Hi,
Whenever I start my PC, I get greeted with a message after the POST screen, in the standard DOS-type text, simply saying "GRUB" (or "GRUB GRUB"). From here, the PC becomes unresponsive, and I can only turn it off. I believe this is linked to the Grub Boot Loader I once had installed on my secondary hard drive which was installed in a different PC. However, it has only been rearing its head over the last couple of days.
I have tried the "bootrec" command from the Vista disc with the /fixmbr, /fixboot and /rebuildbcd commands. However, this has not provided me with a permanent fix. The /rebuildbcd and /scanos arguments return a message saying it found no compatible Vista installations. Vista will start with no problems, however, provided the Vista install disc is in the DVD drive. I don't need to "press any key to boot from the DVD", just having it in the drive is perfectly sufficient.
Just recently I've been having some troubles with my hard drive failing, which may or may not be related. (The first paragraph of the first post is probably the most relevant): http://www.vistax64.com/general-discussion/158637-vista-wont-start.html
Note that I have also done a full system scan using NOD32, which found no problems.
I am completely confused about this problem; I'm even more confused, though, about how the problem arose in the first place.
Any help would be fantastic!
Thanks,
- Noddy
Whenever I start my PC, I get greeted with a message after the POST screen, in the standard DOS-type text, simply saying "GRUB" (or "GRUB GRUB"). From here, the PC becomes unresponsive, and I can only turn it off. I believe this is linked to the Grub Boot Loader I once had installed on my secondary hard drive which was installed in a different PC. However, it has only been rearing its head over the last couple of days.
I have tried the "bootrec" command from the Vista disc with the /fixmbr, /fixboot and /rebuildbcd commands. However, this has not provided me with a permanent fix. The /rebuildbcd and /scanos arguments return a message saying it found no compatible Vista installations. Vista will start with no problems, however, provided the Vista install disc is in the DVD drive. I don't need to "press any key to boot from the DVD", just having it in the drive is perfectly sufficient.
Just recently I've been having some troubles with my hard drive failing, which may or may not be related. (The first paragraph of the first post is probably the most relevant): http://www.vistax64.com/general-discussion/158637-vista-wont-start.html
Note that I have also done a full system scan using NOD32, which found no problems.
I am completely confused about this problem; I'm even more confused, though, about how the problem arose in the first place.
Any help would be fantastic!
Thanks,
- Noddy
My Computer
System One
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- CPU
- Athlon64 x2 6000+
- Motherboard
- ASUS M2N-E SLI
- Memory
- 2x1GB matched Corsair XMS2 modules
- Graphics card(s)
- Sapphire Radeon 3850
- Hard Drives
- Western Digital Caviar SE 200GB SATA Seagate Barracuda 120GB ATA Seagate Barracuda 40GB ATA