ftdisk.sys error on startup in XP pro

[2cool4u]

Okay here's the scoop....turned computer off, turned it on one day and my OS wouldnt' load. SO i did the following things.

1. formatted
2. tried to reinstall windows XP on my partitioned 30 gig HD (8 gigs for the OS) and 22 for other stuff
3. got the BSOD saying FTDISK.sys.
4. tried to install windows on another of my HD and got the same FTDISK.sys error
5. hooked HD up to another working computer and tried to use partition magic 8 to fix partition, woulnd't work saying there was bad partitioning geometry.
6. used windows computer management to fix partitions, reformatted again
7. Booted off of my hd, got an NTLDR error please press CTRL + ALT+ DEL message
8. Installed XP pro anyway and got the ftdisk.sys error again.

--so...is it my HD that is bad or is it just a bad installation of windows. I can probably copy the ftdisk.sys and the NTLDR files to my hd using another good computer becuase i can see the partitions and open them up. Think that would work or am i wasting my time?

thanks for any help

 

[T3C]

could be either, try formatting and reinstalling again, or if you have a spare drive load the OS off the same cd on that and try it and see what happens

-CybPnk

 

[2cool4u]

is it possible that the motherboard can be causing this cuase i just bought a new hard drive and it gave me the same error. THis is really starting to tick me off

 

[User1001]

try flashing the bios.

 

[2cool4u]

that was my next idea but unfortunately i now have no OS to do it with. I can install win98 but htat is it, anything else gives me an error so looks like i'm formatting again and putting windows 98 on so i can flash


Thanks for the help