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invalid or damaged bootable partition

‎05-04-2012 05:52 AM

When I turned on my computer the message "invalid or damaged bootable partition" appeared before I could sign in.  When I pressed Esc nothing happened.  I am unable to access anything.  What can I do?  This computer has never been connected to the internet and HP Assistant did its check several days ago & all was fine.  This computer has not used since then.  No new hardward was added. 

HP Pavilion Elite HPE

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Re: invalid or damaged bootable partition

‎05-18-2012 04:18 PM

my compaq sr1550nx 8 or 9 yrs old indicated the hd had some bad sectors.  i tried to restart and only get a blank (not blue) screen.  if i try safe mode a bonch of lines with alpha numeric info comes up and just hangs at the samew place.  Can i just replace the hd and reload the drivers?

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