Windows deleted itself?

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Boardin087

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I recently did an install in the lab where i work of a 2000 on a brand new dell. Before this it had vista beta on it for about a week. I got to work today and windows was up but no programs would run. I restarted my computer to find that it said error no boot device. I checked the hard drive config to make sure it was all set up properly and it was. I ran the windows setup and went into install repair. It said no windows installations could be found. Went into recovery console and couldn't even do a "dir" for the C drive. When i looked at the install screen In the Windows 2000 setup it said the whole drive was "unpartitioned space" currently partioning and hoping my Ghost images are still up. But what could of caused this disaster?
 
Maybe the hard drive is dying. I'd run diagnostic tools on it to see.
 
brand new computer :/ oh well running memtest86 on it and then will run some diagnostic tools.
 
I don't think running memtest would make a difference. It's more of a hard drive problem.
 
Was this on a desktop or a server?

If it's a server, I would be suspicious of the Array Controller.


In any case, this definitely sounds like a hardware failure of some sort as it's mostly likely either the HD or the controller that has failed or is dying.
 
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