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Geek Culture / Disk boot failure?

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UnderLord
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Posted: 27th Feb 2008 18:37
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On my desktop today when I tried to boot up my computer i got a "Disk boot failure" message since i mis-placed my XP CD i just said "damn" and cut power to the computer and re-booted, the computer booted up normally...How can i stop this from happening again? Anyway to ensure that my boot disk is in fact not corrupt or going corrupt?

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hessiess
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Posted: 27th Feb 2008 19:15
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backup just in case , how old is it?

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UnderLord
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Posted: 27th Feb 2008 19:25
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About 1-2 years old, its taken a little abuse but not much, i guess before i shut her down tonight i'll have to do that, probably run FIXMBR and FIXBOOT just incase,think that will help too? In recovery console...

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Grandma
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Posted: 27th Feb 2008 19:42 Edited at: 27th Feb 2008 19:42
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Haha you're lucky if you only get that once in a while. I need to reboot my coputer 3 to 5 times each morning before it passes the bios stage (no error, just nothing), and even then it sometimes chokes on the windows loading screen.

But yes, i will suggest taking backup too. I burned 9 DVD's today with backups. Didn't quite trust the new attitude of my computer for some reason.

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Keo C
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Posted: 27th Feb 2008 21:49
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Odd, I was backuping up today too.


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UnderLord
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Posted: 28th Feb 2008 03:29
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Oh thats why, must have been you backing up your drive, mine went hay wire

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