GHOST
03-18-2003, 06:22 AM
HELLO FREE DC,
I HAVE BEEN FOLDING HERE OR AT FOLD@HOME SINCE I GOT MY FIRST COMPUTER A YEAR AGO. MY RANK WAS STAGNANT OR SLIPPING SO I DECIDED TO ADD A MACHINE. I HAVE BEEN READING YOUR FORUM THE LAST MONTH.
MY FIRST BOX IS A DELL P4 1.6. I PUT TOGETHER AN ASUS A7N8X W/ XP 2500+ AND A MAXTOR PLUS 9. TO GET NEW MACHINE RUNNING I USED OEM WINDOWS XP FROM DELL MACHINE. WORKED OK UNTIL I DOWNLOADED A DRIVER PACK FOR NFORCE II FROM NVIDIA. CRASH. I CAN NOT BOOT FROM ANYTHING ON NEW MACHINE. POWER ON SELF TEST GOES OK BUT WHEN IT TRIES TO BOOT I GET 'NTLDR IS MISSING'
I TRIED REFORMATTING HD BUT COULD NOT DO IT FROM THIS MACHINE. I PUT HD IN DELL AND REFORMATTED. PUT IT BACK IN NEW BOX BUT STILL GET NTLDR IS MISSING. I PUT NTLDR ,NTDETECT, AND BOOT.INI.BACKUP ON A FLOPPY AND ON A CD, PER A FORUM AT ANOTHER SITE, TRIED TO START WITH THOSE -NOTHING.
I HAVE RESET CMOS, PLAYED WITH BOOT ORDER OF DRIVES,... CAN SOMEONE HELP ME GET THIS SYSTEM RUNNING? THANK YOU
I HAVE BEEN FOLDING HERE OR AT FOLD@HOME SINCE I GOT MY FIRST COMPUTER A YEAR AGO. MY RANK WAS STAGNANT OR SLIPPING SO I DECIDED TO ADD A MACHINE. I HAVE BEEN READING YOUR FORUM THE LAST MONTH.
MY FIRST BOX IS A DELL P4 1.6. I PUT TOGETHER AN ASUS A7N8X W/ XP 2500+ AND A MAXTOR PLUS 9. TO GET NEW MACHINE RUNNING I USED OEM WINDOWS XP FROM DELL MACHINE. WORKED OK UNTIL I DOWNLOADED A DRIVER PACK FOR NFORCE II FROM NVIDIA. CRASH. I CAN NOT BOOT FROM ANYTHING ON NEW MACHINE. POWER ON SELF TEST GOES OK BUT WHEN IT TRIES TO BOOT I GET 'NTLDR IS MISSING'
I TRIED REFORMATTING HD BUT COULD NOT DO IT FROM THIS MACHINE. I PUT HD IN DELL AND REFORMATTED. PUT IT BACK IN NEW BOX BUT STILL GET NTLDR IS MISSING. I PUT NTLDR ,NTDETECT, AND BOOT.INI.BACKUP ON A FLOPPY AND ON A CD, PER A FORUM AT ANOTHER SITE, TRIED TO START WITH THOSE -NOTHING.
I HAVE RESET CMOS, PLAYED WITH BOOT ORDER OF DRIVES,... CAN SOMEONE HELP ME GET THIS SYSTEM RUNNING? THANK YOU