I have a dell computer 2400 series windows XP and I need to clear this?

Question

off my screen it is saying loading PBR for descriptor 2 done-does anybody know how to reset this probelem? please help. 10 points guaranteed.

Answer 1

Unfortunately your problem isn't related to the BIOS, but rather with the hard drive. Do a search on the forums here on the topic of " Loading PBR " and you will find quite a few postings on the problem. You should be able to click here to see the results of a search I made.

Answer 2

"Loading PBR for descriptor 2 ... failed" would be the exact error message if the MBR is unable to load the partition boot record for the second partition. There may be more, but here are three possible causes:
the partition table is corrupted so that the descriptor points to the wrong place (i.e., says the partition is one place when it's really somewhere else);
the partition table descriptor points to the right place, but the boot record there is corrupted or has been erased;
the hard disk is failing and having trouble reading the sector with the boot record.
To check (1), visit www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixes.htm and download my dsrfix utility. Use it to capture a logfile and email the logifle to me for review. In short, if dsrfix reports a clean bill of health, then (1) isn't the problem.

To check (3), run hard disk diagnostic tests. Press F12 when the machine is starting and see if the bios boot menu offers you a hard disk diagnostic test that you can run. Or even better, if you know the brand of the hard disk, most manufacturers should have a free diagnostic utility you can download to test the hard disk.

If it's not (1) or (3), then use Ctrl+F11 to run the Dell restore utility to recreate the Windows partition.

dougc

Answer 3

Log off and start in safe mode. Here you can set to restore to a previous date that you know every thing was working right.