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Old 09-18-2008   #5 (permalink)
max carson
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Re: vista x64 will not boot from hard drive, restore, or from dvd

Thanks for your reply. I suspect it's a hardware problem as will as a
software glich.
maybe the MBR was erased during my system restore ?
Again Thanks, max

"Malke" wrote:
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> max carson wrote:
>
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> > I had a problem with my dvd-r/rw (tsst ts t633a dvd-r/rw) not being ID'ed
> > in device manager. I used the troubeshooting procedure for the HP Touch
> > smart IQ 506 I
> > have and tried to do a system restore, The first restore completed but did
> > not solve
> > the drive problem. I went back further in the restore and the system will
> > not boot.
> > It's now stuck at the black screen, with the green load bars running, as
> > if it were loading, no harddisk activity light. The dvd drive does not ID
> > recovery dvd. The
> > restore/ recovery (F11) does not respond. When I get to the recovery
> > screen it will
> > not respond to any command, safe mode repair, normal load....etc. I have
> > gotten a
> > "RAMDISK SETTINGS" ? Ant Ideas ?
>
> If the DVD drive doesn't work when you try to boot with it and the special
> recovery process (F11) doesn't work, then you have hardware problems since
> this happens before the operating system (Vista) isn't even loaded. Contact
> the computer mftr.'s tech support.
>
> Malke
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