Need help bad....

[shinji13]

Hey i kno tis is off topic but i have something to ask bout computers...

(dont u dare flame me)

well the problem is, is that i cant get my comp to start up...What happens is it says like operating system not detected...and it just iddnt work for no reason...

And at other times it says need boot disc or something...

o0 it just started doing it for no reason and it makes no sence ~_~ can someone plz help me....

[Zarxrax]

You need to reinstall windows.

[TaranT]

Possibilities:

Boot sector on the hard disk was trashed (re-install OS).
Loose cables (open box, re-seat cables).
Hard disk failure
Motherboard failure

First thing I'd do is open the box and re-attach the hard drive cable at both ends. Then re-install Windows. (If you need to save files off the hard drive, boot the system with a startup floppy disk.) If that doesn't work, replace the cable with a new one. Then re-install Windows. If that doesn't work, swap the hard drive for one that you know is working. Then re-install Windows on the new drive. If that doesn't work, swap out the motherboard and try again.

[FAYE McWOLF]

This happen to my computer 3 weeks ago . It sucks, I had to replace my hard drive and re-install windows . My computer's problem was that the hard drive needed to get replaced so it erased everything on it and that message came up. You best replace your hard drive and then re-install windows again! 8) Good Luck Man!

[sysKin]

"fixboot" and "fixmbr" from the repair console usually help.

Boot with windoze installation cd (assuming it's win2k/xp), select "repair with recovery console" and use "help" to figure out how to use these commands (I don't remember now, something easy, I think fixboot asks which windoze to fix and you just press "1"..).

Warning: will overwrite any booting utilities like lilo/grub.

Radek