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John Davis
Guest
Hello:
First, the batery indicator light and the two adjacent lights (one for
power, the other, the processor) were flashing on and off.
Then, my computer cut off while I was using it. The screen didn't go black;
rather, I heard a whistle noise of sorts, whereupon a blue screen came up (a
screen that looked something like the screen you see when you start Windows
in safe mode, but not exactly that screen). I think I just shut down at that
point by holding the power button down. Next, I tried to turn the computer
on without its being plugged in. Absolutely no power from the battery. So I
removed the battery. Then I started it again, plugged in of course. This
time it worked for a while. I put it in hibernate mode, which I frequently
do. Yet, the next time I started it, I got a black screen with a message
like "HDD error."
Now, still unable to get Windows, I'm getting the following message: "No
bootable devices, strike F1 to retry boot. When I do this, it says "No boot
sector on internal hard drive."
Obviously, I'd like to know what I can do in order to reslove this problem.
At a minimum, I'd like to be able to transfer the files in the MyPictures
and the MyDocuments folders to another device.
I'll quote some tips I got from an article by Bill Husted. I do have the
Windows installation CD. Do you think his tips would work for me?
"Here's what happened: I was happily killing hydras as I played my favorite
computer game. Next thing you know, I was staring at the dreaded blue screen
of death — a suitable name for any video game disaster. But this was no
game. It was a warning from Windows of a dangerous error that brought my PC
to a dead stop.
At first I didn't worry. Stuff happens, even stuff this drastic. Even the
text of the error message notes that by saying to just restart the PC if the
error isn't one that is frequently encountered. It wasn't a frequent
problem, so I did restart. Or tried to. The blue screen of death greeted me
again.
Now, here's what you should do if that happens to you. In most cases, it'll
fix the problem:
Use the Windows installation CD to restart the computer. You'll eventually
get to a screen that offers the opportunity to press the "r" key to get to
the Windows Recovery console. Once there, you can type this command:
chkdsk/p
I've used this technique before with great success. Errors on the hard disk
are located and fixed and you're up and running again.
Not this time.
The new error message, paraphrased, was that I had one or more unrecoverable
errors on my hard disk. I had an unmountable boot disk. That sounds like a
medical condition, but it just means Windows can't use the hard disk to
start the machine."
Thank you for your assistance.
John
First, the batery indicator light and the two adjacent lights (one for
power, the other, the processor) were flashing on and off.
Then, my computer cut off while I was using it. The screen didn't go black;
rather, I heard a whistle noise of sorts, whereupon a blue screen came up (a
screen that looked something like the screen you see when you start Windows
in safe mode, but not exactly that screen). I think I just shut down at that
point by holding the power button down. Next, I tried to turn the computer
on without its being plugged in. Absolutely no power from the battery. So I
removed the battery. Then I started it again, plugged in of course. This
time it worked for a while. I put it in hibernate mode, which I frequently
do. Yet, the next time I started it, I got a black screen with a message
like "HDD error."
Now, still unable to get Windows, I'm getting the following message: "No
bootable devices, strike F1 to retry boot. When I do this, it says "No boot
sector on internal hard drive."
Obviously, I'd like to know what I can do in order to reslove this problem.
At a minimum, I'd like to be able to transfer the files in the MyPictures
and the MyDocuments folders to another device.
I'll quote some tips I got from an article by Bill Husted. I do have the
Windows installation CD. Do you think his tips would work for me?
"Here's what happened: I was happily killing hydras as I played my favorite
computer game. Next thing you know, I was staring at the dreaded blue screen
of death — a suitable name for any video game disaster. But this was no
game. It was a warning from Windows of a dangerous error that brought my PC
to a dead stop.
At first I didn't worry. Stuff happens, even stuff this drastic. Even the
text of the error message notes that by saying to just restart the PC if the
error isn't one that is frequently encountered. It wasn't a frequent
problem, so I did restart. Or tried to. The blue screen of death greeted me
again.
Now, here's what you should do if that happens to you. In most cases, it'll
fix the problem:
Use the Windows installation CD to restart the computer. You'll eventually
get to a screen that offers the opportunity to press the "r" key to get to
the Windows Recovery console. Once there, you can type this command:
chkdsk/p
I've used this technique before with great success. Errors on the hard disk
are located and fixed and you're up and running again.
Not this time.
The new error message, paraphrased, was that I had one or more unrecoverable
errors on my hard disk. I had an unmountable boot disk. That sounds like a
medical condition, but it just means Windows can't use the hard disk to
start the machine."
Thank you for your assistance.
John