Boot - Ntsf.sys File Messed Up
Dec 25, 2004
I just built a new PC for my dad and was installing XP home and it was partially done copying the files to the hard drive, then it got an error saying the ntsf.sys file was messed up and it shut down windows to prevent damage to the system. Then I rebooted thinking it would want to reinstall an OS, but it just loads to the first screen where it displays your video card type and it says
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
floppy not found!
Checking for CD_ROM...
CD-ROM found.
Reading file "P4P800SE.ROM".
Start Erase...
Start Program...
Flash Failed!
I couldn't get to the CMOS settings during the power on, so I manually reset them by taking out the on-board battery and switching the jumper on the mobo to reset them then replacing the jumper to its normal spot and put the battery back. After doing this, when i boot up it still says Bad BIOS checksum. And i have no idea what to do. I'm guessing part of the problem is that windows is partially installed.
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Jul 3, 2009
I'm running a home built PC with multiple hard drives. Award bios. I'm not sure if what I want to do is possible but here goes: I installed Win XP SP2 on my spiffy new hard drive, installed all updates and drivers, as well as virus software and what not. I then imaged this drive using XML. Point being if anything goes bad or buggy I can just restore the image. I also want to be able to use this image as source for a dual boot machine, giving me an OS that I mess up without harming my main install. I have currently restored the image to another hard drive, but cannot get it to run. I've messed with the boot.ini's, and only get errors. What am I missing here? Are there other steps I need to take to get this to work, or am stuck reinstalling windows for dual boot to take effect.
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I have a HP Pavilion a250Y running a Pentium 4 with WinXP Home.
The "installed" 80GB HD has had it's boot sector scrambled and will no longer boot up. I installed a second 20GB HD from a previous HP computer that I now have up and running with Win XP Home. I want to reformat the 80GB HD and would like to temporarily store data from this drive onto the 20GB HD. The main concern I have is that the larger drive is formated in NTSF and the smaller in FAT32.
Questions:
#1 Can I store the NTSF data on the FAT32 drive just to keep it protected with only the intent to transfer it back to the 80GB HD after reformating?
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