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Morgan · 05-24-2004, 06:08 PM

Hi there,

All the sudden i had a "explorer.exe" error and my screen went dark. I was forced to restart by pushing the reset button on the tower. The Intel motherboard splash screen hangs like 3 minutes, then i get a black screen with nothing but this: "Reboot and Select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device".

I have NOOOO clue what the fuck to do now, i got into the BIOS and looked around a couple times but I dont know jack shit about that kind of stuff.

Im about to format C:

Am I doomed?

Morgan · 05-24-2004, 06:09 PM

This is on another machine, btw... i cant get it booted up!

Juicy D. Links · 05-24-2004, 06:10 PM

No clue but here is a bump maybe someone here can help

aaron · 05-24-2004, 06:11 PM

yikes , good luck man

Aquarius · 05-24-2004, 06:14 PM

I've never been through that before, but I guess you'll have to format, sorry to hear

llabtaem · 05-24-2004, 06:15 PM

Head into your BIOS settings and see what device (ie. CD Rom, 3.5 floppy, Hard Disk) is your boot drive. Make sure it is set to your HD. Try a reboot. If that doesn't work, try doing the same thing and switching the 1st boot device to either A) the startup bootdisk 3.5 you were SUPPOSED to make (hehe) or B) your CD ROM drive and throw in your XP CD. Troubleshoot from their. Virus Scans, Scandisk, etc. Good Luck!

grumpy · 05-24-2004, 06:15 PM

Typical harddisk crash. Good luck.

tical · 05-24-2004, 06:16 PM

yup, looks like ur hd is gone

TheSwed · 05-24-2004, 06:18 PM

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Originally posted by grumpy
Typical harddisk crash. Good luck.

Yes that my

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marzzo · 05-24-2004, 06:33 PM

Shit, that's a bummer. Maybe I'll backup my files right now, just in case....

Good luck

sumphatpimp · 05-24-2004, 06:33 PM

http://bootdisk.com/

also you can go to google and use the term "bootdisk" .

that should get you started.

then check the bios.

reynold · 05-24-2004, 06:44 PM

Make your backup now. I guess format c: will be your only choice.

stephanie m. · 05-24-2004, 06:49 PM

I dunno man, I lost everything this week too

Morgan · 05-24-2004, 07:24 PM

I threw in the XP Pro CD and windows setup ran. I tried to repair windows instead of setting up a wwhole new OS but it says: Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer...." "Setup cannot continue."

ps. does this mean all the data on those drives are gone for good?

FiReC · 05-24-2004, 07:25 PM

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Originally posted by Ganjasaurus
I threw in the XP Pro CD and windows setup ran. I tried to repair windows instead of setting up a wwhole new OS but it says: Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer...." "Setup cannot continue."

ps. does this mean all the data on those drives are gone for good?

most likely

FiReC · 05-24-2004, 07:27 PM

find out what brand HD's you got in there and dl their diagnostic tools.

EnigmaTek · 05-24-2004, 07:29 PM

Yup sounds like it. There are places that can usually recover your data but you are looking at thousands of dollars. If the data isn't that important then don't spend that kind of money.

Also, what I would try next is get another known good drive. Make that your boot device, put the old drive on the secondary bus and bring up the computer. See if windows can see the drive as a data drive. If so then get all your data moved off. If not, then RMA the drive if it is still under warranty.

ALiEn_OuT · 05-24-2004, 07:32 PM

It kinda sounds like your system partition has crashed ? or is toast ...aka caput

Morgan · 05-24-2004, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by EnigmaTek
Yup sounds like it. There are places that can usually recover your data but you are looking at thousands of dollars. If the data isn't that important then don't spend that kind of money.

Also, what I would try next is get another known good drive. Make that your boot device, put the old drive on the secondary bus and bring up the computer. See if windows can see the drive as a data drive. If so then get all your data moved off. If not, then RMA the drive if it is still under warranty.

yikes!! isnt there some kind of service i can call to come out?? computer rooter or anything? fuck

jukeboxfrank · 05-24-2004, 07:34 PM

open the Case and try to reset the cables then go into setup
and try to find the drive if you cant find it your MBR is gone google
for tools to try to fix if not sorry time to get a new drive.

the Shemp · 05-24-2004, 07:38 PM

i would install a new hard drive, then use the original hard drive as a slave, you may be able to access the files that way.

Morgan · 05-24-2004, 07:54 PM

Not sure if this tells anyone anything... but when looking around in the BIOS, it appears as something is not right here (sorry its so dark)

Diligent · 05-24-2004, 08:29 PM

Hmm... looking at that screenshot, I'm pretty sure it's something on your harddrives chip-board that's broke.

The only other thing I can think of is if your cabling (or some connector) is poor/defect or if you've messed up the jumpering on it or another device.

Chip-board errors can happen if you've either had the bad luck to get a shitty drive to begin with, but also if it's been working under higher temperature than it tolerates.

The BIOS would report the drive at least somehow otherwise, no matter the state of the actual disk/MBR etc.

If it's something on the chip-board, the easiest thing you can do (not-so-easy though) is to get another drive from the exact series with an exactly similar board... and move that new board onto the top of your old drive.

Good luck, hope it works out!

T[H]C · 05-24-2004, 08:40 PM

Clear the BIOS by yanking the battery from the motherboard. That will reset it back to its default settings, might help.

Overscore · 05-24-2004, 08:43 PM

explorer.exe, in addition to being Windows Explorer, is your shell, by default. When it crashes, you lose your start button and all that. To get it back, you simply pull up the task manager (ctrl+shift+esc) and do a File--New Task. Enter Explorer. Your shell will restart.

If the problem persists, [re]install the latest service pack of your operating system. If you install a service pack with any instances of iexplore.exe running, explorer.exe may be prone to crash. Personally, when I install service packs, I purposely kill my shell during the install.

Shaze · 05-24-2004, 08:47 PM

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Originally posted by Ganjasaurus
yikes!! isnt there some kind of service i can call to come out?? computer rooter or anything? fuck

ganga,

the easiest way to check if you can still recover the data from the hard drive is to hook it up as a secondary drive to another working computer. then you can just transfer the data to the primary hard drive. if you can't do this then something is physically wrong with the hard drive itself and the data is basically lost. i do have programs that can recover data from the uncorrupt sectors but since i'm no where near where you live i can't help.

05-24-2004, 06:08 PM	#1
Morgan Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Corona Del Mar, CA Posts: 10,520	Windows XP experts... who knows what this is? Hi there, All the sudden i had a "explorer.exe" error and my screen went dark. I was forced to restart by pushing the reset button on the tower. The Intel motherboard splash screen hangs like 3 minutes, then i get a black screen with nothing but this: "Reboot and Select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device". I have NOOOO clue what the fuck to do now, i got into the BIOS and looked around a couple times but I dont know jack shit about that kind of stuff. Im about to format C: Am I doomed? __________________ PornstarPlatinum.com \| TransErotica.com

05-24-2004, 06:09 PM	#2
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05-24-2004, 06:15 PM	#7
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05-24-2004, 07:24 PM	#14
Morgan Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Corona Del Mar, CA Posts: 10,520	I threw in the XP Pro CD and windows setup ran. I tried to repair windows instead of setting up a wwhole new OS but it says: Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer...." "Setup cannot continue." ps. does this mean all the data on those drives are gone for good? __________________ PornstarPlatinum.com \| TransErotica.com

05-24-2004, 06:10 PM	#3
Juicy D. Links So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: N.Y. -Long Island -- Posts: 122,992	No clue but here is a bump maybe someone here can help

05-24-2004, 06:11 PM	#4
aaron Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: USA Posts: 4,452	yikes , good luck man

05-24-2004, 06:14 PM	#5
Aquarius Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Mom's basement Posts: 4,754	I've never been through that before, but I guess you'll have to format, sorry to hear

05-24-2004, 06:15 PM	#6
llabtaem Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 969	Head into your BIOS settings and see what device (ie. CD Rom, 3.5 floppy, Hard Disk) is your boot drive. Make sure it is set to your HD. Try a reboot. If that doesn't work, try doing the same thing and switching the 1st boot device to either A) the startup bootdisk 3.5 you were SUPPOSED to make (hehe) or B) your CD ROM drive and throw in your XP CD. Troubleshoot from their. Virus Scans, Scandisk, etc. Good Luck!

05-24-2004, 06:16 PM	#8
tical Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 6,504	yup, looks like ur hd is gone

05-24-2004, 06:33 PM	#10
marzzo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,134	Shit, that's a bummer. Maybe I'll backup my files right now, just in case.... Good luck

05-24-2004, 06:33 PM	#11
sumphatpimp Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,235	http://bootdisk.com/ also you can go to google and use the term "bootdisk" . that should get you started. then check the bios.

05-24-2004, 06:44 PM	#12
reynold Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Global Traveler Posts: 51,271	Make your backup now. I guess format c: will be your only choice.

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05-24-2004, 07:29 PM	#17
EnigmaTek Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Seattle, Wa Posts: 188	Yup sounds like it. There are places that can usually recover your data but you are looking at thousands of dollars. If the data isn't that important then don't spend that kind of money. Also, what I would try next is get another known good drive. Make that your boot device, put the old drive on the secondary bus and bring up the computer. See if windows can see the drive as a data drive. If so then get all your data moved off. If not, then RMA the drive if it is still under warranty. __________________ SIG TOO BIG! Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 text lines of DEFAULT SIZE and COLOR. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, then you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60.

05-24-2004, 07:32 PM	#18
ALiEn_OuT Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Calgary AB Canada Posts: 577	It kinda sounds like your system partition has crashed ? or is toast ...aka caput

05-24-2004, 07:34 PM	#20
jukeboxfrank Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: www.jenniferworthington.com Posts: 1,207	open the Case and try to reset the cables then go into setup and try to find the drive if you cant find it your MBR is gone google for tools to try to fix if not sorry time to get a new drive.

05-24-2004, 07:38 PM	#21
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05-24-2004, 07:54 PM	#22
Morgan Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Corona Del Mar, CA Posts: 10,520	Not sure if this tells anyone anything... but when looking around in the BIOS, it appears as something is not right here (sorry its so dark) __________________ PornstarPlatinum.com \| TransErotica.com

05-24-2004, 08:29 PM	#23
Diligent Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Hoy Suecia, mañana Nirvana Posts: 1,594	Hmm... looking at that screenshot, I'm pretty sure it's something on your harddrives chip-board that's broke. The only other thing I can think of is if your cabling (or some connector) is poor/defect or if you've messed up the jumpering on it or another device. Chip-board errors can happen if you've either had the bad luck to get a shitty drive to begin with, but also if it's been working under higher temperature than it tolerates. The BIOS would report the drive at least somehow otherwise, no matter the state of the actual disk/MBR etc. If it's something on the chip-board, the easiest thing you can do (not-so-easy though) is to get another drive from the exact series with an exactly similar board... and move that new board onto the top of your old drive. Good luck, hope it works out! __________________ ~¤~ MORE MONEY ~¤~ VOD? XoD! ~¤~ ~¤~ ICQ# 9828 2461 ~¤~

05-24-2004, 08:40 PM	#24
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05-24-2004, 08:43 PM	#25
Overscore Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Keystone State Posts: 316	explorer.exe, in addition to being Windows Explorer, is your shell, by default. When it crashes, you lose your start button and all that. To get it back, you simply pull up the task manager (ctrl+shift+esc) and do a File--New Task. Enter Explorer. Your shell will restart. If the problem persists, [re]install the latest service pack of your operating system. If you install a service pack with any instances of iexplore.exe running, explorer.exe may be prone to crash. Personally, when I install service packs, I purposely kill my shell during the install. __________________ ¯Overscore¯