Computer Wont Boot - Boot Manager Error?
Apr 6, 2008
I had had 2 operating system on 2 hard drives (XP and Vista) I took vista off and replaced it with media center. I could boot both xp and media center but the vista boot screen always shows up and would have to go into "ealier versions of windows" and choose my OS from there. I read somewhere to get rid of the vista boot screen I should delete "bootmgr" file and "boot" folder from the root of C: I did this and now nothing works. It tries to boot into vista boot screen but it says files are missing and resets
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Jul 25, 2005
I am looking a providing a windows xp disk based recovery solution which uses a boot manager to boot into a small footprint o/s ( DOS,Linux,Recovery Console ....haven't decided yet) do a 5 second sanity check on the window partition (windows partition is intact,system files are present.) if okay tell the bootmanager to boot to windows partion and restart if bad tell boot manager to boot to hidden recovery partition and restart. Does anyone know of any boot managers that let me chnage the boot partition on the fly like this?
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Oct 27, 2007
I"m running WinXP SP2 Home. Hardware is 2.0 Celeron, 1 gig Ram, 64MB Nvidia Video Card, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, HD's are 250GIG Western Digital with 4 partitions and 27% free on the XP Boot and 200GIG Western Digital with 2 Partitions. I have a Lite-On DVD +-R/RW drive and a 3.5 floppy. I am setup with a Duel-Boot configuration Win 98/XP. I do not have a paging file.
My problem occures after I hit enter for the Select Operating System page. I Hit enter, Win XP proceeds to load. After I hit enter and Windows loads the blue welcome screen 1 minute has passed. I hear the Welcome Audio music, however blue welcome screen is still there for 30 more seconds. Next is my picture that I have as my background that is shown without icons for 1minute 21seconds. Windows now displays my icons on my desktop. the icons blink at minute 4. after 4 minutes and 51 seconds I am able to use my computer. At bootup I only have 43 programs running and 357MB of the 1 gig ram taken.
What I have done:
1) I have started in safe mode and defraged my PC, 0% frag on all partitions except a drive that isn't currently plugged in and it was 1% because it's my backup drive (not worried about that 1%)
2)Removing all connected Componets and rebooted, same problem.
3) I have tried using msconfig.exe and setting the startup selection as Normal- it's defaulted to Selective. Tried reducing my startup programs. ....
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Mar 30, 2010
I am having probllems installing Windows XP, first of all the installation is unusually slow, it has more than 5 hours installing. Then i have a boot error from Windows NOT from the BIOS, i have tried getting into the Repair Console an using FIXMBR and FIXBOOT, unsuccesfully; removed every suspecious setting on my BIOS..... The installator copies small parts, copy 1% or 2% and stops for a while (I think it is decompressing the files, but that slow!?). After that i get a booting error (I dont remember what does it says; i will post it later, when my 4th attemp ends).
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Feb 27, 2008
I've tried booting up another one of my computers. it says that there is a disk error and to hit ctrl, alt, delete to restart. Did that a bunch of times and still wouldn't boot. I took the System Recovery disk from my Compaq (bad drive is in a HP, can't find the boot disk for that system) and changed the boot order and the CD won't boot. Tried safe mode, last known good configuration and tried to scan the disk and it doesn't complete and gives another error: :windowssystem32configsystem missing or corrupt
So I took the information from this link, option 4 towards the bottom Help2Go saying to take the bad drive and put it into a good PC running XP. So I got up to this point "You should now be back at the “My Computer” window. There, you should also see another hard drive listed. Open that drive. " so I double-clicked the bad drive and after a while I get, "Disk is not formatted, Do you want to format it now?" if I format it, how do I get Windows back to the HDD? Keep it in the Compaq as a secondary drive and use the Compaq System Recovery disks?
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Dec 17, 2005
My OS is XP Pro with a 160gb western digital hard drive.I was attempting to use Partition Magic to install another OS and something went wrong and now the computer wont boot up.I have tried everything I can think of but I am unable to fix it.I am getting an error message "invalid system disk, remove the disk and click on enter". I would like to format this drive and start over. I have gone into the bios and set the CD-ROM drive to boot first but no matter what drive I make first, I get the same error message mentioned above. Any ideas on how I might be able to format this drive?
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Mar 31, 2010
I had voltage fluctuations last night due a snowstorm and the voltage dropped crashing my PC.It now won't boot and gives the error that a file is corrupted.Windows/system32/config..The PC runs an OEM XP home edition on a SATA drive, the PC also has an IDE drive (D) but the OSes are on the C drive.Inside the XP installation I have Linux Mint installed.When I boot I get the 2 options I always used to , XP (default) and Linux Mint.XP won't boot when selected and gives the error above.The Linux Mint, also on C and in fact installed as a program within XP, will boot, hence I believe the SATA drive to be undamaged.I can see the C drive and all the XP files from the Linux installation.I've tried using the original full CD and the recovery console but when the recovery console opens all it can see is the IDE drive which it labels D (and of course doesn't contain the original XP install.I can't remember how I got XP on the SATA drive in the first place, I don't appear to have any Hard drive drivers in the case I keep all software CDs in and I'm a bit flummoxed. I can only imagine I just fitted it and loaded the XP install disc but that's at odds with what seems to be happening now.Spent a large part of today Googling but can't find anything that will fix this. so far.I don't want to have to wipe and re-install everything unless there's no option, it's a fast way to kill a couple of days over the holidays.
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Jan 14, 2005
I keep getting an error when I start up my computer. It say:( Unable to load BXXS5.dll )I have use the Hi jackthis 1.98.2 and below is the log files It came up with.Which file do I remove and which file so I keep .Can someone help me and tell me all the unsafe or unnecessary files I should remove.
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Mar 3, 2008
When I try to boot my computer reaches the windows screen then restarts, and keeps repeating this. Sometimes it throws up a bad pool caller error and a bsod. It gives me a Stop code: 0xc2 (0x43, 0xc3af4000, 0x0, 0x0) Additionally my keyboard no longer works, at least during startup which is all I can access. True for both USB and ps2 keyboard. The numlock light can be turned on but that's about it. So I know the connection is working but the boards still don't work, which means I've been unable to get to safe mode or into bios settings.
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Nov 6, 2006
When i booted up my pc to put some coursework on a usb stick, it failed to boot to xp. It went to the "xp was not shutdown properly,boot to safe mode, or last known working settings screen, ETC". None of the options work, i have tried all of them, safe mode and last known working settings included. When i select one of the options, the hardrive spins up, and then my gfx card bios info and mobo splash screen come on. Well, i think it might be because i ran a 'virus remover' for the game gmod, this was the first time the computer had been booted since i ran it.
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Oct 6, 2007
I have a laptop (IBM Thinkvantage Thinkpad) and when i boot it does the following:Shows motherboard graphic Goes to "Starting windows." with a loading bar under it.Stops and says "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:WINNTSYSTEM32CONFIG SYSTEMced" Now i know that that means the hive file is too big and i know how to fix it But I don't have a Win2k boot disk and i don't have any floppy drives installed I had an idea to try and do a network boot through the BIOS setup which it does allow but i don't really have any server programs to "host" a network boot with my Windows XP desktop.
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Sep 20, 2007
I did have XP and Vista on my PC, But I removed Vista ( I dont want it back just yet) I had the problem with Missing NTLDR and i fixed that, Now it says Bootmgr is missing press ctrl + alt + del to restart.I have used the good results at Gooooooogle and from what i have found its a vista thing with bootmgr.
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Jul 18, 2008
all the data is intact I'm currently on a live distro of linux on my ipod.I was messing with the partitions ONLY ON MY IPOD on paragon partition manager.it prompted me to restart to finish and it seemed to lake a LONG timeit gave an error message saying if the part was bootable to redo LILOnow it won't boot windows and I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO FIX IT!!!
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Feb 3, 2005
Hp laptop running win xp professional going great untill this morning now when trying to boot computer recieve following error message before login screen "isass.exe Security Accounts Manager initialization failed because of the following error:The handle is invalid.Error status 0xc0000008.Please click ok to shutdown this system and re boot into safe mode,check the event log for more detailed information."When ok is clicked unable to get into safe mode same error message appears.
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Nov 11, 2006
I am unable to boot my PC most of the times.Whenever I switch on my PC,I see the following message nine ot of ten times. DiskError/Boot Faliure Reboot and select proper boot device or insert Boot media in selected boot device If I press enter after this messages & keep pressing following messages appear from time to time (Not simultaneously). If just after making the switch on, I press F2 key to check the boot device preference
If just after making the switch on , I press f11 key to reach the boot menu I always find the 1.44 MB Floppy option highlighted as the booting choice.(though there had not been any floppy in the floppy drive, I dont have any really)I make the hard disk option highlighted & it solves the problem only a few times. But next time when I try F11 key to check the boot menu again I find 1.44 MB floppy highlighted.
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Oct 13, 2005
computer that has two hard drives and a different os on both hard drives. 1 Drive has windows 2000 pro, and the other has xp home. It was configured so that on boot up, there would be a choice of which operating system to boot into, though I do not know which drive was giving this choice. At this point when I boot, I get the error message "ntldr is missing press any key to restart". I have changed the boot order in the bios to see if it will boot from the other hard drive, and I get the same results.
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Nov 29, 2006
Home Brew Computer .. Windows XP SP2 (with all the updates .. except IE7) I�ve installed a new ATA 250 gig Seagate � Cloned a good OS .. Making the C: partition 50 gig. The second Data Partition is recognized as the remaining 184 gig � and the Drive seems to be working great. Every boot up .. Windows says the software for the HD is not found and the ST3250824A may not work properly .. etc .. etc. Once past these messages .. all seems OK.
�. With one exception. When trying to make an Acroins backup of the C: Partition to an external HD .� It has many reports of Sectors being used or faulty .. and can not continue. If I use the Acronis Boot CD .. Acronis is AOK If I run Sea tools .. It results in a blacked out (result screen) upon completion. Windows Check and Fix disc seems OK. The device manager reports the Monitor with a yellow .. but the VIAS3G UniChrome Pro IGP device is working properly. Right now .. I�m not using the owners Monitor..
The Raid Controller � PCI bus 0, device 15 says the Drivers are not installed (code 28) But I�m not using the Raid Mobo SATA connections � (ATA drives only) This drive was Cloned from an 80 gig that was freshly restored from the Windows CD. When this 80 gig is re-installed � it does not have the boot up error .. and Acronis runs internally OK. The device manger still has the same two yellow Questions � which are understandable .. IMO. A new ATA Seagate 320gig is on order for an external enclosure application.
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Dec 17, 2007
I haven't installed anything new on my computer but today after having my computer shipped to me via UPS I cut on my computer and where the XP load bar screen was I got: "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device".Seeing this I knew I went into the BIOS setup and tried to turn the system priority to look at the HDD. Instead I only had the option of the DVD drive and the CD drive.I have no idea how to solve this problem and don't have any of the recovery CD's. I DO NOT WANT TO REFORMAT because like a bad little boy I did not backup my 4 years worth of work.
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Dec 17, 2005
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Oct 27, 2008
My machine shut down properly with no errors. Then when I tried to start it the next day I encountered the following errors. The first is a Boot Disc Error which is followed by a Boot from CD prompt.After copying files from the windows xp cd, a blue screen with a stop message appears with details of an error -
partmgr.sys PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA. At this point, I am able to reboot in safe mode and do a system restore. However, when I shut down and try to restart, I'm back to square one
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May 25, 2006
On boot up I get the following error, TECHNICAL INFORMATION STOP:0X0000008E (OXC0000005, 0XBF80C87B, 0XF9C8CC64, 0X00000000)Win32k.sys � address BF80C87B base at BF 800000, datestamp 43446a58, Then it goes through a memory dump Windows XP Pro SP2.
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Aug 30, 2005
I just upgraded my computer with a new mobo and vid card . I have WinXP BTW. Everthing was working fine until last night. I recorded a performance into Sound Forge and was about to save it when the computer shut down. It automatically tried to reboot but gave me an error like "Boot From CD. Insert disk and press enter". (btw, both of my harddrives were recognized) Well, I had no disk so I just pressed enter. It then proceeded to do a scan disk check. The message I received was "Your computer has just recovered from a serious error" . It suggested I send a report to Microsoft. I however have no internet connection at home. The details of the error included to file addresses. One was something like C:\Documents and Settingsminidump.......
I tried turning the PC on this morning and it turned on fine. The only thing I noticed was a mechanical sound like when the floppy drive is searching for a disk and there is none present. What could possibly be wrong?
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Jan 9, 2005
My Daughter came home from college and asked me to look at her compuer apparently she is having a few problem.Error during boot. Error loading c:windowssystem32ridge.dll Cannot enable wired NIC card. Have to use wireless PCMCIA card to access the Internet. Used Dell diagnostics during power up and it shows no hardware issues. Driver seems to be okay.Cannot update windows keep getting an error message Microsoft Internet Explorer Your current security settings prhibit activex controls on this page. as a result, the page maynot display correctly. Checked Tools/Internet options and reset Privacy and Secuirty Tabs to default, checked advanced tab and unchecked disable script debugging. Get the same error messge when I try to download and run Panda Active scan or update Windows media player.
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Jun 30, 2006
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Dec 10, 2007
error msg is about and how can I stop it from coming on whenever I boot up my computer. I am running Win XP Pro SP2. I could not copy this error msg into this box so I am typing everything that it says.
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Apr 23, 2008
My computer was running fine until I booted it up this morning and got these 2 error messages:
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May 3, 2005
I always get a Error upon boot up and am not sure what it is? I have searched all I could on "wildtangent" and it seems to be a online gaming program? yet I don't play games on my pc? I do have a younger brother though that may use this while I'm out. The error is as follows ERROR LOADING C:Programs FilesWildTangentappsCDAcdaEngine0400.dll The specified module could not be found.
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Sep 22, 2007
I am running XP home on my Acer notebook. I installed 2 drivers from AMD website to update my Turion 2.0 processer. On restart I got the error message for Hal.dll. I been searching for a while now and can only find help that involve using the XP CD. I've been trying to boot the disc, but it won;t. I can't get past the hal.dll error.
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Jan 23, 2005
I've got a Sony Vaio notebook and it just started with this error message today. UNMOUTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
Technical information:
*** STOP: 0x000000ED (0x81A98D68,0xc0000006,0x00000000,0x00000000)
I searched around the web and the only thing I could find to fix this issue, is to get my Win-XP startup cd and reinstall windows. I cant find my startup cd. I found another site that stated if I cant find a start up cd to download 6 boot disks to floppy. Ive done so and I inserted the 1st boot disk and restarted my notebook I now get this error: Disk I/O error.
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Jan 13, 2005
He turned on his computer today and it just froze at the windows loading screen. When my father came home from work he tried to boot it into safe mode to try and do a rollback to a safe point, but instead it would give him a screen with some lines on it which will follow in a moment. He then tried to run chkdsk in safe mode but it just hung there so he restarted it and it went straight into safe mode with no indication it was running chkdsk except the HD light is going so perhaps it is in the background. Either way we went ahead with the Windows Xp disk to try and do a repair and ran a chkdisk from there and it finished said it found 1 or more errors then went into safe mode again with the hd light running. He is unable to do anything at all in safe mode atm but is letting it sit there jic the hd is doing chkdisk again.
Anyway here are the lines it keeps giving.
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32configsystem
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32c_1252.nls
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32c_437.nls
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32l_intl.nls
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowsFONTS vgaoem.fon
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowsAppPat chdrvmain.sdb
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DRIVERSACPI.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DRIVERSWMILIB.SYS
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DRIVERSpci.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DRIVERSisapnp.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DRIVERSviaide.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DRIVERSPCIIDEX.SYS
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DriversMountMgr.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DRIVERSftdisk.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DriversPartMgr.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DriversVolSnap.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DRIVERSatapi.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DRIVERSdisk.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DRIVERSCLASSPNP.SYS
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DRIVERSsr.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DriversKSecDD.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DriversNtfs.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DriversNDIS.sys
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)windowssystem 32DriversMup.sys
The computer specs are:
Win Xp Home SP1
740MB Ram
Tornado GeForce FX5900 128MB
Sound Blaster 5.1 Live
EliteGroup KT600-a motherboard with an AMD Athlon 2700
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Oct 7, 2006
i keep getting the above error message when i boot up my computer and it refuses to go an further, i have tried solutions provided on this forum and none will work as my recovery disc has a recovery utility on it which wants to format my HD and then reinstall windows. but i want to keep my files and i have no way of getting the files the HD at the moment.
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