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NTLDR problem not a Windows problem: BIOS Corrupted
Hi,
I have a GA-880GA-UD3H Rev 3.0 board. I was in the process of recovering from a Win7-64 crash when I got the message, NTLDR Missing. I swapped in my old drive with the older, but still working version of Windows and I got the same message. Next, I did what I was supposed to do and ran the repair/recovery disk with the same result. Finally, in desperation, I downloaded the latest version of the BIOS reflashed it. That solved the problem. What made me suspicious is that I was changing the boot order in the BIOS a number of times to switch from my Windows DVD to the hard drive. Anyway, what was interesting to me was the BIOS back-up failures: First, the corrupted BIOS was not detected, Second, the backup BIOS did not take over, Third, the error message was misleading and implied a disk problem when, in fact, it was a BIOS failure. Just wanted to let everyone know about this so you don't sppend 5 hours on a Sunday going through what I went through. Arnie |
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NTLDR problem not a Windows problem: BIOS Corrupted
arnieb wrote:
Hi, I have a GA-880GA-UD3H Rev 3.0 board. I was in the process of recovering from a Win7-64 crash when I got the message, NTLDR Missing. I swapped in my old drive with the older, but still working version of Windows and I got the same message. Next, I did what I was supposed to do and ran the repair/recovery disk with the same result. Finally, in desperation, I downloaded the latest version of the BIOS reflashed it. That solved the problem. What made me suspicious is that I was changing the boot order in the BIOS a number of times to switch from my Windows DVD to the hard drive. Anyway, what was interesting to me was the BIOS back-up failures: First, the corrupted BIOS was not detected, Second, the backup BIOS did not take over, Third, the error message was misleading and implied a disk problem when, in fact, it was a BIOS failure. Just wanted to let everyone know about this so you don't sppend 5 hours on a Sunday going through what I went through. Arnie Interesting. Thanks! |
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NTLDR problem not a Windows problem: BIOS Corrupted
just wondering why you feel the need to switch boot order so much.
I just leave the dvd as first and with nothing in it the hard drive is picked as next. mikeyshd "arnieb" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a GA-880GA-UD3H Rev 3.0 board. I was in the process of recovering from a Win7-64 crash when I got the message, NTLDR Missing. I swapped in my old drive with the older, but still working version of Windows and I got the same message. Next, I did what I was supposed to do and ran the repair/recovery disk with the same result. Finally, in desperation, I downloaded the latest version of the BIOS reflashed it. That solved the problem. What made me suspicious is that I was changing the boot order in the BIOS a number of times to switch from my Windows DVD to the hard drive. Anyway, what was interesting to me was the BIOS back-up failures: First, the corrupted BIOS was not detected, Second, the backup BIOS did not take over, Third, the error message was misleading and implied a disk problem when, in fact, it was a BIOS failure. Just wanted to let everyone know about this so you don't sppend 5 hours on a Sunday going through what I went through. Arnie |
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