re: Question about 'Prevent file corruption problems'
Monday, September 29, 2003 at 1:22 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jim
(7 messages posted)
I had shut my system down over the weekend (went out of town). Fired it up and received
the message:
NTLDR is missing
Microshit has a few fixes for the NTLDR fix, none seem to be the cause of my problem....hoping
the solution they post helps. Maybe the boot files became corrupted?? Who knows.
Getting more pissed as time goes on. My computer was running stable until I decided
to place my hard drive on the third IDE channel (which is controlled by a RAID promice
controller) over a month ago. That is when all my trouble started. I'm starting to
lean into the RAID controller as the problem. I am thinking about placing the hard
drive back on IDE channel 1. I did not have these many problems before.
I'd like to fix my boot problem (replace the NTLDR file) and install the MS update
that I mentioned a few weeks ago. I can leave my second hard drive connected to the
RAID controller and place the boot drive on the primary IDE connector.
My computer has been running for over 4 months without incident. Primary channel
(IDE 1) had the hard drive and zip drive attached. Secondary channel (IDE 2) had
my CD burner and DVD burner. I had thought I could use the third channel (IDE 3)
for a DVD rom drive, finding out that a RAID driver is intented for a hard drive,
not a CD drive. I placed the hard drive on the RAID and rearanged the CD drives and
zip drive on the IDE 1 and IDE 2. This configuration ran fine for a few weeks. I
placed a 3rd memory stick (512) a week later. I then slaved a second 120 Gig hard
drive off the RAID, ran fine for a few days. Then all the problems started to happen.
Removed the memory stick, thinking that might be the problem, doesn't seem like it.
Can't see the slaved drive causing these problems. This whole thread talk about file
corruption. Not really thinking that the RAID device had anything to do with it,
but focused on XP. If this makes sense to anyone...great. If not, ask to clarify
and I will try.
Thanks.
On Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 11:23 am, James wrote:
>Hello;
>Jim, will you please inform me of new information that you find on this topic?
>I am studying about computers in college with a minor in computer technology. Always
>interested in trying to understand the why and how. Thanks, JIM
>============================
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