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Solve : NTLDR? RAM? Can't seem to figure it out.?

Answer» <html><body><p>Alright. I managed to use that site to create a disc that lets me use the Windows Recovery Console. The first command i entered was chkdsk, and it told me the drive could not be checked. I rewrote the bootsector, and was about to fix the Master boot record with fixmbr and this popped up:<br/><br/>**CAUTION**<br/><br/>This computer appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot record.<br/>FIXMBR may damage your partition tables if you proceed<br/>This could cause all the partitions on the current hard disk to become inaccessible.<br/>If you are not having problems accessing your drive,  do not continue.<br/><br/>I wasn't sure about that, and so brought it to you guys. What should I do concerning the MBR?<br/><br/>As for creating a disc that contains NTLDR, Ntdetect.com, and boot.ini, I'll do that next once I find the appropriate files and maybe a guide.<br/><br/>Edit: I've been reading that this Caution from the Recov Console is a sign of a bad MBR, and that fixing it fixes many problems. I just don't know if it's MY problem. Quote from: MegamanXZOBMV on June 08, 2010, 03:51:47 PM</p><blockquote>Alright. I managed to use that site to create a disc that lets me use the Windows Recovery Console. The first command i entered was chkdsk, and it told me the drive could not be checked. I rewrote the bootsector, and was about to fix the Master boot record with fixmbr...</blockquote> You've <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/reinstalled-7710828" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REINSTALLED">REINSTALLED</a> many times &amp; it's not booting, so how could it hurt?<br/>Maybe that's the problem &amp; this will fix it.True, True...<br/><br/>Well, here it <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/goes-1732621" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GOES">GOES</a>. =) Hopefully this'll do it.<br/><br/>It works! Thanks a lot. Quote from: MegamanXZOBMV on June 08, 2010, 04:56:31 PM<blockquote>...It works! Thanks a lot.<br/></blockquote> There it was, in Reply #2<br/> Quote from: MegamanXZOBMV on May 28, 2010, 10:33:16 PM<blockquote>...So I've gone through the list n' come to these conclusions <br/><br/>   <strong>7. Corrupt boot sector / master boot record.</strong><br/><strong>I'm thinking that this is what it is</strong>. Again, I can't utilize the solutions on that page without the XP <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/installation-16361" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSTALLATION">INSTALLATION</a> disc, can I? Tried looking for a way on the Sony Vaio recovery disc, but no cigar so far.<br/>...<br/></blockquote> See, you knew it all along!  Just had to steer you a bit in the right direction.  It's <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/odd-584820" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ODD">ODD</a> that the Recovery Disks don't fix it or maybe even create it.Haha, I guess so <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/huh-2103579" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HUH">HUH</a>? Thanks for all your help. =) I'm a bit surprised myself that the recovery discs didn't repair that, I wonder if they're damaged somehow.<br/><br/>There is one more thing that concerns me, and I don't want to waste another thread for it. Before the computer was fixed, it would boot up to that black screen with the grey/white underscore cursor and stay there. Now, after being 'fixed', it still does that momentarily, and then Windows finally kicks in. This worries me a bit since this computer didn't do that before the crash. Any ideas if something might be dying, or corrupted? Quote from: MegamanXZOBMV on June 09, 2010, 01:11:43 PM<blockquote>...There is one more thing that concerns me, and I don't want to waste another thread for it. Before the computer was fixed, it would boot up to that black screen with the grey/white underscore cursor and stay there. Now, after being 'fixed', it still does that momentarily, and then Windows finally kicks in. This worries me a bit since this computer didn't do that before the crash. Any ideas if something might be dying, or corrupted?<br/></blockquote> You said in the original post:  "we swapped the burnt Asus Radeon card with a Nvidia GeForce 8500GT".  Likely, that is the difference.  Without knowing the exact make &amp; model of the card, there's nothing else to say, except that it's a Sony Vaio, which tend to use non-standard components.I see. Thanks a lot. =] You've been a great help.You might want to consider imaging the entire drive, so if it ever happens again, you won't have to download &amp; install all the MS updates, and all your personal software.<br/>Have a look at this:  <a href="http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp">http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp</a><br/>Also, time to back up all your personal data on some external media.Oh! Yes! I totally forgot to ask about that. =] You're awesome man.</body></html>


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