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[SOLVED] Black Hole (Screen?)

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When I turn my computer on, the screen is black, the internal fans continually run, and my mouse an keybaord are not registering. It is not an external connection problem. Also, when I press the power button, it does not function. I have to manually diconnect power from the wall. It wont boot or show any thing on the screen. If someone has any possbible solution, please let me know either by response to this thread, or e-mail(ing) me at ********. Thanks.
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Thanks for the help, I followed your insatruction, and moved jumper pins, and reset the battery...and then checked my RAM, and noticed that one was not quite in the slot, but the securing pin had been closed down on it anyway. So I opened it and placed th RAM all the way in the slot, and now it starts. It still won't boot because of the NTLDR is compresed thing, but it will start.
PSU (Power Supply Unit?)...What did you want to know about it.
Thank you so much for your help.
Sys specs:
OS- XP Pro (sp 2)
4096 Gb DDR2 RAM
Core 2 Duo
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before I actually get to the boot screen (before the OS boots), the screen gives me the option of pressing F11 to select a recovery option, and then within the same second, it says NTLDR is Compressed, Press control+alt+del to restart. I can restart it and continue pressing these keys for all eternity, but it would do me no good. I can recover, but it skips about half of the recovery by manual cancel (otherwise it would not progress), but upon start up, it does the same thing. I may have deleted a needed file somewhere, but I checked the parent folders and they said there was nothing in them, I also checked for hidden files before proceding.
This problem started after the above described events, and I restarted and attempted recovery because the computer kept telling me that I had insufficient privilege to Install or modify. I was trying to install Crysis before all this happened. Anyway, it will not boot OS. Any advice?(other than what you have already said-Which I will try)?
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Thanks a lot, this may fix my problem. I'll post back with the results.
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Okay... I went to the site you provided, and follwed all of the instructions, and went to other sites I researched, and followed those instructios too, but to no avail.

In the recovery console I pressed alt+d to open command, and the things I typed, and the results I recieved are detailed as follows;

In command, I typed:
"Attrib -C NTLDR"

Command responded with:
"Invalid switch - -C"


In command, I typed:
"Copy C:\i386\NTLDR C:\"

Command responded with:
"Access Denied
0 Files copied"

In command, I typed:
"Expand C:\i386\NTLDR C:\"

Command responded with:
"Can't open output file C:\NTLDR|

Command also tells me (When I type "Boot cfg/rebuild") that "boot" in not a command, which it is.

It also does this with "Fixboot" and "FIXMBR".

Please, I desperately need some hope of fixing this problem. If you have any other tricks that may restore my machine, I am totally open.
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The hard drive is still visible in BIOS, and the cd-ROM still works. This started after neither power failure or surge, but after I was clearing out some folders that had absolutely nothing in them. I also compressed C:\Local Disk. I may be be able to fix it by formatting it, but I don't know the (C:\) volume label.
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I may have typed incorrectly... boot cfg/ rebuild. I'll try it, thanks.
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Re: "NTLDR is compressed"

I tried the boot cfg /rebuild, and it told me boot was not a recognized internal or external command.

attrib -c C:\NTLDR

does not work either, command says "invalid switch - - c".
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It is a Gateway, model no# GT5268E,
and the disc is recovery (XP Media Center vsn. 2005 w/ update rollup 2 (sp2).
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I will try to fast repair, but if it doesn't work, how do I "low-level" format the hard drive if it comes to that. And how should I determine what can't and shouldn't be erased?
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when I key "dir C:\", it looks as if the is a C:\ drive, and that it has folders on it, that is the extent of my knowledge. The user partition is H:\.

Thanks for the iso, I will try it.
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Which folder on the c:\ drive? (I think there are multiple)
I will get back to you with what is on the H:\drive, I am not sure.
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i've been latent in reply, but I have fixed my [original] problem. By hooking up my hard drive to another computer, and overitng my files with those of the other computer, i have fixed the NTLDR message.
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