"Memory could not be read" in various games

[Sven2157]

Hello unknown_entity ,

F8 only works when the OS is found....

The "No OS found" is usually because something reset/changed your BIOS settings. There are a plethora of reasons why this happens. So.....

Boot into your BIOS, and go to where your HDD's are listed. Make sure that your HDD with the OS is listed and is operating correctly. Second, go into where your HDD boot options are, and check that the HHD with your OS is set as the number one slot; NOT BOOT ORDER, THAT IS NEXT! Now go to your Boot Order, and make sure that your OS HDD is set as first.

I run RAID, and sometimes I get this problem because my RAID Configuration is set as number 2 or 3.

As for your "Memory" error, try uninstalling JAVA, rebooting and then re-installing JAVA again. JAVA is a very tempormental language that acts like a 3 year old sometimes.

Let us know.....

Sven2157

[unknown_entity]

Hey again guys, sorry for a delayed reply, I've been somewhat busy with other issues.

So, I've figured out that the boot sector of my OS Hard Drive is corrupted. The HD itself is fine, the partitions are as they should and all the data on it should be intact, but it fails to boot. My BIOS settings are also as they should be.

So, is there a way to repair a broken boot sector? I tried windows system recovery console's fixboot command but it didn't do the trick. I guess I could get a data recovery program somewhere and copy all the data from the HD and format it, but that sounds a bit too extreme. Could the HD be simply dead hardware wise, or is this just a soft side issue? Any ideas are warmly welcome :)

ue

[Sven2157]

Originally Posted by unknown_entity

Hey again guys, sorry for a delayed reply, I've been somewhat busy with other issues.

So, I've figured out that the boot sector of my OS Hard Drive is corrupted. The HD itself is fine, the partitions are as they should and all the data on it should be intact, but it fails to boot. My BIOS settings are also as they should be.

So, is there a way to repair a broken boot sector? I tried windows system recovery console's fixboot command but it didn't do the trick. I guess I could get a data recovery program somewhere and copy all the data from the HD and format it, but that sounds a bit too extreme. Could the HD be simply dead hardware wise, or is this just a soft side issue? Any ideas are warmly welcome :)

ue

Go back to the Recovery Console and type: chkdsk /f /r

This will scan the disk for errors. The switches, /f and /r, will instruct the system to fix and repair any bad sectors it finds; if they are fix/repairable.

Then chances are, you will need to use the bootfix command again, as your boot sector may still be damaged.

Sven2157

[unknown_entity]

Originally Posted by Sven2157

Go back to the Recovery Console and type: chkdsk /f /r

This will scan the disk for errors. The switches, /f and /r, will instruct the system to fix and repair any bad sectors it finds; if they are fix/repairable.

Then chances are, you will need to use the bootfix command again, as your boot sector may still be damaged.

Sven2157

Chkdsk doesn't recognise /F -parameter, but according to help /R should locate bad sectors and recover readable information, so I'm going with that now. The only available parameters are /P and /R, and /R includes the operations of /P. Hopefully this will get me further :)

Edit:

chkdsk and another fixboot didn't change anything unfortunately :(

chkdsk said that there are one or more unrepairable problems on the hd after the scan.

[Sven2157]

Ok here is what I would do at this point... (and before I lost all my Important things. i.e. pictures/music/documents/etc.)

Since you stated that chkdsk reported bad sectors. Go to your local computer store and buy a new hard drive. Install it in your rig and leave the other drive in there as well. Now here is where it "sounds" complicated but is not..... really

If your computer is using IDE ribbons, big FAT grey ribbons, you will need to configure the drives before you can put the side panel back on... Both drives need to have their jumper set to "CS" (Cable Select), and the new one needs to go on the "Master" connection on the ribbon; consequently the "OLD" drive needs to go on the "Secondary/Slave" end of the SAME cable.

If your Puter is SATA, then no worries... Just plug it in and configure from the BIOS; New Drive Primary, OLD drive Secondary...

Load Windows, FRESH NEW CLEAN COPY, onto the new drive. Once that is complete, you can boot to your desktop and move ALL your files to their "New Home", from the old drive, using Windows Explorer.

You will still have to re-install EVERYTHING, program-wise, but you won't lose your important documents/pictures/music/etc.

When sectors start going bad on a HDD, you can bet it won't be long for the whole drive to Poop-out on you.... Besides that, drives are pretty cheap now and are running at 3Gb/s!

Good Luck! Keep us posted........

Sven2157

[unknown_entity]

Originally Posted by Sven2157

Ok here is what I would do at this point... (and before I lost all my Important things. i.e. pictures/music/documents/etc.)

Since you stated that chkdsk reported bad sectors. Go to your local computer store and buy a new hard drive. Install it in your rig and leave the other drive in there as well. Now here is where it "sounds" complicated but is not..... really

If your computer is using IDE ribbons, big FAT grey ribbons, you will need to configure the drives before you can put the side panel back on... Both drives need to have their jumper set to "CS" (Cable Select), and the new one needs to go on the "Master" connection on the ribbon; consequently the "OLD" drive needs to go on the "Secondary/Slave" end of the SAME cable.

If your Puter is SATA, then no worries... Just plug it in and configure from the BIOS; New Drive Primary, OLD drive Secondary...

Load Windows, FRESH NEW CLEAN COPY, onto the new drive. Once that is complete, you can boot to your desktop and move ALL your files to their "New Home", from the old drive, using Windows Explorer.

You will still have to re-install EVERYTHING, program-wise, but you won't lose your important documents/pictures/music/etc.

When sectors start going bad on a HDD, you can bet it won't be long for the whole drive to Poop-out on you.... Besides that, drives are pretty cheap now and are running at 3Gb/s!

Good Luck! Keep us posted........

Sven2157

Actually I think I'll just buy a completely new computer, I've had enough headache with that old pos and certainly don't want to spend any more money fixing it :P

I'll try your trick out when I have new setup up and running. First I'll have to figure out what kind of a system I want to buy and how much money I can spend.

Anyway, thank you all for your help. I'll keep you updated once I have my new computer. If anyone comes up with an idea on how to possibly save my old HD I'm willing to try it out :P

ue

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