BBString
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Hi all, this is a bit of a long story, sorry.
Turned on my computer the other day, to be presented with a checksum error and and INVALID SYSTEM DISK error when trying to boot Windows XP. In terms of the Bios, i reset it, changed the battery and loaded defaults. In terms of the HDD boot error i figured the Boot sector had corrupted.
Anyway I decided to first flash my bios, and then reinstall Windows Xp on teh HDD.
I ran the AWDFlash.exe utility (as part of BIOS on my motherboard - ASus A7n8X-E Deluxe) and put the lastest BIos version (v.1013) on a boot disk to install off.
This seems to work, it finished and I reset.
When I reset the following happened....
Award Boot Block ran
It searched for AWDFlash.exe.
So I downloaded that, put it on a floppy and it rebooted. It happily found it a ran it. I also put the BIOS version on the floppy too. The screen came up where you can enter a bios to flash but I couldn't enter a file name and I get the error: SOURCE FILE NOT FOUND.
The bios is on the same disk as it!!!
Now when i reset i get a checksum error and an INVALID SYSTEM DISK ERROR! Also I get two descending beeps.
THis has got me! Can anyone help?
Anthony
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All file downloaded are from the Asus Website.
Athlon 32000, 512MB cosair ram (1 stick), WD12000D HDD 120GB, WD1200d SATA 120GB HDD.
Turned on my computer the other day, to be presented with a checksum error and and INVALID SYSTEM DISK error when trying to boot Windows XP. In terms of the Bios, i reset it, changed the battery and loaded defaults. In terms of the HDD boot error i figured the Boot sector had corrupted.
Anyway I decided to first flash my bios, and then reinstall Windows Xp on teh HDD.
I ran the AWDFlash.exe utility (as part of BIOS on my motherboard - ASus A7n8X-E Deluxe) and put the lastest BIos version (v.1013) on a boot disk to install off.
This seems to work, it finished and I reset.
When I reset the following happened....
Award Boot Block ran
It searched for AWDFlash.exe.
So I downloaded that, put it on a floppy and it rebooted. It happily found it a ran it. I also put the BIOS version on the floppy too. The screen came up where you can enter a bios to flash but I couldn't enter a file name and I get the error: SOURCE FILE NOT FOUND.
The bios is on the same disk as it!!!
Now when i reset i get a checksum error and an INVALID SYSTEM DISK ERROR! Also I get two descending beeps.
THis has got me! Can anyone help?
Anthony
-----------------------------------------------------
All file downloaded are from the Asus Website.
Athlon 32000, 512MB cosair ram (1 stick), WD12000D HDD 120GB, WD1200d SATA 120GB HDD.