[PD] boot sector nightmare scenario

[richard.bowers]

Hi, Olaf,

Thanks for your detailed advice. I'll check it out now.

Yes, you're right about it not being a pd fault...I've apologised in a
separate posting!

I'll try the mbr option. The worst thing is that I lose one of my two
software keys for Logic Audio, which would be a nuisance, but not the end of
the world.

Cheers,


Richard.

| Hi Richard,
|
| it seems that the partition informatiion of your first disk is gone... as
a
| result the system uses former d: as c:, but it contains no system, of
course. In
| other words: c: can't be found and d: is used as c: instead.
| If you have you should use Linux-boot disks' fdisk to check partition
| information again and restore them. Or you can try on dos prompt to type:
"fdisk
| /mbr" This rewrites the main boot region of your boot drive...
| Status A means that this drive is intended to contain the operating
system. This
| should usually be displayed for drive 1 (c:). You can set this using
fdisk.
|
| I think it's not a pd fault, looks like a virus or hd-damage...
|
| Hope this helps a bit....
|
| Olaf
|
| "richard.bowers" schrieb:
|
| > I'm desparate...Can anyone help?
| >
| > Here's the scenario:
| >
| > I'm running pd on my i486 (Win 95) sending MIDI data to my Pentium (Win
98)
| > over MIDI cables to a sequencer.
| >
| > After using I shut down the sequencer before shutting down pd.
| >
| > The 486 rebooted and stopped with the error message:
| >
| > DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
| >
| > I've done this and I can change to the c: drive and list the files.
| >
| > My d: drive is anavailable through the prompt (although it is present in
the
| > bios settings and was
| > successfully autodetected).
| >
| > Fdisk gives the following under 'change current fixed disk drive':
| >
| > Disk / Drive / Mb / Free / Usage
| > 1 / [nothing] / 163 / 163 / [nothing]%
| > 2 / [nothing] / 204 / [nothing] / 100%
| > [nothing] / C: / 204 / [nothing] / [nothing]
| >
| > Display partition information for disk 1 reads:
| >
| > No partitions defined
| >
| > The same for 2 reads:
| >
| > Partition: c: 1 / Status A / Type: PRI DOS / Vol label: MS-DOS_6 / Mb:
204 /
| > System FAT16 / usage 100%
| > Total disk space is 204 Mb.
| >
| > I know this isn't a PD issue (although it may have been caused by PD and
| > would therefore be of interest) but I would really, really appreciate
any
| > guidance.
| >
| > Thanks,
| >
| > Richard.
|
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