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OK, I have made my XP SP2 machine very angry.
Upon recently shutting down, I encountered a BSOD. Needing to leave
swiftly, I did not have time to wait for the entire "Dumping
memory...." so I went to the box and held the power button until the
machine shut down.
Bad idea.
Now, as soon as I turn it on, the motherboard is beeping at me (sounds
almost like a tune from an old video game) and a red failure light is
visible on the MB. It tries to detect the drives and then I get a
"BOOT DISK FAILURE." It allows me to boot from CD, so I put in my XP
installation CD and it starts loading all the drivers. When it gets
to the part about starting Windows, I get another BSOD - error
0000007f.
So, what do I need to do to repair the messed up boot sector on my
HD? Is there a boot utility somewhere I can download and have it boot
from?
Upon recently shutting down, I encountered a BSOD. Needing to leave
swiftly, I did not have time to wait for the entire "Dumping
memory...." so I went to the box and held the power button until the
machine shut down.
Bad idea.
Now, as soon as I turn it on, the motherboard is beeping at me (sounds
almost like a tune from an old video game) and a red failure light is
visible on the MB. It tries to detect the drives and then I get a
"BOOT DISK FAILURE." It allows me to boot from CD, so I put in my XP
installation CD and it starts loading all the drivers. When it gets
to the part about starting Windows, I get another BSOD - error
0000007f.
So, what do I need to do to repair the messed up boot sector on my
HD? Is there a boot utility somewhere I can download and have it boot
from?