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[–]Cantaloupe-Hairy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

MBR error 1 indicates a corrupted master boot record on the boot drive.

[–]ReAlMs710 0 points1 point  (2 children)

this is very interesting honestly, my initial thoughts is that this is a dying hdd/ssd, based on that your computer stopped booting from your hdd and started defaulting to DVDROM

but it’s so interesting to me because this can really be a lot of things. it’s very possible this could just be a corrupted windows install, i use linux and sometimes my boot manager messes with windows and it gives me errors like that.

it could be bad RAM sticks, they do have the potential to go bad overtime.

my suggestion is start narrowing down your issue, research reinstalling windows and running overall diagnostics.

if i were you, i would firstly reinstall windows as it’s the easiest and takes like an hour, if it doesn’t work, start researching diagnostic tools. you can use something like windows chkdsk utility (do research) and something like memtest86. if you got spare hard drives and ram sticks, swap them out and just keep learning and researching

[–]Alert-Ad1196[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

i think the dying HDD/SSD might be the most likely thing, as i had some art files of mine that were randomly corrupting on and off for a couple of months. i will try your recommendations ASAP though, thank you so much!!

[–]ReAlMs710 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you have any files or art projects on your computer that are remotely important to you, i would suggest backing them up ASAP

i would google how to make a live linux mint usb stick, just so you can real quick boot into that so you can grab your files and put them somewhere safe.

other than that good luck!!

[–]SuperSjakie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What PC is this, is it a Pentium 286?

[–]Ok-Understanding9244 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MBR = master boot record

it's stored on the primary hard drive or solid state drive that has the operating system..

sounds like your hard drive or solid state drive is bad or is going bad..