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  • solofowaffles
    Member
    • May 2006
    • 4306
    #31
    Re: windows not starting

    Originally posted by megawhompertoo
    Did you format (not quick format) the drive as NTFS under xp, or just delete the partition?

    Might try using different SATA ports...

    Otherwise, (as unlikely as I would have thought) there's a possibility ~^^^ may be right--your hd might be fried, or possibly your southbridge. Can you try a different HD?
    bah,i did the quick format,didnt know what nfts meant so i choose quick thinkign it would eb quicker:cry:

    help:)

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      • megawhompertoo
        oldswab
        • Dec 2005
        • 2124
        #32
        Re: windows not starting

        Quick format is quicker, but it simply instructs the drives index to be empty.

        Guessing NTFS was probably your only option if you didn't see it--that's the current file structure, as opposed to FAT16(win95) and FAT32(98,ME).

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          • camper.
            Member
            • Dec 2006
            • 3459
            #33
            Re: windows not starting

            Your hard drive is f*cked. Give it up. I spent f*cking ages toying with a PC that did similar. Run CHKDSK /R and see what it says. If it keeps coming up with random different bad sector counts or freezes, then you know the HDD has taken a ****.

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              • opc_tim
                #34
                Re: windows not starting

                That happn'd to me once, & it was my hard drive, went out of its limits & crashed & burnned.

                brought back memories *sigh

                best wishes

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