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I have had this same problem while running Windows XP Home
Edition using 3 separate hard drives. After a couple of
months of running smoothly I start getting DLL errors
(mshtml.dll, dxtrans.dll, msinm.dll, etc.). Within a
relatively short time my system reboots itself and fails
to load Windows. I have the hard drive partitioned as a
using the NTFS method. (if that's the correct
terminology).
When I use my Windows XP CD-ROM to try to reboot, the
Windows logo flashes on the screen for a split second and
then I get a black screen that says something
like "multipart(0)harddisk(0)something(0)orother(0)
C:\Windows\System32\system.com". There are probably 30
lines of this with different filenames at the end of each
line.
This screen flashes for a split second and then the
computer reboots. I can't get the silly thing to boot at
all.
My guess is that (a) the master boot record is corrupt or
erased or (b) there is some type of partition error so the
drive can't find the files it needs to load and run
Windows.
I have three questions regarding this:
(1) Is there anyway to get to the point where I can boot
to Windows so I can run Recovery (or FIXMBR or FIXBOOT;
(2) If #1 doesn't work, is there a way to correct a
partition error without having to format the hard drive
and lose all my data?; and
(3) Could the IDE controller be causing this problem? I
mean, it's happened 3 separate times and I don't have this
problem with my other computers that are running XP.
Any help/comments/suggestions will be greatly
appreciated. You can email replies to me at cliffpeavy@
{removethis}yahoo.com.
Edition using 3 separate hard drives. After a couple of
months of running smoothly I start getting DLL errors
(mshtml.dll, dxtrans.dll, msinm.dll, etc.). Within a
relatively short time my system reboots itself and fails
to load Windows. I have the hard drive partitioned as a
using the NTFS method. (if that's the correct
terminology).
When I use my Windows XP CD-ROM to try to reboot, the
Windows logo flashes on the screen for a split second and
then I get a black screen that says something
like "multipart(0)harddisk(0)something(0)orother(0)
C:\Windows\System32\system.com". There are probably 30
lines of this with different filenames at the end of each
line.
This screen flashes for a split second and then the
computer reboots. I can't get the silly thing to boot at
all.
My guess is that (a) the master boot record is corrupt or
erased or (b) there is some type of partition error so the
drive can't find the files it needs to load and run
Windows.
I have three questions regarding this:
(1) Is there anyway to get to the point where I can boot
to Windows so I can run Recovery (or FIXMBR or FIXBOOT;
(2) If #1 doesn't work, is there a way to correct a
partition error without having to format the hard drive
and lose all my data?; and
(3) Could the IDE controller be causing this problem? I
mean, it's happened 3 separate times and I don't have this
problem with my other computers that are running XP.
Any help/comments/suggestions will be greatly
appreciated. You can email replies to me at cliffpeavy@
{removethis}yahoo.com.