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Boot Disk Failure
12 years ago
So, my comp died. Again.
I've had issues during the summer months the past two years, mainly Windows coming up and then insta-freezing, but this time, I don't even get that far.
Bastard was working just fine last night, I try to run it now and I get a Boot Disk Failure right away, before even seeing anything Windows. Inserting the CD as requested but the startup repair does not work. I don’t want to re-install Windows, fearing it might eat all my files and I dunno enough about BIOS things to mess around in there.
Error report is bitching about some external media and no hard drive. dunno what it wants, I didn't add any new things to my system, nor did I unplug anything and I wasn't touching the hard drive either... so I have no fucking clue how things happened. Or why exactly.
So I guess I am leaving for work early today, bringing this thing in for repair. God bless my teeny tiny notebook, at least I still have an option to use AIM and Skype.
I've had issues during the summer months the past two years, mainly Windows coming up and then insta-freezing, but this time, I don't even get that far.
Bastard was working just fine last night, I try to run it now and I get a Boot Disk Failure right away, before even seeing anything Windows. Inserting the CD as requested but the startup repair does not work. I don’t want to re-install Windows, fearing it might eat all my files and I dunno enough about BIOS things to mess around in there.
Error report is bitching about some external media and no hard drive. dunno what it wants, I didn't add any new things to my system, nor did I unplug anything and I wasn't touching the hard drive either... so I have no fucking clue how things happened. Or why exactly.
So I guess I am leaving for work early today, bringing this thing in for repair. God bless my teeny tiny notebook, at least I still have an option to use AIM and Skype.
step 2: get external drive.
step 3: boot dead computer from linux USB and you should be able to copy stuff off.
step 4: if you can get to DOS on the main computer, chkdsk /b will check it for errors and physical issues.
start Scandisk from that Live-CD, might work...
When it's telling you a Boot-device Error, tried the Recovery-Console + "/fixmbr" + "/fixboot" ? -> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/de