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Computer crash please help

Asked by: The_Computer_Guru_777

ok.............my system was running perfect

Windows xp pro with sp1
2.5 ghz
512 ddr ram
1 60 gb hd
1 40 gb hd
1 cdrw
1 dvd-rom

a friend of mine had his computer crash. he found out it was the hard drive. i told him i would try to rescue his data as i am a computer guy. i popped his drive into my usb 2.0 external case plugged it into my system into the front usb port. BOOM! Blue screen of death. the BSOD said something about ntfs.sys and that it would restart. i unplugged my external hard drive and hard booted. now my computer thinks there is no hard drive!!! how can this be? i have not chaged bios setup, i have not physically changed anything. what could have happened?

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2003-12-21 at 17:39:38ID20831950
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Windows XP Operating System

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Answers

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2003-12-21 at 17:45:39ID: 9982846

go back into the bios and run the auto detect

 

by: The_Computer_Guru_777Posted on 2003-12-21 at 17:47:08ID: 9982850

P.S. in bios it normally looks like this on the cmos setup screen


IDE 1 [60gb hard drive name]
IDE 2 [40 gb hard drive name]
IDE 3 [cdrw name]
IDE 4 [DVD-rom name]

now i get this

IDE 1 [
IDE 2 [
IDE 3 [cdrw name]
IDE 4 [DVD-rom name]

i have the left bracket of the top 2 ide but that is it. when i push enter for details it has the right size and specs but no name. i get invalid system disk when i try to boot up. i ran the XP pro CD recovery console and it said i had no hard drive. ahhhhh!!!

 

by: The_Computer_Guru_777Posted on 2003-12-21 at 17:47:29ID: 9982852

i did auto detect already still nothing

 

by: The_Computer_Guru_777Posted on 2003-12-21 at 17:49:51ID: 9982859

i just loaded defaults in bios and now my system is frozen with the "windows xp white status bar at the bottom"

 

by: The_Computer_Guru_777Posted on 2003-12-21 at 17:51:49ID: 9982863

i just pushed F8 and chose "last know good config" now frozen on black screen. reboot and chose normal frozen white bar again.

 

by: The_Computer_Guru_777Posted on 2003-12-21 at 17:54:09ID: 9982868

i just chose safe mode. it started loading....showing all the files it loaded.
ex: disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows\system32\drivers\Ntfs.ys
it stopped at Mup.sys and froze.

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2003-12-21 at 17:54:24ID: 9982870

Well, at least it recognizes your drives now, go back and reconfigure your bios and check

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2003-12-21 at 17:55:09ID: 9982872

tyr the recovery console now

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2003-12-21 at 17:55:48ID: 9982875

 

by: The_Computer_Guru_777Posted on 2003-12-21 at 18:00:41ID: 9982889

this is so weird!!! i got into windows by chossing optimized defaults in bios then rebooting and choosing last know good config. i then tryed sfc /scannow and got some weird error about not being on the network. i am not part of a domain. i am only sharing internet through router with 1 other pc. anyways i told sfc to can on next boot and that is where i am at it is now scanning. why did all this happen?

 

by: The_Computer_Guru_777Posted on 2003-12-21 at 18:02:25ID: 9982896

i have sp1 installed. but i didn't order the cd. when i run sfc it asks for my  service pack 1 cd not my windows xp cd. why? i have SP1 integrated into my XP cd and still it wants the SP1 cd!

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2003-12-21 at 18:28:25ID: 9982957

>>why did all this happen?

just a guess, but when you blue screened wit the usb dirve in, it glitched your bios  bit. As far as the sfc, I wouldn't worry to much about it. As long as your machine is back to running OK

 

by: The_Computer_Guru_777Posted on 2003-12-22 at 19:09:36ID: 9989170

it is thank you all for responding so quick. sorry for so many posts but i was in a panic. please see post

http://oldlook.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20832939.html

it is related.

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