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Master Boot Record???/
HP Pavillion Ze4560US laptop 40 gig hd If the machine is totally powered off it only boots to a black screen and operating system not found. If I reboot and go to CMOS settings, everything is recognized. System shows boot from CD and then Hard Drive. If I save and exit from the CMOS setting the machine will boot normally into windows. This only happens from a complete power off. Once it is up and running if I do a shutdown and restart it will start just fine. My system clock is keeping perfect time so I don't suspect the CMOS battery. I wanted to use the recovery console to fix the MBR but I cannot get it loaded from the XP Cd since I have Service Pak 2 installed. Anyone have any ideas> Could it be the Hard Drive on the way out?
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"Mel" <maxelrodnospam@cox.net> wrote in message just for the heck of itnews:tl2v21p4q84s941uphfk1173337csllj1m@4ax.com... > Hardware > HP Pavillion Ze4560US laptop > 40 gig hd > > If the machine is totally powered off it only boots to a black screen > and operating system not found. > > If I reboot and go to CMOS settings, everything is recognized. System > shows boot from CD and then Hard Drive. If I save and exit from the > CMOS setting the machine will boot normally into windows. > > This only happens from a complete power off. Once it is up and running > if I do a shutdown and restart it will start just fine. > > My system clock is keeping perfect time so I don't suspect the CMOS > battery. > > I wanted to use the recovery console to fix the MBR but I cannot get > it loaded from the XP Cd since I have Service Pak 2 installed. > > Anyone have any ideas> set the bios to boot first from harddrive
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On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:36:02 -0600, "philo" <ph***@privacy.net> wrote: Well I thought I would give it a try so I powered off completely and> >"Mel" <maxelrodnospam@cox.net> wrote in message >news:tl2v21p4q84s941uphfk1173337csllj1m@4ax.com... >> Hardware >> HP Pavillion Ze4560US laptop >> 40 gig hd >> >> If the machine is totally powered off it only boots to a black screen >> and operating system not found. >> >> If I reboot and go to CMOS settings, everything is recognized. System >> shows boot from CD and then Hard Drive. If I save and exit from the >> CMOS setting the machine will boot normally into windows. >> >> This only happens from a complete power off. Once it is up and running >> if I do a shutdown and restart it will start just fine. >> >> My system clock is keeping perfect time so I don't suspect the CMOS >> battery. >> >> I wanted to use the recovery console to fix the MBR but I cannot get >> it loaded from the XP Cd since I have Service Pak 2 installed. >> >> Anyone have any ideas> > >just for the heck of it >set the bios to boot first from harddrive figured that afer I get the No Operating system found error I would then go to the BIOS setting, but for what ever reason it booted up fine after a completre shutdown. Tested it 5 times. The Cmos still has CD Rom first and hard drive second. I hate unexplained things but then I always feel that it can happen again at any time. Show quoteHide quote >
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"Mel" <maxelrodnospam@cox.net> wrote in message You're right - it could re-occur and next time it might not boot up! I news:61av211tqqso35b3vv9i0udgkk007057r6@4ax.com... > On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:36:02 -0600, "philo" <ph***@privacy.net> wrote: > >> >>"Mel" <maxelrodnospam@cox.net> wrote in message >>news:tl2v21p4q84s941uphfk1173337csllj1m@4ax.com... >>> Hardware >>> HP Pavillion Ze4560US laptop >>> 40 gig hd >>> >>> If the machine is totally powered off it only boots to a black screen >>> and operating system not found. >>> >>> If I reboot and go to CMOS settings, everything is recognized. System >>> shows boot from CD and then Hard Drive. If I save and exit from the >>> CMOS setting the machine will boot normally into windows. >>> >>> This only happens from a complete power off. Once it is up and running >>> if I do a shutdown and restart it will start just fine. >>> >>> My system clock is keeping perfect time so I don't suspect the CMOS >>> battery. >>> >>> I wanted to use the recovery console to fix the MBR but I cannot get >>> it loaded from the XP Cd since I have Service Pak 2 installed. >>> >>> Anyone have any ideas> >> >>just for the heck of it >>set the bios to boot first from harddrive > > Well I thought I would give it a try so I powered off completely and > figured that afer I get the No Operating system found error I would > then go to the BIOS setting, but for what ever reason it booted up > fine after a completre shutdown. Tested it 5 times. The Cmos still has > CD Rom first and hard drive second. > > I hate unexplained things but then I always feel that it can happen > again at any time. strongly suggest that if you haven't already done so, you back up all your valuable data to removable media and run the utility provided by the HDD manufacturer to test the drive. If you have a S.M.A.R.T. option in the BIOS, make sure its enabled. If its not to much effort for you or you have a restore CD, you may even want to "zero fill" the drive with the manufacturers utility (which will wipe it completely clean back to a state similar to when it was new) and reinstall everything on the machine from scratch. FWIW I've used recovery console to do an MBR repair and I think the machine had SP2 on it - what error did you get when you tried and have you searched for this at the Microsoft Support Knowledgebase? Paul On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:44:30 -0000, "Paul Murphy"
<p_murphynothanks@tospamhotmail.com> wrote: Show quoteHide quote >"Mel" <maxelrodnospam@cox.net> wrote in message The eror said that my copy of windows was newer that the copy on the>news:61av211tqqso35b3vv9i0udgkk007057r6@4ax.com... >> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:36:02 -0600, "philo" <ph***@privacy.net> wrote: >> >>> >>>"Mel" <maxelrodnospam@cox.net> wrote in message >>>news:tl2v21p4q84s941uphfk1173337csllj1m@4ax.com... >>>> Hardware >>>> HP Pavillion Ze4560US laptop >>>> 40 gig hd >>>> >>>> If the machine is totally powered off it only boots to a black screen >>>> and operating system not found. >>>> >>>> If I reboot and go to CMOS settings, everything is recognized. System >>>> shows boot from CD and then Hard Drive. If I save and exit from the >>>> CMOS setting the machine will boot normally into windows. >>>> >>>> This only happens from a complete power off. Once it is up and running >>>> if I do a shutdown and restart it will start just fine. >>>> >>>> My system clock is keeping perfect time so I don't suspect the CMOS >>>> battery. >FWIW I've used recovery console to do an MBR repair and I think the machine >had SP2 on it - what error did you get when you tried and have you searched >for this at the Microsoft Support Knowledgebase? > >Paul > cd. I suspect it was because of the service pak.
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"Mel" <maxelrodnospam@cox.net> wrote in message At this page in the Microsoft Knowledge base it shows how to make an NTFS or news:6bl131t89p76s65b1evlhvs4djodo3l8di@4ax.com... > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:44:30 -0000, "Paul Murphy" > <p_murphynothanks@tospamhotmail.com> wrote: > >>"Mel" <maxelrodnospam@cox.net> wrote in message >>news:61av211tqqso35b3vv9i0udgkk007057r6@4ax.com... >>> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:36:02 -0600, "philo" <ph***@privacy.net> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>"Mel" <maxelrodnospam@cox.net> wrote in message >>>>news:tl2v21p4q84s941uphfk1173337csllj1m@4ax.com... >>>>> Hardware >>>>> HP Pavillion Ze4560US laptop >>>>> 40 gig hd >>>>> >>>>> If the machine is totally powered off it only boots to a black screen >>>>> and operating system not found. >>>>> >>>>> If I reboot and go to CMOS settings, everything is recognized. System >>>>> shows boot from CD and then Hard Drive. If I save and exit from the >>>>> CMOS setting the machine will boot normally into windows. >>>>> >>>>> This only happens from a complete power off. Once it is up and running >>>>> if I do a shutdown and restart it will start just fine. >>>>> >>>>> My system clock is keeping perfect time so I don't suspect the CMOS >>>>> battery. >>FWIW I've used recovery console to do an MBR repair and I think the >>machine >>had SP2 on it - what error did you get when you tried and have you >>searched >>for this at the Microsoft Support Knowledgebase? >> >>Paul >> > > The eror said that my copy of windows was newer that the copy on the > cd. I suspect it was because of the service pak. FAT boot disk for XP using another machine with the correct version installed: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305595 Paul Mel wrote:
Show quoteHide quote > Hardware How about a HD not getting up to speed upon first being turned on? > HP Pavillion Ze4560US laptop > 40 gig hd > > If the machine is totally powered off it only boots to a black screen > and operating system not found. > > If I reboot and go to CMOS settings, everything is recognized. System > shows boot from CD and then Hard Drive. If I save and exit from the > CMOS setting the machine will boot normally into windows. > > This only happens from a complete power off. Once it is up and running > if I do a shutdown and restart it will start just fine. > > My system clock is keeping perfect time so I don't suspect the CMOS > battery. > > I wanted to use the recovery console to fix the MBR but I cannot get > it loaded from the XP Cd since I have Service Pak 2 installed. > > Anyone have any ideas> > > Could it be the Hard Drive on the way out? This might be confirmed by extending your POST time via removing fast boot or enabling the full test of RAM. This could be the first signs of a failing HD. 
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