CPU/Mobo [Help] Onboard audio bust - No audio device Asus A8NE

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Kneo said:
Managed to get hold of a old Digit DVD - which has Linspire. Can I try booting from this one? At what point do I quit as I don't want to mess up my existing Windows OS (have not reinstalled since the last 5-6 years and am very proud of it).
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You can boot completely into Linux and use it all u want. it's not going to destroy ur existing OS.

Also, as sangram noted, just do a clean install with the latest drivers. 5/6 years is too long with a single installation of any Windows platform (also Linux maybe).
 
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Also, as sangram noted, just do a clean install with the latest drivers. 5/6 years is too long with a single installation of any Windows platform (also Linux maybe).
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And why would that be? I used to keep the Windows updated regularly using AutoUpdate and later AutoPatcher. I am not someone who does a lot of productive work on the PC. I use it basically for watching movies, surfing (with quite okay security) and playing some games occasionally. As I don't install a lot of software (only restricted to the above activities), why should one be reinstalling regularly?

I am genuinely trying to find out if reinstalling something is a solution to everything.
 
The thing is, Windows does need to be reinstalled once in a while. Actually, any OS, except server systems and maybe some high-end professional UNIX systems. Just like hardware, software too has a usable life. One may not like to think of it like that because it's virtual, it just does.

Windows has a poor memory, files get misplaced, it's not a great housekeeper, and it needs too much maintenance.

In your specific case, you know what hibernation is, right? In the copy process, if Windows creates a page fault at the location of your device, kaboom. It could be simle hardware failure, it could be not.

You lose nothing by reinstalling. If you got your system set up very painstakingly, it'll take time to put back together, but it may just be the better bet.
 
^ I understand what you are trying to say and I used to firmly believe in that about until 6-7 yrs back. I used to regularly reinstall Windows and used to run Linux in another partition.

But since the last 5-6 yrs, I've changed my approach to 'If it ain't broke - don't fix it'. I have stopped reinstalling just for the sake of it as I just don't install software for just trying out. I do that on my office PC and keep my home PC restricted for software which are keepers (most of the time). I do know that a lot of junk may be building up and that's why I keep running programs like CCleaner for maintenance.

Basically, to each his own. I guess, I don't have the tenacity to keep reinstalling the OC and the software all over again. I am also jealous of people who regularly do that and maintain their PCs like a fast running F1 car :) Kudos to them

Anyways, I am trying to see if I can manage to get my sound back up and then go back to enjoying my downloaded movies. Going to try the bootable Linux distro now.
 
Well - i did not trust my gut instincts and still went ahead with trying the bootable Live CD. It has busted my PC.

The linux distro started hanging while initiating the GUI display. The monitor light just kept blinking.

So restarted the PC and tried to go back to my original XP installation. Surprisingly that stopped working. Now I went back to my WinXP installation CD (old one). Booted from that one - it tells me that it does not recognize the partition on my disk !!

Now went in the repair mode - and ran Fixboot - It does not seem to help at all. It tells me that NTLDR is now missing. What do i do now? I don't mind reinstalling the OS, but the installation program is showing up only a single partition instead of the 4 partitions that I had and I don't want to be risking formatting the entire disk instead of the single C partition. How do i go back to my original partitions now.

Help desperately required.
 
you sure you tried a live CD and not an installer CD which might have done things to your HDD :ashamed:
 
It was a bootable DIGIT CD - and I did not install anything - it was still booting up. But forget that now - what is the solution - how do i save my partitions. I don't mind sacrificing my C partition at this point.

The problem is that it doesn't show up any folders when I go to C drive in the repair mode of WinXP bootable CD
 
take off your HDD and plug it into another PC/friends place. If you cant acess partitions on it, you might want to run some data recovery stuff
 
Is there no way I can get back my partitions? I am assuming that only the MBR may be destroyed
 
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take off your HDD and plug it into another PC/friends place. If you cant acess partitions on it, you might want to run some data recovery stuff
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Any recommended softwares?
 
where do you live? if you rdesperately need your stuff back, amarbir is in that business

regarding the softwares, there are a lot of them, no idea which ones are the good ones :(
 
Kneo said:
Is there no way I can get back my partitions? I am assuming that only the MBR may be destroyed
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Yes you can recover partitions with full data back in two ways.

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Attach your HDD to another working system and use "Partition table doctor software" to rebuild partition table.

Recovery will be excellent with this way.

Well if dont have any other working system to attach hard disk then follow further...

2.

Install windows by creating c: partition of same size before crash, then use "Partition table doctor software" to rebuild partition table.

Some screen shots for help..Remember to create first partition of exact size before crashing.

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Avoid disturbing hard disk too much like repairing etc it will damage data.If your data is very important then use professionals for data recovery, they gonna charge huge amount for data recovery.
 
I don't remember the exact size of the first partition. It was around 20 Gb (I actually created the other partitions and the leftover space was assigned to C drive). Will the above be useful in that case?

Or else - can I do a quick format of the HDD and install Windows - install Partition Doctor (or something similar) and then try to recover my partitions? A quick format would only kill the partition table and my other data would still be recovered right?

It's just a question of which software.
 
Kneo said:
I don't remember the exact size of the first partition. It was around 20 Gb (I actually created the other partitions and the leftover space was assigned to C drive). Will the above be useful in that case?

Or else - can I do a quick format of the HDD and install Windows - install Partition Doctor (or something similar) and then try to recover my partitions? A quick format would only kill the partition table and my other data would still be recovered right?

It's just a question of which software.
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Best thing if you can try partition recovery by attaching hard disk to another working system without any further disturbance to disk.

Also you can try "Partition Recovery Bootable CD 3.5" Results for partitions recovery without installing windows and formatting disk would be good.

well If your hard disk showing as single partition of whole size then create first partition of 20gb by quick formatting leave other space untouched then try "Partition table doctor software" after installing windows.

Software that worked for me most of time is "Partition table doctor software" for partitions\mbr and "Get Data Back" for complete damaged\corrupted\formatted\deleted disks
 
virus32. if a linux cd messed up his HDD, it might have attempted to reformat it into EXT2/ whatever. do these utilities support those file systems ?
 
Can the mods please rename the title of this thread to - 'Partition deleted - how to recover'
 
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