Don't think this is right

PoopyTheJ · Jul 14, 2004, 10:38 PM

Umm my boot screen looks like this, sorry for the blurriness hard to get a picture of a comp screen, then I get ntldr missing or corrupt error. Anyone know what this means? I think the drive is becoming corrupt.

Judas · Jul 14, 2004, 11:34 PM

is that a hardrive? appears the controller or Firmware on the drive is corrupted to hell... BTW... why don't you have anything set as master on the primary?

blade5545 · Jul 15, 2004, 12:11 AM

To fix the error, enter recovery console by booting of your XP CD and type fixmbr, here is more info:

You Receive an "NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message When You Start Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=320397

"NTLDR is missing" error message when you install or upgrade Windows XP over Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q314057

"NTLDR Is Missing or Corrupt" Error Message During Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 Upgrade
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=318948

PoopyTheJ · Jul 15, 2004, 12:36 AM

fixed the whole master slave issue, I don't know whats going on with identifying the drive like that, I'm gonna try updating the firware after reinstalling windows the whole drive was corrupt.

PoopyTheJ · Jul 15, 2004, 12:42 AM

After moving the drive to the primary master I still get a crazy identification like that, and windows won't install on the drive when I get to the setup a partition part of the xp install I can tell it to make it whatever size I want but it just goes back to 694675Kb or whatever unpartitioned space. Anyone know how to boot from USB?

blade5545 · Jul 15, 2004, 03:37 AM

Sounds like the hard drive is almost dead, do this as a last resort go to http://ultimatebootcd.com/
download it and burn the iso on to a cd, then boot of it and try some of the hard drive diags.

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Jul 15, 2004, 03:40 AM

Yea sounds like you HDD is crapin out....try it on another rig first though and see how it detects it...

PoopyTheJ · Jul 15, 2004, 04:27 AM

The other rig saw it fine and repaired is using scandisk, hower I'm trying to install now and the thing seems to be crapping out formatting and partitioning, MAndrake says the disk is to corrupt for me to decipher anything I'll have to reformat the whole thing..... We'll see if I can scavange anything

pr0digal jenius · Jul 15, 2004, 06:55 AM

my old seagate did that 2 weeks ago...just curious...shake yours...mine had a thign rattling in it after it got done beign gay and giving me random ascii characters as identification

Judas · Jul 15, 2004, 07:56 AM

IF there is rattling... that means a Head has become screwed.... could be something else though to..... GET your warranty ready if you've any

Rayder · Jul 15, 2004, 01:30 PM

I encountered that quite a few times, I changed the IDE cable and that fixed it right up everytime. It's like one of the pins/wires in the cable went bad.

It's something you should try anyway. Heck of a lot simpler than screwing around with firmwares and cheaper than replacing harddrives.

I'd almost be willing to bet that's what the problem is.

PoopyTheJ · Jul 15, 2004, 09:29 PM

f_ck! I hope it's the wire! I just spent all this damn time reformatting and arrggghhhh....

PoopyTheJ · Jul 18, 2004, 04:37 AM

Rayder, you were right on the money, thanks for the suggestion, saved me buying new hardware, whew!

BWX · Jul 18, 2004, 05:07 AM

I had an IDE wire go bad on me earlier this year too- changing it solved all the problems I was having with the drive- It's over 3 years old and still kicking now.

Jul 14, 2004, 10:38 PM	#1
PoopyTheJ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,588 Rep Power: 66	Don't think this is right Umm my boot screen looks like this, sorry for the blurriness hard to get a picture of a comp screen, then I get ntldr missing or corrupt error. Anyone know what this means? I think the drive is becoming corrupt. __________________ [COLOR=Blue]“Alright boys, let’s start her up and see why she doesn’t work.” - John Fritz "I aim to misbehave" Malcolm Reynolds ATI Catalyst Beta Tester[/COLOR]

Jul 15, 2004, 12:11 AM	#3
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	To fix the error, enter recovery console by booting of your XP CD and type fixmbr, here is more info: You Receive an "NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message When You Start Your Computer http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=320397 "NTLDR is missing" error message when you install or upgrade Windows XP over Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q314057 "NTLDR Is Missing or Corrupt" Error Message During Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 Upgrade http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=318948 __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

Jul 15, 2004, 12:36 AM	Thread Starter #4
PoopyTheJ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,588 Rep Power: 66	fixed the whole master slave issue, I don't know whats going on with identifying the drive like that, I'm gonna try updating the firware after reinstalling windows the whole drive was corrupt. __________________ [COLOR=Blue]“Alright boys, let’s start her up and see why she doesn’t work.” - John Fritz "I aim to misbehave" Malcolm Reynolds ATI Catalyst Beta Tester[/COLOR]

Jul 15, 2004, 12:42 AM	Thread Starter #5
PoopyTheJ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,588 Rep Power: 66	After moving the drive to the primary master I still get a crazy identification like that, and windows won't install on the drive when I get to the setup a partition part of the xp install I can tell it to make it whatever size I want but it just goes back to 694675Kb or whatever unpartitioned space. Anyone know how to boot from USB? __________________ [COLOR=Blue]“Alright boys, let’s start her up and see why she doesn’t work.” - John Fritz "I aim to misbehave" Malcolm Reynolds ATI Catalyst Beta Tester[/COLOR]

Jul 15, 2004, 03:37 AM	#6
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	Sounds like the hard drive is almost dead, do this as a last resort go to http://ultimatebootcd.com/ download it and burn the iso on to a cd, then boot of it and try some of the hard drive diags. __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

Jul 15, 2004, 03:40 AM	#7
~~Sourcer_2002~~ BANNED Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indiana , USA Posts: 2,677 Rep Power: 0	Yea sounds like you HDD is crapin out....try it on another rig first though and see how it detects it...

Jul 15, 2004, 04:27 AM	Thread Starter #8
PoopyTheJ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,588 Rep Power: 66	The other rig saw it fine and repaired is using scandisk, hower I'm trying to install now and the thing seems to be crapping out formatting and partitioning, MAndrake says the disk is to corrupt for me to decipher anything I'll have to reformat the whole thing..... We'll see if I can scavange anything __________________ [COLOR=Blue]“Alright boys, let’s start her up and see why she doesn’t work.” - John Fritz "I aim to misbehave" Malcolm Reynolds ATI Catalyst Beta Tester[/COLOR]

Jul 15, 2004, 06:55 AM	#9
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	my old seagate did that 2 weeks ago...just curious...shake yours...mine had a thign rattling in it after it got done beign gay and giving me random ascii characters as identification

Jul 15, 2004, 01:30 PM	#11
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,161 Rep Power: 73	I encountered that quite a few times, I changed the IDE cable and that fixed it right up everytime. It's like one of the pins/wires in the cable went bad. It's something you should try anyway. Heck of a lot simpler than screwing around with firmwares and cheaper than replacing harddrives. I'd almost be willing to bet that's what the problem is.

Jul 15, 2004, 09:29 PM	Thread Starter #12
PoopyTheJ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,588 Rep Power: 66	f_ck! I hope it's the wire! I just spent all this damn time reformatting and arrggghhhh.... __________________ [COLOR=Blue]“Alright boys, let’s start her up and see why she doesn’t work.” - John Fritz "I aim to misbehave" Malcolm Reynolds ATI Catalyst Beta Tester[/COLOR]

Jul 18, 2004, 04:37 AM	Thread Starter #13
PoopyTheJ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,588 Rep Power: 66	Rayder, you were right on the money, thanks for the suggestion, saved me buying new hardware, whew! __________________ [COLOR=Blue]“Alright boys, let’s start her up and see why she doesn’t work.” - John Fritz "I aim to misbehave" Malcolm Reynolds ATI Catalyst Beta Tester[/COLOR]

Jul 18, 2004, 05:07 AM	#14
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I had an IDE wire go bad on me earlier this year too- changing it solved all the problems I was having with the drive- It's over 3 years old and still kicking now. __________________