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    HP G50 104nr won't boot

    Discussion in 'HP' started by nova6, Jan 21, 2011.

  1. nova6

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    My grandson's laptop won't boot or access the restore partition.
    I can't find the drive in bios but it will run the tests in bios.
    I put the drive in my desktop on a separate sata connector and it is recognized but not readable.

    I installed win xp on it and put it back in the laptop, it will start to boot then quickly blue screens and then a black screen saying missing ntdlr.
    The blue screen goes by too fast to read.

    I used hirens boot disk and ran mini windows among others on the disk and it runs ok, just won't run off the hard drive. the drive is a seagate and test ok using the seagate diagnostic.
    I also tried the remove battery and hold power key for 30 seconds.
    Any suggestions or am I lookin at a failed main board?
     
    nova6, Jan 21, 2011
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