I switched my computer on last night and got the dreaded NTLDR not found message.
I am using an A7N8X-E Deluxe with 2x120 SATA 'cuda drives.
I checked through the BIOS and nothing had changed in the boot order. The SATA utility showed that all the drives were operating normally.
i tried to repair the MBR but windows setup wouldn't mount the volume despite being given the driver.
I installed a fresh copy of XP onto an IDE disk checked the SATA drives within windows.. both were fine.
I reluctently backed up all of my data and went to do a fresh install of XP (I like to spring clean on a fairly regular basis).
I went to the setup and when it asked for a installation destination it wouldn't let me install on the HD as it could see a 8MB 'disk' first. In otherwords, it was as if I wanted to install the OS on my D:
I know that windows creates a 8MB partition during the setup, but it is normally at the end of the disk.
I booted back into windows (via the IDE disk) to remove the partition but XP wouldn't see it.
I resorted to a low level format of the disk via the SATA utility. It was the only way i coul dthink of getting rid of it.
But it is still there:
What is going on?????
There is no other disk attached to my computer.
I am using an A7N8X-E Deluxe with 2x120 SATA 'cuda drives.
I checked through the BIOS and nothing had changed in the boot order. The SATA utility showed that all the drives were operating normally.
i tried to repair the MBR but windows setup wouldn't mount the volume despite being given the driver.
I installed a fresh copy of XP onto an IDE disk checked the SATA drives within windows.. both were fine.
I reluctently backed up all of my data and went to do a fresh install of XP (I like to spring clean on a fairly regular basis).
I went to the setup and when it asked for a installation destination it wouldn't let me install on the HD as it could see a 8MB 'disk' first. In otherwords, it was as if I wanted to install the OS on my D:
I know that windows creates a 8MB partition during the setup, but it is normally at the end of the disk.
I booted back into windows (via the IDE disk) to remove the partition but XP wouldn't see it.
I resorted to a low level format of the disk via the SATA utility. It was the only way i coul dthink of getting rid of it.
But it is still there:
8MB Disk on disk [MBR]
C: Partition1 [unknown] 8MB (7MB free)
114471 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on si3112r [MBR]
Unpartitioned space 114471 MB
C: Partition1 [unknown] 8MB (7MB free)
114471 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on si3112r [MBR]
Unpartitioned space 114471 MB
There is no other disk attached to my computer.
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