Help me please!! PC won't boot
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Jay
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 2:26 am    Post subject: Help me please!! PC won't boot Reply with quote
Hi.
I accidentally switched off my sons pc from the switch rather than the
shutdown process. Now when I try and reboot it won't.
It says it can't find boot records. It's OS is XP. It's a Packard Bell (very
trusted up until now)
I am desperate coz he has all his course work on there and everything else
and I'm going to be in the dog house for the rest of my life. Please pity me
and help.
When the pc was switched off I had to unplug everything from it for a little
while but put everything back as it should be.
I have a Win '98 bootdisk but that hit a wall. something about Fat.
The CD rom does work but I don't want to reformat.
What do I do?
Jen
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Pavel A.
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 2:46 am    Post subject: Re: Help me please!! PC won't boot Reply with quote
Rush to your nearest local computer shop, they have the right tools and should help.
And you'll find the price reasonable (much less than being in dog house for the rest of life).
--PA


"Jay" <nope@tospam.com> wrote in message news:uj3wCYT6EHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Quote:
Hi.
I accidentally switched off my sons pc from the switch rather than the
shutdown process. Now when I try and reboot it won't.
It says it can't find boot records. It's OS is XP. It's a Packard Bell (very
trusted up until now)
I am desperate coz he has all his course work on there and everything else
and I'm going to be in the dog house for the rest of my life. Please pity me
and help.
When the pc was switched off I had to unplug everything from it for a little
while but put everything back as it should be.
I have a Win '98 bootdisk but that hit a wall. something about Fat.
The CD rom does work but I don't want to reformat.
What do I do?
Jen

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Jay
Guest
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:06 am    Post subject: Re: Help me please!! PC won't boot Reply with quote
Yeah I think I will. First thing tomorrow.
Thanks.

"Pavel A." <pavel_a@NOwritemeNO.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Rush to your nearest local computer shop, they have the right tools and
should help.
And you'll find the price reasonable (much less than being in dog house
for the rest of life).
--PA


"Jay" <nope@tospam.com> wrote in message
news:uj3wCYT6EHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Hi.
I accidentally switched off my sons pc from the switch rather than the
shutdown process. Now when I try and reboot it won't.
It says it can't find boot records. It's OS is XP. It's a Packard Bell
(very
trusted up until now)
I am desperate coz he has all his course work on there and everything
else
and I'm going to be in the dog house for the rest of my life. Please pity
me
and help.
When the pc was switched off I had to unplug everything from it for a
little
while but put everything back as it should be.
I have a Win '98 bootdisk but that hit a wall. something about Fat.
The CD rom does work but I don't want to reformat.
What do I do?
Jen



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Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/Mo
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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:06 am    Post subject: Re: Help me please!! PC won't boot Reply with quote
One thing you might try is to turn the computer on and let it get to the
"can't find" message.

Leave the computer on for about ten minutes and press the "reset" button
and see if it will boot.... in this cold weather, it may be an issue
of things needing to warm up first.

My suspect would be the bios battery, and would not suggest attacking
this if you are not familar with it... i.e. "drive discovery" etc.

Next... suggest a backup of critical files...

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
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