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Ah, those are organizations we've created. They should fit Golarion world lore well enough, but they aren't borrowed from it.All of which I need to read up on. :P My hubby is the one who knows the Pathfinder world better than me - so I'm not quite up to tossing around meaningful references just yet.
And yes, I've just sent my registration for the message board. (LadyLeopard).
That would help explain why they didn't sound familiar at all. :P I'll check up on them on the message board.
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I am not very tech savy unfourtunately. The Bios is working but, there is an error when it tries to boot windows. All I get is a blank screen with a single flashing icon. I figure either the hard drive is malfunctioning or it might be a windows error. I don't have any of my back-up or installation disks till I head back home on the 29th.
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Yeah sounds like its trying to boot from something else like usb/cd, or part of your boot sector got corrupted. Which you need either the original disk to fix or have the ability to download something else to run and fix it with something else you boot from. Which looks like you won't have until the 29th, sucks man :(
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Yup sounds like the boot sector of the disk is corrupted. If you had your media and had/made Windows Recovery Disks you MIGHT be able to correct it...assuming that's the only error...alot of times when that happens you are looking at more extensive issues though.
Generaly if the BIOS recognizes the Drive then your drive controler and motherbored are ok, the disk itself may (or may not) have some bad sectors.
It's a kinda weird issue but I've seen it happen a few times. Make sure the Power Supply fan is running. I've encountered a few systems where the Power Supply went but not completely and was only producing enough power to partialy supply components. All sorts of weird things can happen in that case. If the disk isn't spinning at the proper rate, it won't read the boot sector properly. It's a longshot, but a cheap/easy fix if that's the case. Sure way to tell is if the fan on the power supply won't run (assuming it's a desktop not a laptop).
If it's a factory install, depending upon the computer, an alternate partition will often include pre-installed diagnostics. You access them in a similar fashion to your BIOS, you can google how for your specific make and model. If you have them, they are safe to run and can tell you if there is anything going on hardware wise...can't tell you if your OS is hosed though.
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Below is our new thread with our new name. Please do not add further replies here. If a moderator can lock this thread at this point, that would be helpful.
Thanks for your interest!
The Empyrean Order