Re: Computer shut down during reinstall

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Hi adiralph,

Have you actually *checked* the BIOS is set to boot from the CD
_first_?? If you are *not* *sure* how to gain access to your BIOS setup
then *refer* to your computer manual.

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adiralph wrote:

Thnaks, I will try flashing the bios.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Not sure how to say it otherwise. The BIOS setting to boot to CD
makes the computer read the CD first. The hard drive has little to
do with it till setup copies some files to it. (including NTLDR).
You either have a broken BIOS setup, or a defective CD drive, since
the 98 cd fails.

There are ways to 'flash' a bios to repair it.

Consider testing the drive on another machine.

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"adiralph" wrote:

When I do restart I only get the NTLDR is missing message. THis
is no matter what I try to boot up. I even tried a windows 98
start up disk to no avail.

Is it possible when she shut down during the installation the
drivers for the CD were corrupted?

Thansk,

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Yes, it would be hard to boot to setup cd if you never restart
the system.
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"adiralph" wrote:

The problem is she didn't restart she just shut down and
never finished the loading.

Thanks,

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

If you set the setup cd in the cd drive, and the boot
sequence is correct, you should get a boot to setup.
Nothing about restarting during setup should prevent that.
Keep trying to boot to cd.
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"adiralph" wrote:

Running DImension 3000. Niece reformatted hard drive and
while XP was reloading she shut down the computer.

All I get now is NTLDR is missing.

I have tried booting from floppy and cd-rom and I get the
same message. I also tried resetting the NVRAM and
removing the battery inside to reset things no luck.
I have verified the boot sequence in the Bios as well.
Can't even boot into safe mode.

Any thoughts?


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