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8 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/help-me-here.136182/

jatt
jatt Original post #1
Jan 20, 2011 at 6:35 PM
Hi frnds,
here is very strange problem that's why i came back here need serious help from all of you friends.
System info: p 4 processor 2.66 and AMI 915 motherboard,512MB RAM DDR,Hardisk(not can tell exactly:smile:)

Problem:I changed Motherboard first because its time was not saved in bios problem i think will recover when change motherboard,then on new above motherboard same problem arise again,it was ok but serious prob came out when last sunday,it starts giving massage "NTLDR missing"
then i tried to repair hardisk which was 500GB,it got corrupted now.
then i replaced hardisk with 80GB and system was ok,Till Today it was working fine,now at this time again its giving same"NTLDR missing"

now i am shocked that hardisk even dead,
Now what can i do with this system please suggest here.
coderunknown
coderunknown #2
Jan 20, 2011 at 7:14 PM
virus + bad PSU maybe the cause.
Piyush
Piyush #3
Jan 20, 2011 at 10:44 PM
which OS?
if its XP then look below

1. Load Windows XP CD into CD drive.
2. Make sure BIOS is set to boot to CD drive.
3. Boot the computer from CD.
4. At menu, press "R" to load Recovery Console.
5. Select the installation to be fixed.
*The following instructions assume CD-ROM is labeled as drive D and the hard drive partition the windows installation is on is labeled as drive C. Replace the letters accordingly.
6. Type "COPY D:\i386\ntldr C:\" and press ENTER.
7. Type "COPY D:\i386\ntdetect.com C:\" and press ENTER.
8. Remove CD and type "EXIT" and press ENTER (to reboot your computer).

NOTE:the above steps are taken from other source
and they worked when the steps are properly executed
arpanmukherjee1
arpanmukherjee1 #4
Jan 21, 2011 at 12:02 AM
faulty PSU. change it immediately.

if not, it will spell death to ram, proccy and others
jatt
jatt #5
Jan 21, 2011 at 8:13 AM
Thanks a lot for reply here,but all of solutions i already used,
1)Already replaced PSU(no solution found)
2)Recovery console used(No Solution)
3)Replaced RAM and ATX too (this was first solution i done but no success)

Now what can i do that Purchase a new one,But i want reason behind it?????
arpanmukherjee1
arpanmukherjee1 #6
Jan 21, 2011 at 7:52 PM
your problem occurs only for faulty PSU or HDD with lots of bad sectors.

if PSU is already faulty. no point in replacing HDD until u buy another PSU
thetechfreak
thetechfreak #7
Jan 22, 2011 at 2:48 PM
put xp install cd,select repair option then type fix boot and en ter..after confirn message reboot
d3p
d3p #8
Jan 28, 2011 at 1:18 PM
If possible then go for a clean installations of Xp & get a good antivirus like Mcafee or Nod32 then scan the HDD too.