Mobius
Can't get enough of FH
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- Dec 22, 2003
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Hello chaps.
I have recently started using my computer again as I have rented my own place etc, and actually have somewhere to plug it in, which is nice. Anyway, recently I have had a problem (which I can't remember occuring in the 2 years or so I have had this computer, although it hasn't been turned on in about 8 months, prior to the last few weeks) in which when I turn the computer on, Windows doesn't load and I receive this error message.
NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart
(Or something to that effect, I'm at work and don't have t'internet at home )
I fixed it before by borrowing an XP cd from a friend and 'repairing' windows, which seemed to resolve it for a week or two, but now it has started occuring again, and I am completely unable to get into windows whereas in the past a few reboots or a bit of fiddling in the BIOS usually fixed it for a while. The problem usually occurs when I am playing a game. The PC will lock up entirely (alt+tab etc won't work) yet ctrl+alt+del does, and after that I can't get in, anymore.
EPoX EP-9NPA+ Ultra, nForce4 Ultra,ATX Socket-939,S-ATA,GbLAN,Firewire,PCI-Ex16
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 2.2GHz Socket 939, 1MB, BOXED w/fan
Samsung SpinPoint P120 200GB SATA2 8MB 7200RPM
Maxtor 6L200M0 Diamond Max 10 200GB 7200RPM SATA/150 8MB Cache - OEM
Club3D Radeon X850PRO 256MB GDDR3, 256bi PCI Express, DVI, VGA, VIVO, Retail
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XP is installed onto the Maxtor drive, if that makes any difference.
Also, is it possible to move your OS onto another HD? I wanted to try moving it over to the Samsung drive because I think the Maxtor is faulty or somewhere, and that's why it freezes then doesn't boot XP.
Thanks
I have recently started using my computer again as I have rented my own place etc, and actually have somewhere to plug it in, which is nice. Anyway, recently I have had a problem (which I can't remember occuring in the 2 years or so I have had this computer, although it hasn't been turned on in about 8 months, prior to the last few weeks) in which when I turn the computer on, Windows doesn't load and I receive this error message.
NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart
(Or something to that effect, I'm at work and don't have t'internet at home )
I fixed it before by borrowing an XP cd from a friend and 'repairing' windows, which seemed to resolve it for a week or two, but now it has started occuring again, and I am completely unable to get into windows whereas in the past a few reboots or a bit of fiddling in the BIOS usually fixed it for a while. The problem usually occurs when I am playing a game. The PC will lock up entirely (alt+tab etc won't work) yet ctrl+alt+del does, and after that I can't get in, anymore.
EPoX EP-9NPA+ Ultra, nForce4 Ultra,ATX Socket-939,S-ATA,GbLAN,Firewire,PCI-Ex16
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 2.2GHz Socket 939, 1MB, BOXED w/fan
Samsung SpinPoint P120 200GB SATA2 8MB 7200RPM
Maxtor 6L200M0 Diamond Max 10 200GB 7200RPM SATA/150 8MB Cache - OEM
Club3D Radeon X850PRO 256MB GDDR3, 256bi PCI Express, DVI, VGA, VIVO, Retail
---
XP is installed onto the Maxtor drive, if that makes any difference.
Also, is it possible to move your OS onto another HD? I wanted to try moving it over to the Samsung drive because I think the Maxtor is faulty or somewhere, and that's why it freezes then doesn't boot XP.
Thanks