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From: chuck on 8 May 2010 18:02 My mighty backup PC, Asus MB 2.66 Pent 4 running XP Pro has died. All of a sudden, as in overnight, it will not boot from a HD. Will boot from floppy and from CD just fine. Try boot from HD and I get NTLDR not found, I get Boot Image not found, or it just recycles to try to reboot (unsuccessfully). Never actually boots. I have flashed bios, replaced the IDE cable, tried different HDs. btw - all HDs boot successfully in a different pc. What might this be? A bad HD controller on the MoBo?? thanks chuck
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 8 May 2010 17:37 "chuck" <cciafNOSPAMfone(a)verizonNOSPAMk.net> wrote in message news:OjBlMHv7KHA.1424(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > My mighty backup PC, Asus MB 2.66 Pent 4 running XP Pro > has died. All of a sudden, as in overnight, it will not > boot from a HD. > > Will boot from floppy and from CD just fine. > > Try boot from HD and I get NTLDR not found, I get > Boot Image not found, or it just recycles to try to > reboot (unsuccessfully). Never actually boots. > > I have flashed bios, replaced the IDE cable, tried > different HDs. > > btw - all HDs boot successfully in a different pc. > > What might this be? A bad HD controller on the MoBo?? > > thanks > > chuck How does your question relate to Windows? I would ask the experts in a hardware newsgroup.
From: Paul on 8 May 2010 17:46 chuck wrote: > My mighty backup PC, Asus MB 2.66 Pent 4 running XP Pro > has died. All of a sudden, as in overnight, it will not > boot from a HD. > > Will boot from floppy and from CD just fine. > > Try boot from HD and I get NTLDR not found, I get > Boot Image not found, or it just recycles to try to > reboot (unsuccessfully). Never actually boots. > > I have flashed bios, replaced the IDE cable, tried > different HDs. > > btw - all HDs boot successfully in a different pc. > > What might this be? A bad HD controller on the MoBo?? > > thanks > > chuck If your hard drive manufacturer provides a diagnostic for hard drive testing, boot that test software and test the hard drive. For example, Seatools for DOS is available to test my Seagate drives, from the Seagate site. I have a floppy with that software on it. Paul
From: chuck on 8 May 2010 19:04 Paul wrote: If your hard drive manufacturer provides a diagnostic > for hard drive testing, boot that test software and > test the hard drive. For example, Seatools for DOS is > available to test my Seagate drives, from the Seagate > site. I have a floppy with that software on it. > > Paul Thanks Paul, but I have 4 (countem four) hard drives that all boot from a different pc, just not this one. But this one boots fine from a floppy or CD. ?? Gonna look for a hardware NG.
From: Claire on 8 May 2010 18:07
and you are MVP??? Of course it relates to Windows. If you can boot from other devices and get that NTLDR message when booting from hd it indicates that your Windows boot is corrupted. Just reinstall your Windows and you will be fine, but all your data may be lost depending on it's location. Claire [not MVP] "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message news:%235rf5av7KHA.5476(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > > "chuck" <cciafNOSPAMfone(a)verizonNOSPAMk.net> wrote in message > news:OjBlMHv7KHA.1424(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> My mighty backup PC, Asus MB 2.66 Pent 4 running XP Pro >> has died. All of a sudden, as in overnight, it will not >> boot from a HD. >> >> Will boot from floppy and from CD just fine. >> >> Try boot from HD and I get NTLDR not found, I get >> Boot Image not found, or it just recycles to try to >> reboot (unsuccessfully). Never actually boots. >> >> I have flashed bios, replaced the IDE cable, tried >> different HDs. >> >> btw - all HDs boot successfully in a different pc. >> >> What might this be? A bad HD controller on the MoBo?? >> >> thanks >> >> chuck > > How does your question relate to Windows? I would ask the experts in a > hardware newsgroup. |