Can't Reformatt Drive Even With Cd

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Can't Reformatt Drive Even With Cd

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jhonyquest97 View Member Profile	Jul 1 2008, 07:02 AM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 1-July 08 Member No.: 219,745	So heres how it all started. I would usually be using my zune software for music and the computer would just turn off at random times. It got real bad and the more i restarted to computer the quicker it would shut off. So i saved all my stuff on an external and tried to reformatt from the drive. Then when it was almost done the computer would shut down. So then i tried a full reformatt from the cd and the same thing happens. At the very end it shuts off and now when i try to start it i get this message.... NTLDR is Missing Press CTRL ALT Del to restart. Is my hd shot? What can i do?

douglas martin View Member Profile	Jul 1 2008, 07:58 AM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 452 Joined: 1-April 08 From: "A little bit Nort' and way West of 'Da Bridge" Member No.: 200,286	Read through this article: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm This may or may not resolve the original issue that your computer shuts down randomly. I would assume that this may be an overheating problem which would cause this symptom.

usasma View Member Profile	Jul 1 2008, 07:59 AM Post #3
Visually handicapped, hence the avatar :0) Group: Moderator Posts: 13,421 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824	There's several things that could be causing this - the most common being that the Boot Sector on your drive cannot locate NTLDR. I'd suggest first running a free, bootable diagnostic from the hard drive manufacturer's website. If the drive tests good, then I'd suggest booting from your XP installation CD an entering the Recovery Console: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial117.html Once in there, type each of the following commands exactly as they appear, and press Enter after each one. Answer Y and press Enter for the prompts that appear. chkdsk /r fixmbr fixboot -------------------- - John If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack.

darkillusions View Member Profile	Jul 1 2008, 03:34 PM Post #4
New Member Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 30-June 08 Member No.: 219,686	I had a similar problem sometime back after I unknowingly deleted a system file (maybe NTDETECT) from C drive. douglas martin's link of computerhope's tutorial rescued me. I suggest you try the same, and turn on hide system files from folder options if you've got it turned on to make sure system files dont get deleted.

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