Smain
December 7th 03, 10:28 AM
Have you upgraded from Win98SE to XP HE ?
>-----Original Message-----
>Background: I recently bought XP Home Edition to
>accomodate a CDRW that won't work with 98SE. Installed
OK
>and it's been running fine for a couple of weeks. But
>yesterday there was a strong electrical smell. I shut
down
>properly, turned off the machine completely,
disconnected
>all cables, and checked the power supply (250W), which
was
>a mess - broken glass tubes.
> Got a new 400W power supply and on test, up comes
>the "NTLDR is missing" message. The store expert says I
>have to reinstall XP and that I will probably lose all
my
>files on the computer. I don't want to do that. I've
>checked the Knowledge Base - there are many articles on
>the NTLDR error message, but most of them seem to apply
to
>NT and but none of them seem to apply directly to this
>situation. Of course I want the least invasive fix
>possible.
>
>.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Background: I recently bought XP Home Edition to
>accomodate a CDRW that won't work with 98SE. Installed
OK
>and it's been running fine for a couple of weeks. But
>yesterday there was a strong electrical smell. I shut
down
>properly, turned off the machine completely,
disconnected
>all cables, and checked the power supply (250W), which
was
>a mess - broken glass tubes.
> Got a new 400W power supply and on test, up comes
>the "NTLDR is missing" message. The store expert says I
>have to reinstall XP and that I will probably lose all
my
>files on the computer. I don't want to do that. I've
>checked the Knowledge Base - there are many articles on
>the NTLDR error message, but most of them seem to apply
to
>NT and but none of them seem to apply directly to this
>situation. Of course I want the least invasive fix
>possible.
>
>.
>