So today I opened a file I shouldnt have from a 10 year old abandonware game I found on a site. My pc reset and didnt boot up. Fair enough, many steps later I managed to get windows on to a spare hd I had lying around and use that to "fix" my boot disc. Problem now is, if I start up my pc using the standard C drive, it hangs and still doesnt work. But if I start it pointing to the G drive (the one with the windows disc on) then it lets me chose windows and boots fine off my boot disc. So seriously what on earth have I done lol.
Help! Bootup problem
- Thread starter oxygene
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AARRGGHHHH Now I really need help!
I completely wiped C, and once wiped I destroyed the raid and rebuilt it. And reinstalled windows onto it with no problems. But it still wont boot via C! It still only boots via the other drive. When I unplug the other drive or change the boot order back to C everything still hangs!
HELPPPPPP Please!
I completely wiped C, and once wiped I destroyed the raid and rebuilt it. And reinstalled windows onto it with no problems. But it still wont boot via C! It still only boots via the other drive. When I unplug the other drive or change the boot order back to C everything still hangs!
HELPPPPPP Please!
Both hds in the raid are different lol.Ok still no joy. Lets break this down.
We can assume the following:
* The windows install is fine as it boots ok
* The hd/raid works fine because it boots
* The source windows installer is fine because I've recopied it several times to the hd
The error needs the following answered:
* What causes a fine windows install stop before even a logo, and stay as a flashing underscore
* What, when causing the above, is solved by booting to the install disk and redirecting to the boot disk
* What, causing the above, isnt solved by wiping the boot disk and reinstalling several times
All I can think is that the source is a problem now. I have the windows 7 image extracted onto a harddisk and use that to boot.
We can assume the following:
* The windows install is fine as it boots ok
* The hd/raid works fine because it boots
* The source windows installer is fine because I've recopied it several times to the hd
The error needs the following answered:
* What causes a fine windows install stop before even a logo, and stay as a flashing underscore
* What, when causing the above, is solved by booting to the install disk and redirecting to the boot disk
* What, causing the above, isnt solved by wiping the boot disk and reinstalling several times
All I can think is that the source is a problem now. I have the windows 7 image extracted onto a harddisk and use that to boot.
All problems solved :/ Took me about 12h altogether lol. I switched to a smaller version of win7 and used my usb 4gb stick, which wouldnt fit the previous version. Now it all runs fine :/
Thanks for all the help though! Couldnt have narrowed down the problem without.
Thanks for all the help though! Couldnt have narrowed down the problem without.
God no idea on this one. It also doesnt like booting atm, and its compounded by the problem that the mobo likes to switch from seeing an x2 6400 to see a 200mhz dual core. Never solved that problem but its maxing the error diagnosis 100x slower :/ About ready to chuck it out the window.