Re: Bootup Problem
- From: "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:26:14 -0600
Unless I have misread your post, your problem starts after using a bootable
floppy.
It seems that your bootable floppy is adding something to the hard drive.
Have you tried a different bootable floppy?
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Ronald Sommer
"Edward W. Thompson" <thomeduk1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: OS WINXP Pro. Two SATA 80GB HDD
:
: Bootup sequence was Floppy disk/CD-ROM/HDD.
:
: Problem: After editting a bootable floppy disk (FAT32) and rebooting, the
: boot sequence hangs with the message: 'FD 1.44MB System Type - (13) and
Boot
: Disk Failure.
: After repeated warm reboots and 'cold' restarts no change. POST shows all
: drives.
: Changed the boot sequence to HDD/CD-ROM/Disabled did not solve the
problem.
: Boot up sequence ends with same mesage.
: Changed boot sequence to CD-ROM/HDD/Disabled inserted a CD with 'Hirem
: Bootable Disk Repair Utils', restarted. Machine booted to the CD Menu
which
: gave choices 1. Windows and 2 Hirem Utils. Selected 'Windows' and machine
: booted into WINXP normally.
: Removed CD and restarted and machine started and booted into Windows
: normally.
:
: I have reverted to the boot sequence FDD/CD-ROM/HDD booted with a bootable
: floppy. Machine booted normally into the floppy but when floppy removed,
: machine again hangs during booting as described above.
:
: I have run a diagnostic disk to check the health of the HDDs. Both drives
: are reported as 'healthy'.
:
: Have checked Boot.ini against backup copy. No changes seeen. File size
and
: dates of ntldr and ntdetect.com are identical to the backup copies.
:
: Have Googled for a solution and have found several references to similar
: behaviour, that is boot hanging at the message FD 1.44MB - System Type -
(x)
: where x is various number, commonly 0 and 6 but no reference to 13.
: However, there are no suggestions of the precise problem other than
possible
: corrupt Boot.ini, ntldr or ntdetect.com and the normal comments of HDD
: failure and boot virus.
:
: In my case if appears that the problem may lie with one or all of the
files
: Boot.ini, ntldr and/or ntdetect.com. The indications point to the system
is
: seeing a 'ghost' floppy drive as the problem is cleared when booting to
: windows using an alternative route, that is CD-ROM.
:
: Has anyone any experience of this problem with a solution? I haven't
: replaced boot.ini, ntldr and ntdetect.com with the backup copies yet and I
: suppose that is the obvious thing to try. However as the file sizes
between
: the files and the dates are the same it seems to me to be a long shot.
Any
: suggestions will be appreciated.
:
:
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