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Computer changed HD letter and will not Boot
Hey All,
First of all, thank you for taking the time to read my nerve-racking conundrum, Im at witts end.
I was on my computer when I noticed that the file icons were not what I had picked. This was my first inclination that something was amiss. I opened a program I have used for years, File Type Manager, to fix it. Thats when things started getting screwey. Noton's "Sonar" didnt like the program and deleted it. Then I made the mistake of re-booting it, thinking I could just restore it from a previous point if it was too messed up.
Well, from then on I get the computer's splash screen and it goes strait to a black screen with a cursur in the upper left corner that does a whole bunch of nothing.
When I booted it off the Restore disk I see that it had my boot hard drive (I have only one) listed as D: instead of C:. Using the command prompt I was able to see that my hard drive appears to have all my data there, just under the wrong drive letter. The "C:" drive has nothing on it and is labeled as being SYSTEM RESERVED.
Now, I looked at it's BIOS and I cant assign a drive letter from there. I have tried to restore my computer from an earlier point from System Recovery Options. No change. It still looks at my Hard Drive as D:. It will not boot off the Hard Drive at all, so I cant even go into safe mode. I have seen similar problems to this elsewhere on the net, but have found no answers that would be applicable to my situation. I am dumbfounded and would appreciate any help or advice anybody is willing to give. I am about to loose it give my 'puter a terribly violent reprograming.
Thanks Alot,
Geneo713