Help cannot boot computer.

[DocBrown]

Do you have any spare or extra hard drives ?

 

[CoreyLowe]

Yes, My D drive which is just a second hard drive. It has like 40 gigs of space left on it compared to my C: which only has 20 left.

 

[DocBrown]

What install CDs or DVDs of Windows ( what versions) might you have on hand?

 

[CoreyLowe]

are you thinking what im thinking? Dual boot?

Edit~~ No, My vista installation is in yukon about 50 miles from where i am. and its to late to go out there.

 

[SquonkSC]

Now lets not panic here.

There is absolutely no reason to wipe the disk.

He just needs to get his hands on a install DVD, and run a repair.

Why on earth should he reset his CMOS?
This crack runs after post, just before the OS boot is loaded.

When he repairs windows, the mbr will be refreshed and the crack will be gone.

Another thing he can do is to make a bootable cd with a partitioner,
shrink the os partition, create a new one, and install a fresh copy of windows on to that.

At least he will be able to access the files that are on the "old" install.

After he copied everything over, we can help him get rid of the old install.

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A question for the OP.

I asked the exact message you get when you try to boot.

Could you please tell us what it states? exactly?

 

[CoreyLowe]

The message scrolls up to the point where i cant see it. if i try to push arrows to go up it dissapears to a command line. Which is running through that thing. It says from what i saw Unrecognizeable partition table in drive 81, Please get a micrsoft Fdisk tool and repair it.

 

[DocBrown]

Squonksc,

Good points, I have never had any dealings with this crack before, so I was going real slow in approaching it.

 

[CoreyLowe]

its time to put the battery in what should i do when i hook it all back up?

 

[zigzag3143]

its time to put the battery in what should i do when i hook it all back up?

Put the cmos battery in, vlose the case back up, plug it in, and try to boot. If you have a dvd to boot to try it. if not boot into safe mode (F8).

let us know what happens

 

[CoreyLowe]

ok brb
Edit~~ Problem still persists It gave me a screen with a whole bunch of info on it and said it will start in safe mode, Esc to go to menu or f1 to continue. Pressed f1 and it gave me the same problem. Now i cant get the same screen again. =( I have 4.7gb dvd's i can use to download a boot disc if i can get a link.

 

[SquonkSC]

its time to put the battery in what should i do when i hook it all back up?

Man, I know you were told to do this, but this screw things up even further.

Now we have to help you getting your bios in order, because now everything is on default.

Especially since in most bios's, by default acpi is off, pnp OS is set no,
smartfan is off, etc.

We need to know what mainboard you have. Brand and model.
It's written somewhere in the middle of the board.

 

[CoreyLowe]

.. Let me go open the case up again...

 

[DocBrown]

He said he has an Acer t180

Acer Aspire T180 - At A Glance - Reviews by PC Magazine

 

[SquonkSC]

He said he has an Acer t180

Acer Aspire T180 - At A Glance - Reviews by PC Magazine

hmm, probably an ECS board. I know that board, and hate it.

Worst unstable sh*t ever produced.


I think I have the manual somewhere. brb

 

[CoreyLowe]

This is what i saw.
HT2000
Mcp61sm-am Rev:01.oa
15-vo1-011011

 

[CoreyLowe]

I know how or at least have a good idea on how to get to the spot to change those settings.. I just need to know what to change and what not to.

 

[SquonkSC]

I know how or at least have a good idea on how to get to the spot to change those settings.. I just need to know what to change and what not to.

Well, I had the manual in PDF, but apparently I must have thrown it away.

Important settings

You need to set the right time and date

acpi needs to be enabled

pnp OS? needs to be set to yes.

USB legacy, better set it to yes

That should do it for now.

 

[CoreyLowe]

okay ill be right back, let me know what to do after that

 

[CoreyLowe]

Where do i turn acpi on and where do i find pnp OS and where is USB legacy??

 

[SquonkSC]

okay ill be right back, let me know what to do after that

Well, the next part is the hard part.

You need a Windows install DVD.

Can't do anything without it.