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machine does not boot!
hi,
I've installed windows 2000 on a new hard IDE hard disk and it worked well yesterday on a pentium 3.
Today it hangs at bootup after finding the boot record on the drive.
I've tried to check for all the possible problems( bios,jumpers,cables,...) but can't find the trick!
Does anyone have a workaround or any ideas?
Thanks.
I've installed windows 2000 on a new hard IDE hard disk and it worked well yesterday on a pentium 3.
Today it hangs at bootup after finding the boot record on the drive.
I've tried to check for all the possible problems( bios,jumpers,cables,...) but can't find the trick!
Does anyone have a workaround or any ideas?
Thanks.
>>>>it worked well yesterday on a pentium 3.
Did you change your Processor?
or migrated your Hard Disk Drive to another system?
Did you change your Processor?
or migrated your Hard Disk Drive to another system?
how many long/short bleeps do you hear if any at start up?
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urxlnc: nop, sorry mean't to say installed it yesterday on a pentium 3 processor and it worked fine thereafter.
There is one short bleep that sound normal to me at startup.
Well, i've booted it from floppy and viewed the directories. on the system and they all look strange.
as in: Dir000001 to Dir014....,
looks like the disk got corrupted.
What could have caused that?
There is one short bleep that sound normal to me at startup.
Well, i've booted it from floppy and viewed the directories. on the system and they all look strange.
as in: Dir000001 to Dir014....,
looks like the disk got corrupted.
What could have caused that?
What happened just before the problem was noticed?Did you install any new software?
ASKER
no, no other software had been installed yet.
HEAR FOR BEEPS FROM THE SYSTEM AND RECORD THEM. THEY ARE IN LONG AND SHORT BEEPS . THEN MATCH IT WITH THE ONE GIVEN ON THE SITE OF UR BIOS OR UR MOTHERBORD.
IT COULD BE ALSO DUE TO CORRUPT BOOT FILE. TRY BOOTABLE DISKS/ CD.
ALLOW SCAN DISC TO RUN AND ALSO THE SURFACE SCAN
LOOK FOR MESSAGE THERE
IT COULD BE ALSO DUE TO CORRUPT BOOT FILE. TRY BOOTABLE DISKS/ CD.
ALLOW SCAN DISC TO RUN AND ALSO THE SURFACE SCAN
LOOK FOR MESSAGE THERE
Is your ram working ok?You can run a check on it with
http://www.simmtester.com/PAGE/products/doc/docinfo.asp
http://www.simmtester.com/PAGE/products/doc/docinfo.asp
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Dir000001 to Dir014....,
Friend, your fat is corrupted, or your HDD is "ready to go to the garbage" or you made a bad instalation of the OS
Try an "Fdisk" reisntall everything again, if same happens, your HDD is not good!
What OS you had before? Was it working well befor your OS upgrade?
RC
Azores
Friend, your fat is corrupted, or your HDD is "ready to go to the garbage" or you made a bad instalation of the OS
Try an "Fdisk" reisntall everything again, if same happens, your HDD is not good!
What OS you had before? Was it working well befor your OS upgrade?
RC
Azores
Dir00000001 etc. is what chkdisk renames corrupt directories to. Sounds like your new drive has serious problems. I would get the disk diagnostic program from the drive manufacturer's web site and check the drive for errors. I see a lot of drive failures in my line of work. I would etimate that 90% of the time when chkdisk starts renaming files and directories, the drive is in a state of failure, but check with the drive manufacturer to be sure.
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thanks guys,
I formatted the disk and made a fresh install and it works fine.
I formatted the disk and made a fresh install and it works fine.
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Then if this is ok run the repair option from the installation cd and this may do the trick.