Solve : PDWKI is missing?

1.	Solve : PDWKI is missing?
Answer» Hey. I TRIED to restore my computer yesterday and got an ERROR I have never SEEN or encountered before. Anyways, I did the usual thing to restore it. Press f11 to go into recovery mode. I did that and did a destructive restore. When it was done, the computer restarted as normal. However, when it turned on I got the following message: PDWKI is missing Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart Tried it, nothing happened. So now, I got my recovery/OS CD and tried to restore with that. The same thing happen. Would really like some help. Thanks. Also, I'm not sure if it SAYS PDWKI, as some of it is cut off. You need to supply the exact error message. What operating System is it? What kind of computer? How old is it? Why did you have to restore it? Do you know what it means when that message comes up? Are you sure that is what it really says? If the computer is not really yours, that is a secret message to tell others to try and trace the location of the stolen Computer. But we don't think you took somebody's computer. Tell us more about yourself. What operating System is it? Windows XP What kind of computer? Gateway/desktop How old is it? From 2005 Why did you have to restore it? It was running REALLY slow Do you know what it means when that message comes up? Nope :/ Are you sure that is what it really says? Not sure because it's cut off Thanks. OK. It looks like you need to do the restore again. Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 18, 2011, 09:47:17 AM OK. It looks like you need to do the restore again. Based on what? He already said he did it twice with the same result.Five times are needed. PDWKI has the same number of letters as NTLDR... some kind of corruption on a failing hard drive? BIOS settings for the hard disk got scrambled? NTLDR and BOOTMGR are the only "missing" items that give rise to that message that I can think of. Quote from: Evoze I'm not sure if it says PDWKI, as some of it is cut off. This is odd... cut off? How? On the left? But the words "is missing" etc are visible? Does it look like this but with PDWKI instead of NTLDR? Appears to be an esoteric error. But I think not. If it can be repeated several times it almost certainly means the BIOS has been altered, but not by a typical hardware weakness. Rather somebody or something programmed the BIOS in a strange way. A typical BIOS failure would make the system so unable that the installation would fail and never get to the error message. On a hunch. Try another VGA card. Any card.Getting corrupted filenames is sometimes a sign of wrong disk geometry set up in the BIOS, so I wonder if the cmos BATTERY is failing; the machine is 6 years old. I want to know why the OP did the restore in the first place. Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 18, 2011, 10:31:06 AM Appears to be an esoteric error. But I think not. If it can be repeated several times it almost certainly means the BIOS has been altered, but not by a typical hardware weakness. Rather somebody or something programmed the BIOS in a strange way. A typical BIOS failure would make the system so unable that the installation would fail and never get to the error message. On a hunch. Try another VGA card. Any card. Ummm.., The NTLDR error message is not generated by the BIOS... It's from the OS itself. Quote from: patio on February 18, 2011, 11:06:31 AM Ummm.., The NTLDR error message is not generated by the BIOS... It's from the OS itself. So I wonder why the NTLDR name has become altered? Malware? A boot sector virus? Quote from: Salmon Trout on February 18, 2011, 11:28:56 AM So I wonder why the NTLDR name has become altered? Malware? A boot sector virus? Good question... However we have yet to hear back from him. Bootsector virii although rare seem to be making a comeback.I think it would help if we knew when the message appeared in the boot up sequence, exactly what the message says, is his destructive restore really a clean install of his OS and is his recovery/OS CD a full version of XP or if it's an OEM version is it the right one for his computer. Where's that pulling teeth gif?http://support.microsoft.com/kb/122221

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Hey.

I TRIED to restore my computer yesterday and got an ERROR I have never SEEN or encountered before. Anyways, I did the usual thing to restore it. Press f11 to go into recovery mode. I did that and did a destructive restore. When it was done, the computer restarted as normal. However, when it turned on I got the following message:

PDWKI is missing
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart

Tried it, nothing happened. So now, I got my recovery/OS CD and tried to restore with that. The same thing happen.

Would really like some help.
Thanks.

Also, I'm not sure if it SAYS PDWKI, as some of it is cut off.

You need to supply the exact error message.
What operating System is it?
What kind of computer?
How old is it?
Why did you have to restore it?
Do you know what it means when that message comes up?
Are you sure that is what it really says?

If the computer is not really yours, that is a secret message to tell others to try and trace the location of the stolen Computer. But we don't think you took somebody's computer. Tell us more about yourself. What operating System is it? Windows XP
What kind of computer? Gateway/desktop
How old is it? From 2005
Why did you have to restore it? It was running REALLY slow
Do you know what it means when that message comes up? Nope :/
Are you sure that is what it really says? Not sure because it's cut off

Thanks.

OK.
It looks like you need to do the restore again.
Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 18, 2011, 09:47:17 AM

OK.
It looks like you need to do the restore again.

Based on what? He already said he did it twice with the same result.Five times are needed.
PDWKI has the same number of letters as NTLDR... some kind of corruption on a failing hard drive? BIOS settings for the hard disk got scrambled? NTLDR and BOOTMGR are the only "missing" items that give rise to that message that I can think of.

Quote from: Evoze

I'm not sure if it says PDWKI, as some of it is cut off.

This is odd... cut off? How? On the left? But the words "is missing" etc are visible?

Does it look like this but with PDWKI instead of NTLDR?

Appears to be an esoteric error. But I think not.
If it can be repeated several times it almost certainly means the BIOS has been altered, but not by a typical hardware weakness. Rather somebody or something programmed the BIOS in a strange way.
A typical BIOS failure would make the system so unable that the installation would fail and never get to the error message.

On a hunch. Try another VGA card. Any card.Getting corrupted filenames is sometimes a sign of wrong disk geometry set up in the BIOS, so I wonder if the cmos BATTERY is failing; the machine is 6 years old. I want to know why the OP did the restore in the first place.
Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 18, 2011, 10:31:06 AM

Appears to be an esoteric error. But I think not.
If it can be repeated several times it almost certainly means the BIOS has been altered, but not by a typical hardware weakness. Rather somebody or something programmed the BIOS in a strange way.
A typical BIOS failure would make the system so unable that the installation would fail and never get to the error message.

On a hunch. Try another VGA card. Any card.

Ummm..,
The NTLDR error message is not generated by the BIOS...
It's from the OS itself. Quote from: patio on February 18, 2011, 11:06:31 AM

Ummm..,
The NTLDR error message is not generated by the BIOS...
It's from the OS itself.

So I wonder why the NTLDR name has become altered? Malware? A boot sector virus?
Quote from: Salmon Trout on February 18, 2011, 11:28:56 AM

So I wonder why the NTLDR name has become altered? Malware? A boot sector virus?

Good question...
However we have yet to hear back from him.
Bootsector virii although rare seem to be making a comeback.I think it would help if we knew when the message appeared in the boot up sequence, exactly what the message says, is his destructive restore really a clean install of his OS and is his recovery/OS CD a full version of XP or if it's an OEM version is it the right one for his computer.
Where's that pulling teeth gif?http://support.microsoft.com/kb/122221

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