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| Thread ID: 53230 | 2005-01-11 05:23:00 | Computer won't start.... sometimes | rover1nz (2175) | PC World Chat |
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| 312939 | 2005-01-11 05:23:00 | Hi there, need a bit of help with a problem . . . . . . Every now and then when i turn on the computer I get an error message saying "Warning the hard disk has been changed . Hard disk boot priority will be affected . Please enter setup to check" when I enter the bios it says I have no hard drive (only cdwriter) When I use the win98 setup disk I get a message saying "Win98 has detected that c drive does not contain a valid FAT or FAT32 Partition" When I type c:/dir i get "volume in drive c is ms-ramdrive" Then a list of 15 files . If i type "FDISK /STATUS" I get "No fixed disk present" Total disk size is 2,048kb Usually 4 . 3Gb The 3 reasons that it gives me for not being able to start are (briefly) . . . . . . . 1 Drive may need to be partitioned 2 3rd party disk partitioning software (I don't have that) 3 A virus I know that it's not option 2 . Can anybody tell me what the problem might be . It only does this approx 1/10 times I turn the computer on . The other 9 times it is perfectly normal . Is this a virus or a warning that my hard drive is packing up? Also . . . If i type "FDISK /STATUS" I get "No fixed disk present" Total disk size is 2,048kb Usually 4 . 3Gb Another problem I have that may be related is when I try to Defrag drive c, it get to 10% and up pops an error message telling me that the contents of c: have changed and it restarts the defrag from the beginning . It does this over and over . I have done all the virus scans, spyware scans etc . Found nothing . No loose cables etc The problem eventually seems to fix itself if I restart often enough, usually 5th or 6th time . Sorry for the long post but i thought i should include as much info as possible . Hope someone can help . . . Thanks |
rover1nz (2175) | ||
| 312940 | 2005-01-11 05:27:00 | Sorry I just realised I put this in the wrong forum. I hate being new lol | rover1nz (2175) | ||
| 312941 | 2005-01-11 06:10:00 | That's OK, Moderators can just move the thread. But since you have remade the thread, I expect this will just be deleted. | george12 (7) | ||
| 312942 | 2005-01-11 07:23:00 | Just for futher reference you can PM the mods and ask for it to be moved. I'm sure they are a considerate bunch of people who don't mind helping out a newbie :thumbs: |
Raikyn (6293) | ||
| 312943 | 2005-01-11 09:27:00 | I won't move this thread now, seeing as there is a duplicate thread in the PressF1 forum, and if I merge it with the other one, it will end up looking rather odd :p Everyone just head over here (forums.pcworld.co.nz) for the right thread. :) |
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