Brand new 3T Disk Drive. No root file. Restore disks I bought from MS for this computer announce "This program will not run on this computer." |
Friday, June 27, 2014
Computers all blow
9 comments:
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Jess said...
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It might be a partition problem. Try typing your error message in a search engine and see if there is an answer.
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6/27/14, 3:11 PM
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TimO said...
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Isn't it amazing the number of 'strange' things that happen when M$ discontinues support for an OS???? ;-)
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6/27/14, 4:03 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Root or boot file not found?
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6/27/14, 4:57 PM
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Anonymous said...
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I watched American Warships on Netflix today. Story improbable and effects not the best (tv movie) but, they managed to get the USS Iowa out to sea and it was a wonderful sight! For that alone I recommend it.
Bolivar -
6/27/14, 7:01 PM
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Anonymous said...
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I strenuously dislike MS products. The only thing worse is Apple. Sorry, don't want to start a religious war... (And Apple's OS is Linux under the wrapping.)
XP won't load onto a hard disk larger than 2 TB without special drivers. And you need to load those drivers with a driver floppy (yes, floppy. cd or usb stick won't work) during the install process.
Another note, all versions of Windows from XP to newer had OEM versions and full versions. The OEM version only allows full installs. And, the OEM version is tagged to only run on one set of hardware. If you have a Dell OEM XP version, you can't load it on HP. With OEM versions, you need to create recovery disks after the OS is loaded. You can't move OEM from your dead Dell to a newer generic PC. The license is locked to the old hardware.
Most newer hardware can't run XP since they don't have XP drivers available anymore.
If you need to run Windoze, go online and buy an OEM Windows 7 64-bit version, Home or Professional. Win 7 Pro will run with up to 32 GB RAM, Win 7 Home will run up to 8 GB RAM.
Windows 8 is evil. Nuff said.
Linux should run on almost anything, but if you messed up your boot partition, recovering it can be a daunting task.
Bryan -
6/27/14, 10:41 PM
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Anonymous said...
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"No root file" is an incomplete message.
I would expect the entire message to read "No root file system defined."
You need to define a partition with the name "/" which means "root". It's the Windows equivalent of "C:\". -
6/28/14, 2:40 AM
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Rodger the Real King of France said...
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I used wifes (win 7) computer to make a boot disk. Remember when make a boot disk was an option on the My Computer screen? I spent 20 minnutes on "Howw to" sies and finally gave up in disgust. Maybe I've become my father. Prolly wil return that 3T drive to Amazon I've bought maybe a half dozen drivess over the years aand NEVER was it nt bootable with a MS program disk.
On the other hand, I may have fallen in love with a whore. Damn you Microwhore! -
6/28/14, 8:10 AM
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Anonymous said...
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XP will boot off of any size disk, so long as the partition type is compatible (for XP it's mbr, not gpt), and you first chop the 3T down into multiple partitions.
The three shops you mention probably went out of business because they were incompetent. Most of the people in my business have a tiny specialty area, but assume they know everything tech-related because their mommy always called them 'my little genius'.
Grrrr.
-bravokilo -
6/28/14, 9:52 AM
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pdwalker said...
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Oh the pain.
Solving a problem over the internet is extremely difficult as it is hard to give exactly the information that is needed to solve the problem. You might also be having a couple of different problems at the same time which makes debugging harder. If the computer had a remote console (high end servers do) or the computer was running (no problem then I guess), then remote access could solve most problems.
It'd be easier and less expensive to ship a whole new computer over.
Windows XP and Windows 7 32 bit will install on a 3TB hard drive, but it will only "see" the first 2TB.
The partition type must be MBP (msdos, or old style) and not GPT. You can boot the linux mint 17 CD and run gparted to find out what your partition is setup as.
How old is the computer you are trying to run it on? Newer computers use an abortion called UEFI boot which makes the whole process a complete pain in the ass (I still haven't got a handle on it, but it is necessary for Windows 7 and that horrible thing called Windows 8.x)
I do this kind of stuff for a living and the problems you are showing would give me grey hairs.
Good luck, and I hope you can find someone competent locally. (only pay if they can actually successfully do the job)
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6/28/14, 11:55 AM
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