Bobc11 Posted June 15, 2011 ID:441109 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I have the Serial ATA (SATA) HD and I can read and write to it but, no matter what, it will NOT load to windows XP/2000 NT Or any other version of windows. I can see the windows 2000 setup, but after the first steps after the first restart, it just says "Error Loading Operating System" and when the XP setup would load, after the initial "Dos" if you may, procedure, it loads to a black screen with only a flashing "_" Icon. This is a HP Pavilion a1030n. One more thing, It wont load Ubuntu Linux, and it will load puppy Linux in which i can view the hd's contents. What do I do and is this a HD Failure? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThexDarksider Posted June 15, 2011 ID:441224 Share Posted June 15, 2011 If Windows won't load, it might be a SATA driver issue.If Ubuntu won't load, maybe the MBR is screwed up. Try running grub-install from it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgabbard Posted June 15, 2011 ID:441330 Share Posted June 15, 2011 If Windows won't load, it might be a SATA driver issue.If Ubuntu won't load, maybe the MBR is screwed up. Try running grub-install from it.Also check your bios to see how your sata ports are configured. Older operating systems require backwards compatible settings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobc11 Posted June 15, 2011 Author ID:441348 Share Posted June 15, 2011 If Windows won't load, it might be a SATA driver issue. If Ubuntu won't load, maybe the MBR is screwed up. Try running grub-install from it.1. I am trying a Re-install2. It after it starts loading it just flashes to a black screen.Is there any way to run chkdsk from puppy linux? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobc11 Posted June 15, 2011 Author ID:441352 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Also it passes all SMART tests! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted June 15, 2011 Root Admin ID:441399 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Please stop choosing POLL when posting. This has nothing to do with a poll and is simply a question so post as a question please.thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobc11 Posted June 15, 2011 Author ID:441487 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Please stop choosing POLL when posting. This has nothing to do with a poll and is simply a question so post as a question please.thank youSorry. In the future I will refrain from doing that in the future._____________________________________________________________________For the HD problem: I got windows XP to boot after running chkdsk, and formatting the HD fat32. So we will see how long this will last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted June 16, 2011 Root Admin ID:441655 Share Posted June 16, 2011 If the hard drive is over 512MB then it is recommended that you use NTFS. So basically now days any drive you have should be using NTFS if it's for use on Windows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim666 Posted June 16, 2011 ID:441688 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Just a suggestion - have you checked that one of your memory sticks aren't faulty ?A problem may only manifest itself when that part of memory gets used so 'simple' things work but more 'complex' things fail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThexDarksider Posted June 16, 2011 ID:441695 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Just a suggestion - have you checked that one of your memory sticks aren't faulty ?A problem may only manifest itself when that part of memory gets used so 'simple' things work but more 'complex' things fail.For memory testing: http://www.memtest.org/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobc11 Posted June 18, 2011 Author ID:442720 Share Posted June 18, 2011 If the hard drive is over 512MB then it is recommended that you use NTFS. So basically now days any drive you have should be using NTFS if it's for use on Windows.The system crashes when you try to convert it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThexDarksider Posted June 18, 2011 ID:442788 Share Posted June 18, 2011 http://gparted.sourceforge.net/Re-create the partition table and partition the drive from scratch. If you need a guide, I'll be more than happy to create one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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