Hi guys
I have an ASUS Eee pc netbook which has decided it doesn't want to boot up!
When i turn it on it tells me "boot booster doesn't work". It then goes comes up with options to either "launch startup repair" or 'start normally'.
If I launch the startup repair it says something like downloading/fixing files (can't remember what precisely) then it just shows a black screen and nothing changes.
If I start normally I again get a black screen but it will show the cursor on it which is moveable.
Anyone any ideas on how to fix it? :sad:
Thanks all
Mal
:cool:
Mal,
Sounds like the old occasional Windows XP issue, it's lost the master boot record / reference so basically it'll try and boot but once gets past BIOS it knows it has a windows operating systembut for the life of it it can't remember where to look.
Well known issue.
A master boot record (MBR) is a special type of boot sector at the very beginning of partitioned computer mass storage devices like fixed disks or removable drives intended for use with IBM PC-compatible systems and beyond. The MBR holds the information on how the logical partitions, containing file systems, are organized on that medium. Besides that, the MBR also contains executable code to function as a loader for the installed operating system
Repairing the master boot record on your Windows XP system is accomplished using the fixmbr command (effectively fix the MBR), available in Recovery Console. This is necessary when the master boot record has become corrupt.
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Post Windows XP and with the move away from 32-bit operating systems the MBR-based partitioning scheme was superseded by the GUID Partition Table (GPT) on most computers.
Hope this helps
My solution.....buy a new one !!!
Sorry not ideal.....but hey....its what I would do....!!!
Me too to be fair.
OK, I get the whole argument not to, you like it, finances, you dont want to lose stuff stored on it etc. but I'm usually inclined to take an opportunity to upgrade when a gadget dies on me.
