Hi everyone,
I'm writing this from my dad's computer right now.
I was trying to use the Gparted Live CD thing to add a partition to my external hard drive so I could use the USB loaders,
but somehow I ended up doing something wrong (even though I had printed out instructions before I started)
And now my (well, the family's. I don't actually have my own yet.) computer isn't working.
It starts, but it's stuck in the DOS like mode thing and it won't start up Windows XP like usual.
Since it said that when you use Gparted it erases everything on the drive, I guess it pretty much erased everything on the computer.
I know there's a way to restore it all but I don't know how to.
Can anyone tell me how to restore/fix it all?
I'm freaking out right now.
My dad's probably gonna be home soon and he'll be really mad and I don't know what to do.
I'd also like to know what exactly I did wrong so I can fix it later and be able to use the USB loader but this is more important right now.
Someone please help me!
is it saying NTLDR is missing on boot...
if so computer is booting from non bootable source.. so is likely you have formatted your hard disk.. use recovery software as already mentioned to recover data from it...
however if it isn't.. you could be in luck.. !!!
boot up with a windows xp prof setup cd.. (retail)
when loaded up, press R for recovery console..
Press 1 then enter to logon onto windows... input admin password (if any), then type CHKDSK C: /p.
Allow process to complete, then reboot..
this can repair many disk problems and can solve many windows boot up problems..