Jim
December 11th 03, 09:41 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>(I am sending this from my wife's computer, BTW. My
>computer is inaccesible, as detailed below).
>
>I have XP on an eMachine computer.
>
>Tonight I defragged my files. Then I used the Windows
>option to "clean" drive C. I believe that the "compress
>disk" option was also checked.
>
>At some point my open applications began performing
>erratically. Then I noticed that about half of the
>applications seemed to be missing or at least could not
be
>found.
>
>I checked the properties for drive C. Previously, it
>showed about 18 Gigs of space in use, and about 2 Gigs
>free. Now it showed approximately 10 Gigs in use and 10
>Gigs free.
>
>I figured maybe this had something to do with my having
>compressed the drive. Now though, I wonder if I actually
>erased half of my files, including the system boot files.
>
>I shut down the computer, then turned it back on. I got
>the eMachines logo, then the message, "NTLDR missing,"
>and the advice to type ctrl-alt-del to restart. But
>typing ctrl-alt-del just gets me to the same message.
>
>Somehow (maybe by hitting keys when the eMachines logo
was
>still showing), I was able at one point to get to an A:
>prompt. From there I tried typing C: to see if it would
>take me to my hard drive. But it just gave me a message
>indicating that drive C: did not exist.
>
>I did not receive any XP disks, per se, with this
>computer. No emergency boot disks or anything. What I
>got was a set of eMachines "recovery" disks. These will
>restore all of the software that was originally on the
>machine, including the XP operating system, but at the
>cost of completely overwriting everything that is on the
>drive now (assuming anything is still there!). I wish to
>avoid that if at all possible.
>
>Any advice?
>
>Thanks,
>Steve Smith
>
>.
>Check this article to make a XP bootable floppy using
another PC; http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314079 Then
try to copy that NTLDR file onto your hard drive. Or if
you borrow someone's XP CD, you can install the Recovery
Console from it, which should help. Check this article
here; http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;307654
>(I am sending this from my wife's computer, BTW. My
>computer is inaccesible, as detailed below).
>
>I have XP on an eMachine computer.
>
>Tonight I defragged my files. Then I used the Windows
>option to "clean" drive C. I believe that the "compress
>disk" option was also checked.
>
>At some point my open applications began performing
>erratically. Then I noticed that about half of the
>applications seemed to be missing or at least could not
be
>found.
>
>I checked the properties for drive C. Previously, it
>showed about 18 Gigs of space in use, and about 2 Gigs
>free. Now it showed approximately 10 Gigs in use and 10
>Gigs free.
>
>I figured maybe this had something to do with my having
>compressed the drive. Now though, I wonder if I actually
>erased half of my files, including the system boot files.
>
>I shut down the computer, then turned it back on. I got
>the eMachines logo, then the message, "NTLDR missing,"
>and the advice to type ctrl-alt-del to restart. But
>typing ctrl-alt-del just gets me to the same message.
>
>Somehow (maybe by hitting keys when the eMachines logo
was
>still showing), I was able at one point to get to an A:
>prompt. From there I tried typing C: to see if it would
>take me to my hard drive. But it just gave me a message
>indicating that drive C: did not exist.
>
>I did not receive any XP disks, per se, with this
>computer. No emergency boot disks or anything. What I
>got was a set of eMachines "recovery" disks. These will
>restore all of the software that was originally on the
>machine, including the XP operating system, but at the
>cost of completely overwriting everything that is on the
>drive now (assuming anything is still there!). I wish to
>avoid that if at all possible.
>
>Any advice?
>
>Thanks,
>Steve Smith
>
>.
>Check this article to make a XP bootable floppy using
another PC; http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314079 Then
try to copy that NTLDR file onto your hard drive. Or if
you borrow someone's XP CD, you can install the Recovery
Console from it, which should help. Check this article
here; http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;307654