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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Performance and Maintainance / December 2006Lost partition table
Would anyone tell me the most likely cause of a lost partition table? My OS was Vista RC-1 which had been running very well for some time. I did get a blue before the failure but it did not stay up long enough to read anything before the screen went black. The computer will not reboot would this be hardware or software problem. tia reppep Hi reppep, Probably hardware. What makes you think it was the partition table? Were that it, then the system would get past the POST and fail when it attempts to load from the mbr. Have you run a drive diagnostic to see if it was a mechanical failure?  SignatureBest of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org > Would anyone tell me the most likely cause of a lost partition table? My > OS [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > tia > reppep > Hi reppep, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > tia > > reppep Thanks for the reply Rick. Sorry about the bad post I had trouble with the phishing filter. I had to disable it and the reply was lost. I am trying again. I am sorry that the post was not more complete but I don’t do this very often. The machine would post up and the Mobo (Asus p4b 533-v) screen would display after this I would get the message that said “The operating is missing please insert a system disk” I did a lot of looking around and somewhere I got the message that the partition table was missing. I used the diagnostic utilities on the vista boot up disk when you press repair my computer. The hard drive is a Maxor Ultra 16 250 GB 7200 rpm. I have it setting on the shelf now because I don’t trust it. I am using a different hard drive and xp pro. Tia reppep hope it takes this time > > Hi reppep, > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > tia > > > reppep Hi reppep, Sure sounds like a failed drive. Maxtor (Seagate owns them now) has a free diagnostic utility you can download and use to check the state of the drive (http://www.maxtor.com). It could also be that the boot code is missing or is not where the mbr expects it to be, running a startup repair from the Vista DVD should be able to resolve that. SignatureBest of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org > Thanks for the reply Rick. > [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >> > > tia >> > > reppep Many thanks repper > Hi reppep, > [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > >> > > tia > >> > > reppep Thanks for the reply Rick. I am having a lot of trouble posting. Sorry about the bad post I had trouble with the phishing filter. I had to disable it and the reply was lost. I am trying again. I am sorry that the post was not more complete but I don’t do this very often. The machine would post up and the Mobo (Asus p4b 533-v) screen would display after this I would get the message that said “The operating is missing please insert a system disk” I did a lot of looking around and somewhere I got the message that the partition table was missing. I used the diagnostic utilities on the vista boot up disk when you press repair my computer. The hard drive is a Maxor Ultra 16 250 GB 7200 rpm. I have it setting on the shelf now because I don’t trust it. I am using a different hard drive and xp pro. Tia reppep > Would anyone tell me the most likely cause of a lost partition table? My OS > was Vista RC-1 which had been running very well for some time. I did get a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > tia > reppep |
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