 cocothebeanYou Are My NightmarePremium
join:2002-11-16
Carson City, NV
2 edits | reply to rAfChOw
Re: [XP Pro] "Error Loading Operating System" From what I am reading on the net it is a Virus that messed you up.
Somehow you need to update your BIOS.
And do a BOOT SECTOR REPAIR
»antivirus.about.com/library/blboot.htm
Heres more about your problem
»www.hardwareanalysis.com/content···c/22955/ |
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 rAfChOwPremium
join:2001-03-19
Toronto, ON | said by cocothebean:
From what I am reading on the net it is a Virus that messed you up.
Somehow you need to update your BIOS.
And do a BOOT SECTOR REPAIR
»antivirus.about.com/library/blboot.htm
Heres more about your problem
»www.hardwareanalysis.com/content···c/22955/
I tried following the advice from the microsoft site (in the 2nd link), and this is what happened:
-after typing bootcfg /list it says, "There are currently no boot entries available to display."
-so I entered chkdsk to scan the drive and it says, "The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems."
Looks like my HD is really messed up. I'm gonna follow Shootist's advice and do a repair install of XP, and hopefully only my system files are messed up and all my data is still there.
Btw, in one of the links I read that it's most likely a boot sector virus which is caused by pirated software applications. In my case I was using mIRC to download a movie; so I'm guessing it wasn't the actual downloading of the movie that caused this virus/problem, but most likely an infected program (like mIRC). Is my assumption right or am I way off? |
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| You're assumption may be right.
Remember..that if the repair does not work...you can try to retrieve your data by using a different HD as primary and slave your existing HD. |
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rAfChOwPremium
join:2001-03-19
Toronto, ON | I've come across yet another problem. When I run XP setup and choose my partition it says:
"The partition is either too full, damaged, not formatted, or formatted with an incompatible file system. To continue installing Windows, Setup must format this partition."
So it looks like I can't use the repair option to retrieve my data. Does anyone have any other advice? Because at this point I'm at a dead end...  |
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ShootistPremium
join:2003-02-10
Decatur, GA
kudos:3 Reviews:
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1 edit | Follow DSmithLady  's suggestion and either install another HDD in the system and install the OS on that then try to retrieve your data or install the corrupted drive in another PC as a slave drive to see if you can get your data.
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This problem could be because your drive kicked the bucket while doing the conversion. It's been known to happen.
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rAfChOwPremium
join:2001-03-19
Toronto, ON | said by Shootist:
EDIT
This problem could be because your drive kicked the bucket while doing the conversion. It's been known to happen.
What do you mean? Can you explain please... |
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