Dear Hardware Gurus,
This morning I was burning a DVD when the computer started beeping. I checked
temps and fans, and all seemed within reasonable ranges. The system then shut
down and re-booted. Everything "seemed" fine until I received the error message
"NTLDR is missing. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot."
I cannot now get the system to boot from anything but a floppy. I started
inspecting the innards and discovered a SATA cable with a cracked housing which
was loose. I replaced the cable and tried again. No luck. (this SATA drive is
part of the main, bootable SATA RAID that contains the OS and program files)
I have tried to boot from the cdrom (it is enabled in the bios and worked in the
past). I even set all three selections to boot from cdrom and still get the
NTLDR is missing error message. I have checked and reseated the IDE and SATA
data and power cables. No luck.
Before this problem, the system was set up to boot from the ! SATA RAID. It
contains an IDE RAID and two additional IDE drives. I also have an IDE CDRW and
DVD/RW.
I have several bootable cdr/rw disks that have worked fine in the past (bootable
win me disk with Partition Magic and Ghost 2003 and Acronis True Image). I have
used Ghost to back up the SATA RAID. Now, when I boot to a win me floppy with
Ghost, I cannot see the SATA or IDE RAIDs.
Any ideas of where to continue troubleshooting? Ideas or tips on what the
problem might be?
On a side note. If the mobo is toast in some way, what are the chances of being
able to install the SATA and IDE RAIDs on another mobo and have the data
accessible?
Your input, as always, is much appreciated.
Jim Maki
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
temps and fans, and all seemed within reasonable ranges. The system then shut
down and re-booted. Everything "seemed" fine until I received the error message
"NTLDR is missing. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot."
I cannot now get the system to boot from anything but a floppy. I started
inspecting the innards and discovered a SATA cable with a cracked housing which
was loose. I replaced the cable and tried again. No luck. (this SATA drive is
part of the main, bootable SATA RAID that contains the OS and program files)
I have tried to boot from the cdrom (it is enabled in the bios and worked in the
past). I even set all three selections to boot from cdrom and still get the
NTLDR is missing error message. I have checked and reseated the IDE and SATA
data and power cables. No luck.
Before this problem, the system was set up to boot from the ! SATA RAID. It
contains an IDE RAID and two additional IDE drives. I also have an IDE CDRW and
DVD/RW.
I have several bootable cdr/rw disks that have worked fine in the past (bootable
win me disk with Partition Magic and Ghost 2003 and Acronis True Image). I have
used Ghost to back up the SATA RAID. Now, when I boot to a win me floppy with
Ghost, I cannot see the SATA or IDE RAIDs.
Any ideas of where to continue troubleshooting? Ideas or tips on what the
problem might be?
On a side note. If the mobo is toast in some way, what are the chances of being
able to install the SATA and IDE RAIDs on another mobo and have the data
accessible?
Your input, as always, is much appreciated.
Jim Maki
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
