Ok recentli have been having issues when starting up windows xp. Everytime i startup it asks for my boot disk. I have tried to change my boot sequence, having windows not even boot from my floppy disk, but still it looks for the boot disk. The only way i can start up my computer is by going through all 6 boot disks and after it will restart and start up windows.
View 10 Replieshey anyone remember that boot disc that had everything and it also had a mouse function in it? it was like boot magic or something i cant really remember. I only remember it had 2 versions one was the floppy which was free and the other you had to pay for the cd version
View 3 Replies View RelatedRecently I had a bout with Trojans (Vundo in particular) and spyware. The machine just kept rebooting. Installed XP on another partition in order to go out to the web and figure it out.. Finally I decided it would be easier to just reload. After a clean install and installing drivers for some hardware, Windows informed me it needed to reboot so the device would work correctly. After POST I got a non bootable disk error. I put the Windows DVD in to try a repair install, but wanted to see what would happen ifI let it go past press any key to boot from CD.... To my surprise I was able to get into Windows. I suspected that there might be some virus/spyware leftover in the MBR.First I uninstalled the other copy of XP, then tried repairing the MBR. Now it comes up with a missing operating system message when I reboot.I can get into windows as long as the boot from cd option is on in BIOS and I do not "select any key to boot from CD"
Isn't F8 supposed to bring up the boot options for win XP? It's not
working. I've tried F1, F4, Esc, and Delete,
F8 function is not working and that I'll need to fix
this somehow.
I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates will not accept my version of WinXP.I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right. What is the simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm trying not to have to reinstall the whole thing.
View 15 Replies View Relatedim trying to do a full recovery on a friends computer is a tiny-windows xp,with mine all you need to do is click f7 when you turn it on but with windows xp.
View 10 Replies View RelatedWhen i restart my compter or turn it on. i get prompted for windows xp professional twice and a windows xp setup. only ones valid and works.
View 1 Replies View Relatedmy HDD can't boot into XP by itself......it has to be booted from the CD-ROM with the XP CD which i hate..how can i make the hard drive boot in XP without booting from the CD-ROM or having to format, copy over setup files to the hard drive and re-install XP from the files on my hard drive and if i do that.will i be able to use XP after days y'know with the activation thing
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have inherited an old compaq s6220wm without HDD from a friend. Whenever I attempt to boot windows XP from a tested and working HDD, I am given the screen with the option for safemode, regularboot, etc. After selecting a boot option, the PC will start the boot process, and then a few seconds reboot, without any error message. Insterestingly, I can boot just fine with the LiveCD into Linux.
View 5 Replies View RelatedAthlon 64 Presario, Win/XP Which key do you hold down at startup to see the boot order? F8 doesn't do it on my machine. If there's a clone of my hd in the slave position I can choose it to boot up, can't I? Just want the option next time I mess up my OS.
View 3 Replies View RelatedAn HP notebook which just came up with a neat new problem. When trying to boot, it says it cannot find the drive. She suspects it could be from a recent windows update? Her sister's computer did something similar but corrected itself when an mp3 player was unplugged from a USB device. However, she has nothing connected to the computer at all.
View 4 Replies View RelatedAll of the SP2 install guides at windowsreinstall.com link provided in the sticky state that XP Home CD is required, what if I don't have one, I have a Dell-provided "reinstall" CD for XP. Can I still use the same procedures to upgrade to SP2
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am seriously considering replacing my ME with XP and I was wondering if someone could kind of walk me through the procedure. Do I need to back up everything or just some things. How do you format? Also, if I decide to keep the ME, how do I go about reformatting it?
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View 16 Replies View RelatedI am setting up XP Pro on a PC that was previously running W98. I did not use the upgrade option. I used the new installation option.During the setup, it asked for the names of the accounts to set up. I set up 3 accounts and did not set up any passwords for these accounts. When the PC rebooted, I got the Welcome screen w/ the 3 account. All require a password. I cannot get past this screen since I do not know a password for the accounts. I have tried blank, as well as the names of the accounts.
View 8 Replies View RelatedUp until a couple of weeks ago, there was a site, blackviper.com that had some darned good information on how to make Windows XP work best for you...
(Such as, learning all the processes in task manager and which ones you need.)
But, as of late, his site is down. Does anyone have any info on this? I'm not sure this is the right forum.
I have windows XP and everytime I start it a window pops up and says(Restarting your computer is required) in the window it says (The computer must be restarted before updating can continue. Would you like to restart now? Yes or No) if I click yes it reboots and the same window pops up asking the same question, what do you think is wrong?
View 14 Replies View RelatedIam trying to set up my digital camera for my laptop when i put the installation disc in it runs for a few seconds then says the file tsbyuv.dll is needed on windows xp professinal cd rom, however i don't have a cd rom because windows was already pre loaded onto my machine.
View 6 Replies View RelatedA friend of mine had some files on their computer corrupted and they couldn't find their copy of XP that came with their computer, so I used mine to just do a system repair. I've done repairs before on my own system and it didn't ask me to activate it, so I thought this would help solve the problem. Unfortunatly, it is asking for an activation and we still can't find my friends copy. Is all hope lost? or is there something else I should try first? Both of us have valid copies of XP, so I didn't expect to have this
many problems by just doing a system repair. Thanks in advance
Ok this worm has infected my procinit.exe file in the windows flder norton can't delete it or fix it anyone know of a good prog. to fix this file or a way of getting rid of it?
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have 3 physical disks and work from the D drive with XP pro disk 1 has partitions C and N disk 2 has partitions D, E, F and G disk 3 has partitions H, I, J and K Just wondering how many Pagefile.sys files I need to have, as I did a search and found 3, on C, N and D. I thought one was enough ?
View 6 Replies View Related A friend of mine is having a problem where he cant log into his computer. But he told me that he did not create a password for the computer. It also has a password on the admin account as well when I go through safe mode. So I took he hard drive out and set it up as a slave on another computer and scanned with nod32 and found and clean virus's. Still asks for a password. i tried ophcrack and it could not crack it. Tried offline password and that did not work either. Only thing I can think of is that maybe someone else put a password on it without him knowing it. Anyone possibly ever hear of a virus or something thats done this before.
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Hi, I have a game to play called Silent Hill 3, when I installed it, and went to load it, it said I require a 32mb Video Card, I thought my computer could support this.
I have recently had a major system failure, specifically my Windows XP will no longer fully boot. When I power on my computer, it gets to the "windows had
a problem starting up" page, where it gives options for starting in safe mode, normal mode, etc. However, no matter which option I choose, the computer cycles through startup and comes back to this same page. I have tried hitting F8 and getting to the advanced options, but I get the same result. Nothing I try works. I suspect there are corrupted sectors in the core system somewhere.
I keep getting this message everytime I try to turn the computer on. It will occasionally begin to start up but then will automatically reboot and I will get the Disk boot failure - Insert system disk and press Enter message again. I read the old posts on this but I have not been installing anything new.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI HAVE A LAPTOP HP PAVILION DUAL CORE 2GB RAM,120GB HD (W VISTA)I WANT TO CREATE A PARTITION IN THE SAME HD THE HAVE VISTA INSTALL TO INSTAL XP SO I CAN DUAL BOOT TO XP BUT I DON'T WHAT TO FORMAT MY HD AND VISTA DOO'T LET ME INSTALL XP AND I DOWNLOAD PARTITION MAGIC AND IT DOESN'T RUN ON VISTA.....AND WEND I BOOT MY THE LAPTOP USING XP CD MY HD DO NOT APPEARS SO XP CANT BE INSTALL PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANY SOLUTION
View 2 Replies View RelatedI lost dule boot satrtup options I still see both options as hard drives but the option to pick whitch
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have my Windows 2K and Windows 98 PC running fine. It brings up a startup option and I select the option that I want. My problem is that the software that I am running needs to run from the Windows 98 start menu option number - 5. command prompt. At present when I want to run the software I need to firstly choose the Windows 98 option from the menu and then try to hit F8 really quickly so that I can run the command prompt. Is there any option that I can write in the boot.ini that will force the Windows 98 Boot Partition to show me the startup menu instead of having to hit F8 really quickly.
View 2 Replies View Relatednew error message on start up "Invalid BOOT.INI boot from windowsC://" fixable? . also cleaned my LARGE prefetch folder and it has remained empty for a month ...?Been online 10 years never had a virus worm or trojan was hijacked once or twice and had a porn dialer ( it wasn't me honest!) bury itself in my
system
I just want to know what files I should copy for a backup disk? I really only would be concerned about my operating system, not any personal files. Basically, I want to know which specific files, (or sets of files) are required for an emergency reboot. I feel sorta stupid asking this, but recent events have shown me how ethereal and fragile computer programs can be. like wisps of smoke.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI can't seem to fix this problem on my computer, it wouldn't go on online with either foxfire or internet explorer. So I did the network diagnostic and it said that the connection was repaired but it only works for a couple sites then it fails again.message comes up HTTP, HTTPS, FTP connectivity required
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