TimPawlak Posted October 1, 2006 CID Share Posted October 1, 2006 This is what happens... i turn on my computer one day... only to find that its telling me that it cannot find the disk to book off of. It wont boot of my hdd... so i put in the windows xp disk.. start to load windows setup... and i hit repair "r" and type fixboot for a new boot sector.. restart, its fine... so, i keep having to do this for my pc to work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted October 1, 2006 CID Share Posted October 1, 2006 If you have a memory card reader please make sure there arent any cards in there because it automatically trys to boot them before the HDD its so weird. I was so baffled for at least a month wondering why i had to click booting options and boot from hd then i realized i never took my camera memory card out and it was booting from that! i felt so dumb =/ but ya make sure there isnt something your comp is trying to boot first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ispgeek Posted October 1, 2006 CID Share Posted October 1, 2006 If you have a memory card reader please make sure there arent any cards in there because it automatically trys to boot them before the HDD its so weird. I was so baffled for at least a month wondering why i had to click booting options and boot from hd then i realized i never took my camera memory card out and it was booting from that! i felt so dumb =/ but ya make sure there isnt something your comp is trying to boot first Wooohoooo I have been redeemed!!!!!! And I thought I was the only one to fall prey to this little undocumented windows feature. One night I found myself in the same situation only to spend 4 hours removing this, that and the other thing....and just by accident removed my xd card reader (and xd camera card) and viola....I could boot again. I felt stuuupid enough to have never told anyone....well that is until now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted October 1, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 1, 2006 nope... i dont have a card reader... i tried resetting my bios too.. nothing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ispgeek Posted October 1, 2006 CID Share Posted October 1, 2006 nope... i dont have a card reader... i tried resetting my bios too.. nothing... Is your camera connected to your pc? I just tried it....does the same thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted October 1, 2006 CID Share Posted October 1, 2006 In bios, what is set to boot first? Does it change when you reboot or let it sit? Have you tried to run a chkdsk /f while in repair console? See if your HD is dirty... Do you have any usb cd or hard drives? And, how old is your motherboard? Perhaps the battery is going... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted October 1, 2006 CID Share Posted October 1, 2006 Heh wow isp i really wasnt expecting anyone to comment back saying that happened to them too! that made my night also Tim check to see if theres any usb device such as an ipod or something that can also confuse the comp and it will try and boot from that., Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ispgeek Posted October 1, 2006 CID Share Posted October 1, 2006 I'm feelin the same way...you made mine too....I can't tell you how lame I felt once I realized what was causing the problem....I was so disgusted..had to leave the computer for a while...NO JOKE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted October 1, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 1, 2006 well, my first boot is my hdd... then its my cd rom.. i tried having just 1 boot.... which was the hdd... same thing... no.. .no nothing connected to my pc besides my usb keyboard... and mouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted October 1, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 1, 2006 you can click the link under my sig for my pc specs.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basic Posted October 1, 2006 CID Share Posted October 1, 2006 Instead of using fixboot,try fixmbr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted October 1, 2006 CID Share Posted October 1, 2006 Run a chkdsk /f or chkdsk /r in the recovery console...Sounds like you may have a hard drive issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted October 1, 2006 CID Share Posted October 1, 2006 read this & try fixmbr: Don't use fdisk /mbr it's not for most XP OS's.It is for a FAT32 system. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/bootcons_fixmbr.mspx?mfr=true http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/ http://support.microsoft.com/KB/314503 You need to use the administrator password. FIXBOOT fixboot drive name: Use this command to write the new Windows boot sector code on the system partition. In the command syntax, drive name is the drive letter where the boot sector will be written. This command fixes damage in the Windows boot sector. This command overrides the default setting, which writes to the system boot partition. The fixboot command is supported only on x86-based computers. FIXMBR fixmbr device name Use this command to repair the MBR of the boot partition. In the command syntax, device name is an optional device name that specifies the device that requires a new MBR. Use this command if a virus has damaged the MBR and Windows cannot start. Warning This command can damage your partition tables if a virus is present or if a hardware problem exists. If you use this command, you may create inaccessible partitions. We recommend that you run antivirus software before you use this command. You can obtain the device name from the output of the map command. If you do not specify a device name, the MBR of the boot device is repaired, for example: fixmbr deviceharddisk2 If the fixmbr command detects an invalid or non-standard partition table signature, fixmbr command prompts you for permission before rewriting the MBR. The fixmbr command is supported only on x86-based computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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