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SoonerSean
March 26th, 2007, 01:50 PM
Wifes computer at the office has this message on it. Does it mean its dead?
SoonerLandman
March 26th, 2007, 01:51 PM
PC Load Letter? WTF?
Namor71
March 26th, 2007, 01:53 PM
It means there is something wrong with the file allocation table or FAT...
SoonerSean
March 26th, 2007, 01:54 PM
It won't boot up. You turn it on and it comes to that message and asks if you want to restart. She's tried it several times.
SoonerSean
March 26th, 2007, 01:56 PM
Fixable in a way that saves the data?
SoonerDude
March 26th, 2007, 01:56 PM
It could also be something simple: Have you checked to see if there is a floppy disk in the floppy drive while booting up? If a non-bootable disk is in the floppy drive, it will also give that message.

It could also mean a failed hard drive.
Namor71
March 26th, 2007, 01:56 PM
That's pretty much all it will do I've had that problem twice and both times the HD was scrap...
hipsterdoofus
March 26th, 2007, 01:58 PM
It is possible to get the data off the hard drive more than likely, but you'd need a working computer to do so - put the "bad" drive in as a slave, even though the OS is corrupt, chances are most of the files are still ok.
SoonerSean
March 26th, 2007, 01:59 PM
Thanks!
Slownomad
March 26th, 2007, 02:00 PM
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm has a run-down of several possible causes and solutions.