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yodapaul · 01-11-2004, 08:17 PM

I'm sorry BuDDaH but the files that make a system disk in WinXP are not changed at shutdown. Infact, they are almost never changed, the only time that they would be changed is if the user added a new OS and wanted to dual boot. So powering down the computer without shutting it down will have no effect on the boot files of the computer. The ONLY reason that this could have happened is that either the files were damaged or destroyed. So ether the Hard Disk is going bad, he had a virus, or the computer had help from another human.

Even if the computer was going into Hiberation and lost power Winxp should have recovered by itself. (I should know I have done it before. )

And I have seen first hand how a virus destroys a boot sector and making the disk unbootable.

So I respectfully disagree with you.

01-11-2004, 08:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
yodapaul Insane Location: MN	I'm sorry BuDDaH but the files that make a system disk in WinXP are not changed at shutdown. Infact, they are almost never changed, the only time that they would be changed is if the user added a new OS and wanted to dual boot. So powering down the computer without shutting it down will have no effect on the boot files of the computer. The ONLY reason that this could have happened is that either the files were damaged or destroyed. So ether the Hard Disk is going bad, he had a virus, or the computer had help from another human. Even if the computer was going into Hiberation and lost power Winxp should have recovered by itself. (I should know I have done it before. ) And I have seen first hand how a virus destroys a boot sector and making the disk unbootable. So I respectfully disagree with you. __________________ I'm Just here to help. Now, Where is your problem? Last edited by yodapaul; 01-11-2004 at 08:19 PM..