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

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Answer» 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: CAUTION This computer appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot record. FIXMBR may damage your partition tables if you proceed This could cause all the partitions on the current hard disk to become inaccessible. If you are not having problems accessing your drive, do not continue. I wasn't sure about that, and so brought it to you guys. What should I do concerning the MBR? 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. 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 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... You've REINSTALLED many times & it's not booting, so how could it hurt? Maybe that's the problem & this will fix it.True, True... Well, here it GOES. =) Hopefully this'll do it. It works! Thanks a lot. Quote from: MegamanXZOBMV on June 08, 2010, 04:56:31 PM ...It works! Thanks a lot. There it was, in Reply #2 Quote from: MegamanXZOBMV on May 28, 2010, 10:33:16 PM ...So I've gone through the list n' come to these conclusions 7. Corrupt boot sector / master boot record. I'm thinking that this is what it is. Again, I can't utilize the solutions on that page without the XP INSTALLATION disc, can I? Tried looking for a way on the Sony Vaio recovery disc, but no cigar so far. ... See, you knew it all along! Just had to steer you a bit in the right direction. It's ODD that the Recovery Disks don't fix it or maybe even create it.Haha, I guess so HUH? 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. 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 ...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? 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 & 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 & install all the MS updates, and all your personal software. Have a look at this: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp 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.

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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:

**CAUTION**

This computer appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot record.
FIXMBR may damage your partition tables if you proceed
This could cause all the partitions on the current hard disk to become inaccessible.
If you are not having problems accessing your drive, do not continue.

I wasn't sure about that, and so brought it to you guys. What should I do concerning the MBR?

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.

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

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...

You've REINSTALLED many times & it's not booting, so how could it hurt?
Maybe that's the problem & this will fix it.True, True...

Well, here it GOES. =) Hopefully this'll do it.

It works! Thanks a lot. Quote from: MegamanXZOBMV on June 08, 2010, 04:56:31 PM

...It works! Thanks a lot.

There it was, in Reply #2
Quote from: MegamanXZOBMV on May 28, 2010, 10:33:16 PM

...So I've gone through the list n' come to these conclusions

7. Corrupt boot sector / master boot record.
I'm thinking that this is what it is. Again, I can't utilize the solutions on that page without the XP INSTALLATION disc, can I? Tried looking for a way on the Sony Vaio recovery disc, but no cigar so far.
...

See, you knew it all along! Just had to steer you a bit in the right direction. It's ODD that the Recovery Disks don't fix it or maybe even create it.Haha, I guess so HUH? 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.

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

...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?

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 & 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 & install all the MS updates, and all your personal software.
Have a look at this: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
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.

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