Solve : Sector Zero nuked out, why????

1.	Solve : Sector Zero nuked out, why????
Answer» Ok, About a week or two ago I was minding my own business on the computer, doing what I usually do, listen to music, talk to people, dream hop on Furcadia, talk to people on there. (which is a Multi-User Chat Kingdom or MUCK)... All the sudden, my web browser, Firefox, locks up and I'm like "what the ?" I closed it and all the sudden everything is shot to . The blue screen of doom that says "Memory dump" showed up for about 3 seconds, and then disappeared and the computer rebooted itself. When it was done booting, and windows XP was on it's way to loading, it would stick at the loading screen, or ask for a booting media. I really don't know how on earth this happened... I did nothing to get a virus, and nothing at all to modify the hard drive in any way... Just for the record, my hard drive (as well as the motherboard, VIDEO card, and power SUPPLY) was brand spankin' new. This is the weird part. Sector Zero, which basically runs the whole damned hard drive, was NUKED OUT completely. So I had basically no booting media because it was gone. I had not downloaded anything malicious, nor have I been to any sites that could have attacked my computer. (If I can recall correctly, I was going to dictionary.com when it had happened. But that doesn't have anything to do with it because I go to dictionary.com often) After a few DAYS of trying, I buckled in and just bought a new hard drive.... I think this is very interesting because it was just sudden. What do you think? How did this happen? Could my brand new hard drive be defective? What can I do to avoid this in the future? Quote What do you think? How did this happen? Could my brand new hard drive be defective? What can I do to avoid this in the future? 1. Hardware fails 2 . Clay tablets written three thousand years ago and buried in the sand are still legible. A Computer built a month ago can become unusable even in a warm same place. 3. Make backups. Whill not prevent the problem, but you have a path to recovery. Also, get a warranty with any electronics you buy. recovery console. fixmbr and fixboot. chkdsk. REBOOT. Quote from: BC_Programmer on January 19, 2009, 08:17:22 PM recovery console. fixmbr and fixboot. chkdsk. reboot. I've done that. No luck. Well, start with the power supply. It may not be the power supply, but it is nice to have a spare on hard. Try disconnecting about everything you can thing of. USB gadgets. USB hub. Wireless PCI, CD-Drive. Floppy Maybe your video card. Go back to the built in VGA. Loose cables. Oh yeah. Lose BIOS chip. Really. The pins get a little dirty after a year in the wetlands. Just wiggle it a bit. OH! Memory chips. Take out the big 2GB thing and just try the old 256 that always worked. This is all standard trouble shooting stuff. Maybe loose power connector. Really. Sometimes they get hot and the SOLDER runs off. No joke. Check the power connector on the hard drive. They get loose. Nobody knows why. They just do. Or the data cable.

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Ok, About a week or two ago I was minding my own business on the computer, doing what I usually do, listen to music, talk to people, dream hop on Furcadia, talk to people on there. (which is a Multi-User Chat Kingdom or MUCK)...

All the sudden, my web browser, Firefox, locks up and I'm like "what the ?" I closed it and all the sudden everything is shot to . The blue screen of doom that says "Memory dump" showed up for about 3 seconds, and then disappeared and the computer rebooted itself. When it was done booting, and windows XP was on it's way to loading, it would stick at the loading screen, or ask for a booting media. I really don't know how on earth this happened... I did nothing to get a virus, and nothing at all to modify the hard drive in any way... Just for the record, my hard drive (as well as the motherboard, VIDEO card, and power SUPPLY) was brand spankin' new.

This is the weird part. Sector Zero, which basically runs the whole damned hard drive, was NUKED OUT completely. So I had basically no booting media because it was gone. I had not downloaded anything malicious, nor have I been to any sites that could have attacked my computer. (If I can recall correctly, I was going to dictionary.com when it had happened. But that doesn't have anything to do with it because I go to dictionary.com often)

After a few DAYS of trying, I buckled in and just bought a new hard drive.... I think this is very interesting because it was just sudden.

What do you think?
How did this happen?
Could my brand new hard drive be defective?
What can I do to avoid this in the future? Quote

What do you think?
How did this happen?
Could my brand new hard drive be defective?
What can I do to avoid this in the future?

1. Hardware fails
2 . Clay tablets written three thousand years ago and buried
in the sand are still legible. A Computer built a month ago
can become unusable even in a warm same place.
3. Make backups. Whill not prevent the problem,
but you have a path to recovery. Also, get a warranty
with any electronics you buy.
recovery console. fixmbr and fixboot. chkdsk. REBOOT. Quote from: BC_Programmer on January 19, 2009, 08:17:22 PM

recovery console. fixmbr and fixboot. chkdsk. reboot.

I've done that. No luck. Well, start with the power supply.
It may not be the power supply, but it is nice to have a spare on hard.

Try disconnecting about everything you can thing of. USB gadgets. USB hub. Wireless PCI, CD-Drive. Floppy Maybe your video card. Go back to the built in VGA. Loose cables. Oh yeah. Lose BIOS chip. Really. The pins get a little dirty after a year in the wetlands. Just wiggle it a bit.

OH! Memory chips. Take out the big 2GB thing and just try the old 256 that always worked. This is all standard trouble shooting stuff. Maybe loose power connector. Really. Sometimes they get hot and the SOLDER runs off. No joke.

Check the power connector on the hard drive. They get loose. Nobody knows why. They just do. Or the data cable.

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