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May 8th, 2003, 02:47 PM
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I'm not sure what happened, but now when I start my computer, my splash screen shows up, then I get a black screen that prints:
L 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99
repeatedly!
Can anyone tell me what this means?
btw, I also have reason to believe that my roommate may have tampered with my computer somehow...If anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciated.
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May 8th, 2003, 02:49 PM
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the only time i have seen that is when i took my hard drive out that had linux on it with a dual boot system. what os are you running?
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May 8th, 2003, 02:53 PM
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I had linux installed, but I reformatted and erased everything off my C drive. Strange thing is, the dual-boot screen still showed up even though I had erased everything. Could that have been a contributing factor? And what does it mean?
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May 8th, 2003, 02:55 PM
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Probably will require a re-partition, format, and OS install. It is a likely a problem with your MBR.
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May 8th, 2003, 02:57 PM
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It just displays that on the screen. It only gives the single startup beep signifying that everything is fine. | |
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May 8th, 2003, 02:57 PM
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May 8th, 2003, 02:58 PM
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I've been booting into windows fine up until today. Is there a possibility that anyone could have tampered with it? | |
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May 8th, 2003, 02:59 PM
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You guys had the Linux discussion before I was able to post, as I had several browser windows open.
You likely have an MBR problem. May require re-partitioning the drive. | |
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May 8th, 2003, 03:01 PM
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Can you give an explanation for my having an MBR problem? Or do those just happen?
Also, why did the dual boot screen still show up even after I re-formatted? | |
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May 8th, 2003, 03:18 PM
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anyone?
sorry for double posting
if it was my roommate, i'd just be really mad
is it possible that L 99 is the "kill" command in linux?
i just did a search for it and that came up | |
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