Windows crashes at startup while loading ntfs.sys

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My brother recently had the foolish idea of installing linux on my computer
on a seperate hard drive. It looks like it has rewritten the MBR (which
contained Norton GoBack (I think)). Each time I try to start my system, I get
a "Start windows in safe mode" vs "Start windows normally" screen. "Start
windows normally" gives me the windows logo for about a second, then I get a
flash of blue and it reboots. I tried "Start windows with terminal Support"
(I think that's what it was). Everything runs fine, and then when it tries to
load ntfs.sys, it hangs for a second then crashes/reboots. I've started from
a random LiveCD I had kicking around, all the contents of the Windows hard
drive are still there. It originally had Windows Me installed on it. Then
when we upgraded a couple of years ago to XP, we bought an upgrade CD instead
of a full CD. And either we never got that CD back from FutureShop, or we've
misplaced it. What can I do to fix my system so that I can finish writing my
essay for school? (without reinstalling anything).

Cheers,
Ryan
 
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Gerry Cornell

Ryan

Please post a complete copy of the Stop Error Report.

Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by
allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Keep pressing the
F8 key during StartUp and select option - Disable automatic restart on
system failure.

Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure until you have
resolved the problem. Check for variants of the Stop Error message.

What is the make and model of yourcomputer. What CD system disks do
you
have for your computer?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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Gerry Cornell said:
Ryan

Please post a complete copy of the Stop Error Report.
Click to expand...

A problem has been detected on your computer and Windows has been shut down
to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your
computer. If this screen appears again, follow theses steps:

Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives
or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly
configured and terminated.
Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your
computer.

Technical Information:
*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF8FC7528, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by
allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Keep pressing the
F8 key during StartUp and select option - Disable automatic restart on
system failure.

Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure until you have
resolved the problem. Check for variants of the Stop Error message.

What is the make and model of yourcomputer. What CD system disks do
you
have for your computer?
Click to expand...

Make of my computer: MDG (A company that makes cheap crappy computers in
Canada)
Model: Unknown.
On the back there's a sticker: P4, PIV1.3GHz, 128MB ram, 40GB hard drive.
CDRW, DVD.
I then added 512mb ram, 80GB HD.

System disks: Recovery CD-ROM Win. ME, Recovery CD-ROM Win XP (which I'm
unsure on it's legality), some sound card drivers.
I also have access to: Knoppix, GParted, Kubuntu (and a whole slew of his
liveCDs).


What I tried: Removing the first hard drive. I was then prompted to insert a
floppy with an OS.
Reinsert the first hard drive and remove the second hard drive. I was then
faced with a "Grub error 21". It appears to be caused because (according to
the manual):
"
Selected disk does not exist
This error is returned if the device part of a device- or full file name
refers to a disk or BIOS device that is not present or not recognized by
the BIOS in the system.
"
I will look around and look for a Grub boot disk to over-ride the installed
one until I get this fixed.

According to my brother, what he did was take my second windows hard drive
(which was empty, and only 2-3 months old, 80GB), delete the
partitions/format it, made a new 38GB ntfs partition at the beginning of the
drive, then he created a primary ext3 partition (~40GB), followed by a ~2GB
swap partition.

Then I thought that it might be because of the new ntfs partition at the
beginning of the 80GB, so I fired up his gparted disk and deleted it. Still
the same error.

I'll try looking threw the 20 or so boxes in my storage room for the Windows
XP upgrade CD...
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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Click to expand...

Hope that's enough information to help track down the problem,
Cheers,
Ryan
 
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Gerry Cornell

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Guest

Gerry Cornell said:
RAK

General advice
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

Specific advice on Stop Error 0x0000007B
Thanks

Is the primary hard drive recognised in the BIOS? Yes

Download drive manufacturers test utility?
Click to expand...
For which drive? 80GB (new-ish) or 40GB (original)
Do you have details of the motherboard make and model and BIOS
details?
Click to expand...
BIOS version GB85010A.86A.0048.P07
Motherboard, I believe it's an intel desktop board or something of the sort,
I'll try to find out.
When was this computer new? Year?
It was new in 2001, iirc.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Click to expand...

SGD (Super Grub Disk) boots it, but same error.
Should I do anything using the Windows XP upgrade CD?

Cheers,
Ryan
 

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