AtomP
19-07-2007, 12:39 PM
I'll start from the beginning (obvious place). My PC had some registry issues, they were causing minor irritation among my family as certain programs wouldn't work. So I formulated a nice simple plan to solve the problems once and for all.
(for the record C:\ is a 130gb partition of a 200gb drive, the rest is another partition, thanks you Service Pack 1 for that)
The plan began with the installing of Windows onto a 40gb HDD (D:\ for reference) I had hooked up to the computer, this left me with two installations, a nice fresh one (D:\) with no problems and one with a broken registry (C:\). I booted up the D:\ installation and moved the files from the broken install (C:\) over to D:\. This worked fine, and I'd even started installing essential programs and drivers onto the D:\ installation.
I then decided to move onto the latter part of my plan, the elimination of files from C:\ to clear up space for the reinstalling of progams. I started to do this through the standard shift-del method, this failed to work as Windows was very reluctant to remove the files, so I continue onto the method of using the Windows format tool, this failed as well. So I decided to move onto the final method of formatting I knew. I stuck in my Windows XP Boot Disk and went into the Recovery Console. When in the Recovery Console I logged into the D:\ Windows installation and used the command: "format c:\". This the proceeded to format C:\, all happy style.
Then when attempting to reboot the computer it refused to do so. It kept coming up with "NTFS not detected, press ctrl-alt-del to restart". I figured maybe it's just trying to read the other HDD. So I followed this up by opening up the case and first changing the jumpers on the HDDs so that the 40gb was master, and then completely disconnecting the other drive. Neither worked. At this point I decided it might be wise to try reinstalling Windows onto C:\. So once i'd closed the case up and hooked it up, i booted up, put the Windows disk in, and poof, the computer shuts itself down after BIOS. I try it without the disk, shuts itself down. This now leads me to believe I have both a hardware problem and a software problem, as well as a hell load of files that i would quit like to keep sitting, unaccessable on D:\.
I've kind of come to the forum as a last resort as I don't like to waste your time with silly little questions that can be googles, I'm completely out of my depth now and have no idea where I can go from here. Anyone's help or suggestions would be appreciated, apart from "format the drive" as that is how this all started. :)
(for the record C:\ is a 130gb partition of a 200gb drive, the rest is another partition, thanks you Service Pack 1 for that)
The plan began with the installing of Windows onto a 40gb HDD (D:\ for reference) I had hooked up to the computer, this left me with two installations, a nice fresh one (D:\) with no problems and one with a broken registry (C:\). I booted up the D:\ installation and moved the files from the broken install (C:\) over to D:\. This worked fine, and I'd even started installing essential programs and drivers onto the D:\ installation.
I then decided to move onto the latter part of my plan, the elimination of files from C:\ to clear up space for the reinstalling of progams. I started to do this through the standard shift-del method, this failed to work as Windows was very reluctant to remove the files, so I continue onto the method of using the Windows format tool, this failed as well. So I decided to move onto the final method of formatting I knew. I stuck in my Windows XP Boot Disk and went into the Recovery Console. When in the Recovery Console I logged into the D:\ Windows installation and used the command: "format c:\". This the proceeded to format C:\, all happy style.
Then when attempting to reboot the computer it refused to do so. It kept coming up with "NTFS not detected, press ctrl-alt-del to restart". I figured maybe it's just trying to read the other HDD. So I followed this up by opening up the case and first changing the jumpers on the HDDs so that the 40gb was master, and then completely disconnecting the other drive. Neither worked. At this point I decided it might be wise to try reinstalling Windows onto C:\. So once i'd closed the case up and hooked it up, i booted up, put the Windows disk in, and poof, the computer shuts itself down after BIOS. I try it without the disk, shuts itself down. This now leads me to believe I have both a hardware problem and a software problem, as well as a hell load of files that i would quit like to keep sitting, unaccessable on D:\.
I've kind of come to the forum as a last resort as I don't like to waste your time with silly little questions that can be googles, I'm completely out of my depth now and have no idea where I can go from here. Anyone's help or suggestions would be appreciated, apart from "format the drive" as that is how this all started. :)