help wit hdd troubles

[killadoob]

Ive had 2 clients in the last week bringing me their pc's with no os found error

everything is fine when i load xp it says all hdd space is free, and i can reload windows xp fine with no hardware problems

both hdd's are maxtor and seagate

it seems like info has just disappeared

anyone know why or have similar experience?

 

[Juggy]

MBR missing? Boot with the windows XP install disk and choose repair install. This wil re-write the MBR and boot.ini files. Or maybe the FAT has become corrupt and is mis reporting the files and free space.

I think you can repair with a Partition Magic emergency disk.

 

[killadoob]

naaa when i reload windows there is no option to repair

its comes to the screen where you see the hdd and both had 99% free hdd space

so a 40 gig had 39.8 gig free even though there was a windows install plus files running for the last 2 years

 

[Re83L]

Geez...
That's why I sometimes hate PC's... One moment they can be running like a dream, next moment something hits you with a low-blow...
Good-Luck

 

[Franna]

Strange - had this exact same problem this past weekend. Corrected the problem by running the "fdisk /mbr" and "fixboot" command from the recovery console. Then booted into safe mode and cleaned the two virusses detected.

 

[Juggy]

Strange - had this exact same problem this past weekend. Corrected the problem by running the "fdisk /mbr" and "fixboot" command from the recovery console. Then booted into safe mode and cleaned the two virusses detected.

That's what I was talking about

 

[killadoob]

yea but it didnt help eh, it was like they where formatted

o well no biggie just wondering if someone knew why

 

[ghalied]

they definately seem as if they were formatted or the partition tables were removed/deleted, no way your going to get all hdd space free.