Two times now, I've returned to my office to see my computer sitting at the boot screen telling me that I've inserted an invalid system disk (or that nvldr is missing if there's no disk in the drive). Last time this happened I eventually figured out that the bios had somehow changed the boot order of my hard drives and switching them back solved the problem. Only for it to happen again.
It's only happening when I'm not using the PC (downloads and email still running).
I've got an AMD 3200+ withd 2gb of ram (DDR400) and an Asus 6600GT. I've just added 1gb of ram, but I matched the manufacturer, speed, size and everything else, and it seems unlikely to be causing the problem.
Any thoughts?
2006-10-18 14:57:04 · 6 answers · asked by pcorin 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Double check the c-mos (onboard) battery. To do this, set the time on the machine to accurate, turn off the system, wait a few moments, power on, then see if the time is still correct. If that turns up being the problem, change the "watch" battery on the motherboard. If this isn't the problem; check to make sure the CPU is not overheating, and finally, check with ASUS to see if there is a firmware upgrade for your board.
2006-10-18 15:06:14 · answer #1 · answered by matthewfpomeroy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is puzzling to inform what's precisely incorrect seeing as your a touch obscure with what handed off. How replaced into your computer previous to crashing? Is your computer miraculous on the BIOS exhibit or the residing house windows exhibit? If this is miraculous on the BIOS i might want to need extra information which could help you. yet when this is miraculous on the residing house windows exhibit try booting into secure mode, you would possibly want to do this by technique of tapping F8 or holding it down at the same time as your computer is finished POSTing. If residing house windows effectively boots into secure mode it is a few issues, specifically an endemic, lacking/corrupt motive force, or a corrupt piece of kernel. yet when your computer can't boot into secure mode or residing house windows hangs back you've gotten a failing hardchronic or a corrupt carry close boot record or partition table. yet as I suggested you want to describe what occurs in additional advantageous component.
2016-12-04 23:47:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do not mention what operating system your useing, but I assume it's Windows.
That sounds like maybe a registry problem, or maybe a corrupted startup file.
If you have tried rebooting with no luck, try useing the backup OS disc to replace missing Windows files. Backup all information first!!
If the problem persists, use the backup OS discs to remove and reinstall Windows, a real pain I know, but usually works as a last ditch effort, that's why backups are so important.
2006-10-18 15:12:17 · answer #3 · answered by hrwwtp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it truly is a bios problem then you might considering updating the bios or browsing your motherboard's forum to see if others with your hardware have this issue. I am assuming you have only one bootable harddrive in your computer and the other is a storage drive which is why you get the nvldr missing when it trys to boot that drive.
2006-10-18 15:01:57 · answer #4 · answered by Jordan Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your computer hangs or reboots while you are working on it, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software. This problem can be solved by uninstalling new softwares, updating device drivers and making minor configuration changes. Detailed instructions at http://tinyurl.com/yk5zpr
2006-10-19 12:09:41 · answer #5 · answered by regaa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a virus. You need to boot up in safe mode then scan the entire drive for viruses and spyware. You can use the chkdsk /r and fixboot commands in the recovery console after cleaning viruses.
2006-10-18 15:04:05 · answer #6 · answered by ZX3R 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋