AmIdYfReAk]

its going to be something stupid wrong Peenyuh, this is actually a really easy thing to fix with the computer..

Though, i would like to point out that The install of windows thats on that drive will not work with any other computer then the one that it came out of.

when you change things like the motherboard and other major hardware it will cause windows to Crash

that is not the case here, considering you dont even see The First stage of windows loading ( after seeing the MBR )

Just fyi.

[Peenyuh]

Seriously? Is that the case with newer versions of Windows? I've done it before with NT, 95, and 98 versions. I just pulled the drives and put em in other towers and booted right up. That's why I'm so frustrated with this. However....this gives me an idea...

[zolborg]

As far as I know, XP is the first OS that does this. If that is your problem, however, you will get the BSOD. That is blue screen of death. If not familiar with it, when you try to load windows you will see a dark blue screen filled with white writing saying things like memory dump, etc.


In some cases I have changed motherboards [different chipset] and XP will load and just make you re-activate.



Back up a step. If you have data that you want to save, connect these hard drives up to another computer as slaves and copy your stuff over. Cannot save programs.

If you have tried to boot off of CD, does it say cannot find master boot record or does it say cannot find a hard drive? If you have gone that far.

[Peenyuh]

It goes up to the screen that has what's in what slot etc. at the bottom of the screen it says:

Searching for Boot Record from Floppy..Not Found
Searching for Boot Record from IDE-0..OK

Then it just sits on that for hours.

[Peenyuh]

I think the whole problem was with the RAM. When I returned the drives and RAM to the previous tower, I got alien speak from the RAM. I pulled it, cleaned it, put it back and black screen from then on.

I'll be in the Laboritory if anyone needs me.

[Peenyuh]

DUDE! I got a Dell!

P4... 1G RAM... fixed

Thank you guys fer all of yer help. I'm set with my gamer AND my worker.

[Underpants?]

boo ya.
points awarded to, wait... peenyuh? Rigged...