Computer crash

[Gusto]

if the windows setup disk is offering to reformat his drive, it knows its there. keep in mind that he didn't understand fdisk, so he might not actually know whether or not the drive is being detected or not, he's not exactly a huge power user (no offense, ff)

[stringbeans]

neoh, i think ff was just using the wrong terminology. if the harddrive wasnt detected then windows wouldn't have provided the option of reformatting the partition

with that in mind, chkdsk could definately do the trick in certain situations

[Gusto]

Originally Posted by stringbeans

neoh, i think ff was just using the wrong terminology. if the harddrive wasnt detected then windows wouldn't have provided the option of reformatting the partition

with that in mind, chkdsk could definately do the trick in certain situations

haha, yeah, that's what i'm saying

[stringbeans]

out posted :p

[Gusto]

install linux kekeke

[Moon]

Originally Posted by neoh

since your so godamn fly, why dont you decide.

well like ff said windows install detected the partition meaning theres nothing wrong with the bios. so i figured its a hard drive that needs a scanning since i had the same problem and chkdsk /f got me a huge step forward

so i think you're a bitter lil biaaaaatch. yeah mad werd see ya later u lose.

anyways good luck with the problem dude

[neoh]

Originally Posted by k-pryde

well like ff said windows install detected the partition meaning theres nothing wrong with the bios. so i figured its a hard drive that needs a scanning since i had the same problem and chkdsk /f got me a huge step forward

so i think you're a bitter lil biaaaaatch. yeah mad werd see ya later u lose.

anyways good luck with the problem dude

"mad word, I lose?" I see who your influences include. Given ff hands me his computer, I can more then likely fix the specific problem instead of "guessing" what the problem might be and running the same godamn command to see if "that will work." ie: chkdsk /f

It's called probing questions, son. I can say try fdisk /mbr, that might fix it too, I guess it all depends on what it is.

I can school you on computers any day, fat kid. So instead of attempting to fix a problem with "OH WELL, THIS WORKED SO IT SHOULD WORK FOR YOU!" methods, go read a book.

[Moon]

hahaha here have a computer dork medal ya fucking douchebag

edit oh and you'll hang it in my moms room damn you're a spock original must be all the "book reading"

You must spread some Karma around before giving it to neoh again.

[stringbeans]

Originally Posted by neoh

"mad word, I lose?" I see who your influences include. Given ff hands me his computer, I can more then likely fix the specific problem instead of "guessing" what the problem might be and running the same godamn command to see if "that will work." ie: chkdsk /f

It's called probing questions, son. I can say try fdisk /mbr, that might fix it too, I guess it all depends on what it is.

I can school you on computers any day, fat kid. So instead of attempting to fix a problem with "OH WELL, THIS WORKED SO IT SHOULD WORK FOR YOU!" methods, go read a book.

why are you fronting your leet comp skillz when you werent even able to diagnose the original problem on hand

[Moon]

Originally Posted by stringbeans

why are you fronting your leet comp skillz when you werent even able to diagnose the original problem on hand

why else hes a bitch whos got too much to prove. haha and has alotta time on his hands to be so charitable to offer free computer fixing services.

hey MAAAAAD WERD maaahhhssssive

[-ff-]

Originally Posted by thebobman

man, we should just create a pool of all tech-savvy FnKers to sort out problems like this.

Simon if it's not fixed yet:

1. Boot your computer using your Windows XP CD. When it has finish booting you will get this screen:

CLICK TO ENLARGE

CLICK TO ENLARGE


2. Hit ENTER to set up Windows XP. The Liscence Agreement will probably come up:

CLICK TO ENLARGE

CLICK TO ENLARGE


3. Hit F8 to agree and continute. Your hard drive information should come up, there will be a partition which is where your previous versions of windows is installed:

CLICK TO ENLARGE

CLICK TO ENLARGE

4. Select the partition and hit R to start the repair installation. This will just install windows overtop of your old copy.

Dude, thanks for the offer (i genuinely appreciate how much work went into that post) but I alread tried that. The problem is that when I go through the windows instal process, and get to the hard drive/ partition info, instead of saying "C: Partion1[FAT32]" it says "C: Partition1[unknown]" (!!!) If I select that partition, it then tells me that because it doesnt recognize it, it will have to format it in order to re-instal windows, thus erasing everything on the computer. I spoke with a computer saavy friend who told me that that is both A) unusual and B) extremely fucked, and that I will likely need to replace the HD. =(

[neoh]

Originally Posted by stringbeans

why are you fronting your leet comp skillz when you werent even able to diagnose the original problem on hand

yeeeaah.. and YOUR fix would of worked too, woulden't it?

Originally Posted by k-pryde

why else hes a bitch whos got too much to prove. haha and has alotta time on his hands to be so charitable to offer free computer fixing services.

hey MAAAAAD WERD maaahhhssssive

I don't usually have "alotta" time on my hands, but he did make a desperate cry in which I couldent help but extend a hand to try and offering services instead of paying someone to fuck it up more.

And I'm glad you can come up with your own lingo there, sweet cheeks. "mad werd massive?" what are you, a fucking club? do you have your own hand shake, too?

[stringbeans]

heh i wasnt aware that i proposed a solution or fix

[rawb]

GOD WON'T YOU SHUT UP IT'S MY FUCKING BIRTHDAY I DON'T NEED TO READ THIS SHIT

[neoh]

Originally Posted by stringbeans

try using google and do a search on "repairing master boot record" or "repairing mbr" and see if you can find any programs you may be able to use to help restore it.

uh... is that not a "solution or a fix?"

[stringbeans]

if you considering searching google for answers as a solution or fix then i guess so?

[Gusto]

guys, stop, rawb hates when we fight

[stringbeans]

mom and dad stop fighting :(

[-ff-]

I heard that computer nerds fighting makes baby jesus cry..

[Moon]

Originally Posted by rawb

GOD WON'T YOU SHUT UP IT'S MY FUCKING BIRTHDAY I DON'T NEED TO READ THIS SHIT

hahaahh KID DOESN'T KNOW WHEN HIS CUE IS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP

neoh just shut up you're digging yourself a deeper hole everytime! he asked for possible solutions and we gave him some. coming to think of it, i wouldn't wanna leave my computer with some fucking weirdo on the internet who says the only solution is to leave the computer with his ass. fuck that!

and i have my handshake and my own lingos. and you're just a dumb fuck. BIIIAAATTCH

[neoh]

Originally Posted by k-pryde

hahaahh KID DOESN'T KNOW WHEN HIS CUE IS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP

neoh just shut up you're digging yourself a deeper hole everytime! he asked for possible solutions and we gave him some. coming to think of it, i wouldn't wanna leave my computer with some fucking weirdo on the internet who says the only solution is to leave the computer with his ass. fuck that!

and i have my handshake and my own lingos. and you're just a dumb fuck. BIIIAAATTCH

whatever you say.

let me know when you hear the pop.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by -ff-

I heard that computer nerds fighting makes baby jesus cry..

In that case.... This is like a maternity ward of baby Jesuses and they all want their bottle.

[thebobman]

Originally Posted by -ff-

I heard that computer nerds fighting makes baby jesus cry..

I think I'll just let them battle it out.
Simon, try the other options rebuilding the boot.ini file, especially the

"attrib yada yada" one, a damaged boot.ini CAN make a hard drive appear damaged.

Also What kind of programs did you have installed on there? Norton System works can make a hard drive appear like that as can pretty much every hard drive compression software on the market.

Before you give up on it, try some other options, If you can find out what kind of hard drive it is (the CMOS walk through can help you, it might also say as the computer is booting) I can give you diagnostics software that boots on a floppy disc to check the Hard drive.
Common Manufactures to look for are:

Seagate, Maxtor, Wester Digital (might be listed as WD), IBM/Hitachi

Make sure whoever you give the computer to fix knows what they're doing, there's lots of people out there that *THINK* they know what they're doing with hard drive recovery, but they might just give up and format the hard drive rather than trying to rebuild a partition table or something.

[-ff-]

Originally Posted by thebobman

I think I'll just let them battle it out.
Simon, try the other options rebuilding the boot.ini file, especially the

"attrib yada yada" one, a damaged boot.ini CAN make a hard drive appear damaged.

Also What kind of programs did you have installed on there? Norton System works can make a hard drive appear like that as can pretty much every hard drive compression software on the market.

Before you give up on it, try some other options, If you can find out what kind of hard drive it is (the CMOS walk through can help you, it might also say as the computer is booting) I can give you diagnostics software that boots on a floppy disc to check the Hard drive.
Common Manufactures to look for are:

Seagate, Maxtor, Wester Digital (might be listed as WD), IBM/Hitachi

Make sure whoever you give the computer to fix knows what they're doing, there's lots of people out there that *THINK* they know what they're doing with hard drive recovery, but they might just give up and format the hard drive rather than trying to rebuild a partition table or something.

thanks dude - maybe I'll give that a shot later in the week- right now way to swamped with assignment deadlines.
The place I'm taking it came highly reccomended by a friend who is a tech guy, so I (think) they should be relatively trustworthy. (hopes)

[thebobman]

neoh just pointed out in another thread that I made a typo:

attrib -h -r -s c:\boot.ini desl c:\boot.ini
hit ENTER

Next Type in:
bootcft /rebuild
and hit ENTER.

should be

attrib -h -r -s c:\boot.ini del c:\boot.ini
hit ENTER

Next Type in:
bootcft /rebuild
and hit ENTER.

thx, yo