pc in sleepmode

[stompinne]

my friends pc is in sleepmode, he doesn't get it started again.
he's advised to 'press a button", but gets the notice:"NTLDR is missing", resetting or restarting doesn't help either now what to do?

[DANIMAL]

Can you boot into safe mode ?
ifso change the settings through there.

[stompinne]

nothings working just again the same message, also he doesn't have a startupdisk

[DANIMAL]

Explain how far you get on boot up?
how many beeps?
What you have done to fix the problem?
Have you checked thebios or canyou not get into it?

[stompinne]

he says there is only a dosscreen, with that message "hit a key" when he does, he gets ntldr is missing", further he doesn't get, maybe there is a dos command to fix something, neither i or him know any dos commands

[stompinne]

problems solved by hitting the TAB key!!!!!!!

[DANIMAL]

[quote]Originally posted by stompinne:
<strong>he says there is only a dosscreen, with that message "hit a key" when he does, he gets ntldr is missing", further he doesn't get, maybe there is a dos command to fix something, neither i or him know any dos commands</strong><hr></blockquote>

DOH!?
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If your not a tech you might as well bring it to your local comp Store to get fixed or else search these board for instructions on wiping the Hard drive and reinstalling the O/S.

[confus-ed]

[quote]Originally posted by stompinne:
<strong>problems solved by hitting the TAB key!!!!!!!</strong><hr></blockquote>

Off at the wall would have done it!

The sleep mode "file" was messed up you need to start up from OFF, not standby/sleep.

[MacGyver]

Best solution I have found to desktop PC's not waking from sleep mode is to disable power management. It's more trouble than it's worth on a desktop PC since the components inside aren't engineered as a single unit like a laptop is.