I have a Dell Dimension L866r with 512 mb. of ram . I have my bios set to boot from CDrom first, then my harddrive. When I boot my computer up with the XP Home disk in it all I get is Invalid System disk.
View 2 RepliesI recently formatted my drive and am trying to reinstall my WIndows XP Pro.When I put in the CD and the PC starts up I receive a message: "Invalid System Disk. Replace the disk and then press any key"I have already changed my BIOS so that it boots from the CD first. Not sure what the problem is? prior to that error message, it states that I should "press any key to boot from CD"...when I try to push a key nothing happens. I know my keyboard works since I used it to enter the BIOS.
View 5 Replies View RelatedMy son gets the message "invalid system disk, replace the disk, then press play" , when booting up, he started getting it after inputting a picture from a "smart card" using his built in card reader. There is NO disk in the reader. If you hit any key the computer continues to boot "normal" It isn't a big problem, but a sign of something not being right.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI left my computer on for about 3 hours, when I returned the screen was black with the a message First time this happened INVALID System Disk Replace Disk and then press any key There is or was no 3 1/2 floppy disk in the computer. Every time I hit any key nothing would happen. When I would reboot I would get to the same screen with the same message and nothing would happen. Then I would reboot again and when that screen would come our I would insert a 3 1/2 Floppy into the computer and the computer would start up. So now the only time I can get the computer to start up I must insert a 3 1/2 floppy.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAn external hard drive. When it is on & I try to boot,I get the following error : Invalid system disk Replace the disk, and then press any key I then have to turn off the external & press any key to get it to boot. Is there a way that I can boot with that external turned on. Some setting I need to change perhaps? I have an E-Machines computer about 2 years old.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI think I got virus, even though norton work 2004 cant dectected but everytime startup its say that (invalid boot disk...please insert...) and I have to put in my winxp in cd drive to boot up. I been format the disk and reinstall win but it don't help. I think some how my NTLDR got corrupted? but not just that one drive, I change to another smaller (4.0G) drive that got nothing but Winxp Pro and it's say the same. Winxp Pro 3.0g mhz 340g Hd.
View 2 Replies View RelatedA family member of mine has formatted the Hard Drive on their PC and when I they try to load windows XP it comes up with "Invalid System Disk, Replace Disk and Press Any Key"Do I need a boot disk and If I do What sort and where do I get it from.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI am getting this error message when I start windows XP Home, It says Replace the disk and press any key On doing so it starts normally.othing is in the CD drives and floppy is disabled in Bios.Booting is from the second hard disk - partition 2.
View 12 Replies View RelatedMy XP desktop was in the middle of running CHKDSK when there was a power outage. Since then the computer will not start-up. It begins the usual POST, recognizing the drives then it comes to a screen saying Invalid System Disk, Replace the disk and then press any key.There are no disks in any of the CD/DVD drives. I have tried the recovery disk and even a full version XP disk, but nothing seems to be "seen". I get the same screen every time.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI just had Win 98 on my computer, but reformatted because I wished to start anew with Windows XP. The format went well, but I'm having trouble installing XP now. When I start up the computer with the setup disk in the disc drive, it tells me it's an invalid system disk.My problem is I just can't seem to get the setup to run... I dunno am I doing something wrong or is there something I'm not doing that I should be doing? I figured with the cd in the drive it would automatically start the setup
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have a problem with a Windows XP installation. The problem arose when I attached a SATA SSD with Windows 7 on it, intending to check whether the SSD had failed. The computer booted up into XP but I couldn't see the SSD in My Computer. When I restarted the computer, I received GRUB (the Linux bootloader) error 22. It is possible that Linux was active on the Windows XP HDD at some point, but it is long gone and I didn't expect to find GRUB controlling the boot. I switched off and removed the SSD drive so that the computer would, so I thought, be in the state in which it was when I approached it. I switched it on and got to GRUB error 21. I inserted my Windows XP CD-ROM and restarted, selecting the repair option. I ran CHKDSK, FIXBOOT and FIXMBR and restarted but now I get error INVALID SYSTEM DISK. INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.
View 5 Replies View RelatedUntil recently, my computer's single 120GB hard drive has been partitioned like so:
C: - ~5GB, active partition with boot.ini etc, used as a recovery partition D: - ~110GB, extended partition with Windows Last night I finally took the plunge and, using Paragon Partition Manager, got rid of the C: partition seeing as I never used its contents, and extended the D: patition to take up the free space created. I then made the D: partition PRIMARY and ACTIVE.To boot into XP, I then used a boot disk from here.windows started fine, and everything was dandy. I copied the BOOT.ini, NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM files across to D:, removed the boot disk and rebooted.'Invalid System Disk'. I'm still unable to boot without a boot CD.
I recently purchased a refurbished Dell OptiPlexGX270. It came with no OS and I am trying to install XP Home. It's using BIOS version A06. I have changed the boot order to CD, HD, and Nic.I boot up the computer and then insert the XP Home installation disk. I get the following:Intel Boot Agent GE v.1.2.21 Copyright 1997-2004, Intel Corp CLIENT MAC ADDR 0D 56 8B 36 76 GUID 444 54 C4C 5900 7053 804D B5C04F483431 PXE-E53: No boot filename received, PXE-M0E: Exiting Intel Boot Agent Invalid System Disk, replace the disk, and then press any key.
View 4 Replies View RelatedIm trying to help my dad get his computer working again. We bought the MCD's for the packard bell computer he owns and first we were struck with a glue part error 5. However we seemed to fix this through a format and re creating the hidden sector. We then ran the CD's and it went seemingly fine through the installation process, then finally we took out MCD 1 as we were told, the PC restarted and we were faced with another issue:'Invalid system Disk. Replace the disk.'Were now stuck on this. I have tried reinstalling again, also I've tried to create another bootdisk just incase but due to me having Vista I couldn't help him much there as it didn't install. I had already formatted and reinstalled the hidden partition and now im stuck as im only 16 and not very farmiliar with the boot process. So I would appreciate any help if you would be able to.
View 14 Replies View RelatedA friend of mine gave me a few computers- because his office was upgrading all of their systems- I reformatted many of them and installed windows me (they are too slow to support xp), but I am having a problem with one. Originally it had windows 2000 pro as the os( I didn't have the password to log-into the computer) So I ran fdisk, formatted the hard drive, then tried to install the new os but I keep getting the error message upon booting that "invalid system disk, remove then press any key to continue".
I thought the cd-rom was bad so I replaced it, I changed the boot sequence, used a floppy to boot, even got the hard drive manufacturer's utility program to prep the drive for the os but even that doesn't work. Am I missing something? Does the fact that I didn't have the password to enter the computer have anything to do with this? I used this same method for installing me on all the other systems and they are fine, but this one is an issue.
Recently I had a BSOD problem 0x000007b after running ComboFix and so I ran a repair XP SP2/3 and the Blue Screen is gone but now during the Repair steps screen (The light blue screen with Step 1, Step2 and the Ads on the right for the various programs) I get lsass.exe Invalid Parameters Passed and a prompt "Ok" which reboots my computer.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm running xp home edition on my dell system. When I tried to boot up, the screen went black and I got the system error message. From there you can only click ok, the system reboots and goes thfough the same process. It also does it in safe mode. I've tried to use "the last known working configuration" from the f8 screen, same thing.I was going to try a repair install, but for some reason I have a xp pro disk, not home edition. Can I do a repair using this disk (it's a dell disk)? Or am i going to have to wipe everything out and install xp pro to get the system to work.
View 8 Replies View RelatedYou said that its a trojan. Doyouknow what I can do to get rid of it? if it is lsass do know whatthat is? im Wrote: > Are you sure it is isass and not lsass.exe? Isass.exe is a trojan. Everytime I turn my computer on Windows begins to boot but then an> error message appears that reads as: Isass.exe system Error and it says "An invalid parameter was passed to a service or function." What does> that mean? After you click ok, Windows begins to boot all over again but then the error message appears again. It just keeps going in> circles. I have no idea how to fix this. What am I suppose to do?
View 2 Replies View RelatedMy computer was working perfectly well. I left it on and went out. When I came back it had a black screen saying "boot disk error, insert system disk and press enter" in BIOS. This has happened before but I just hit my pc then rebooted then no problem. This time it didnt work, I have tried to vacuum the interior of my pc but to no avail.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am running Win XP-SP2. I wiped my hard drive due to irresolvable software conflicts. I reinstalled XP-SP2, Office, Norton, the printer and scanner and my digital camera software package. All were updated and working perfectly until Sunday. I booted up the machine only to get a warning that says One of your disks may have errors let the computer reboot itself (which it will do repeatedly, stuck in a reboot loop) or you can hit any key to ignore this warning. You have only ten seconds to read all this and make a decision.
Once the computer boots up, everything seems to work as normal except for system restore. I tried to restore to the day after I reformatted and installed everything and all I get is an error saying Cannot restore to that point, please choose another point to restore tooor something to that effect.
i m facing problem and i m getrting message as system disk error what i should do now
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a real XP Home cd key thats really old, and I finally managed to find a real XP home (SP2) disk. i never got one with my old computer. now i just reformatted my harddrive and am trying to install it. however, the computer wont let me pass the part where i enter the key. it keeps on saying that the key is invalid
View 2 Replies View RelatedA friend of mine called me to his house to take a look at his gateway. All I know is that it runs Windows XP.He states that AVG antivirus prompted him to restart his computer once the virus definitions update completed. Once he restarted, a blank screen appeared and said, "Invalid Boot Disk, please insert in drive a:"Problem is, there is no disks in any drive.
View 8 Replies View RelatedIn a little bit of a situation. My laptop is not loading up, after about 20secs it states "Disk read error occurred- CLT+ALT+DEL to restart.But it just happend again and again. I've been reading around and everyone is saying just use the xp install disk to repair the master boot, problem is I have moved that many time is the past 2years I have no idea where that CD is.I've downloaded DiskInternals Boot CD and it will start on this. But it wont actaully repair the disk, just scan it I've used diskcheck via cmd on the boot cd but it states there is a master boot registry failure.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI tried to install Ubuntu onto my HD yesterday, and i ran into an issue during the install (i received a message that said the optical disk or hard drive had an error and that the instal would be aborted). So the Ubuntu install was aborted, and i tried to boot back into windows but received this message:
Quote: Load needed for kerenl:
ntoskrnl.dll
hal.dll
kdcom.dll I have tried to boot into safe mood with no luck. So i tried to do a repair from the XP disk i have, but then i received this error message:
i have been using my OEM version of XP home for the past few years,have reformatted my HD a few times and used the cd to reinstall it without trouble yesterday i decided my computer needed another reformat, so i did so assuming that the installation would work. now every time i enter in the cd key (the CORRECT one that comes with my LEGIT version of xp home), it says my product key is invalid.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI Have a dell inspiron 8200 and i reinstalled windows from another dell computers windows disk. When its starts up its goes to the windows start when it starts to go to the log in part. The video goes all crazy and i can't see anything when i start it in safe mode its fine.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI get this error when booting up from an xp pro disc rite after it sais it's analyzing hardware it shows this..
exact error message- line 4813 of the inf file i386 xtsetup.sif is invalid setup cannot continue.
I looked in that txtsetup.sif file in the xp cd and the line looks like lwusbhid.sys = 1,,,,,,,,3,3
but above it shows the inf file lwusbhid.inf = 1,,,,,,,20,0,0 just that one is on a different line.. 4812
If you could give me advice lol.. on the internet all it tells me is it's a cd issue, cables, hd, memmory etc. but I have no clue as im a hardware noob :X the only thing I checked really is it's not a cd rom drive shaking issue or one with the hard drives since I disconnected that
When i try to get into google or yahoo or most webpages i get an error page coming up and invalid syntax error in the top blue section.
I also could not download the latest java because the security section would not allow it.
I have checked in the internet options and security is set to medium and file downloads is enabled.
I am having problems with my IE, everytime I go to a website it says invalid syntax error...I read in some of the previous posts about the hijackthis log...would someone please analyze it..and tell me what is wrong?
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 3:15:14 PM, on 9/30/2005
Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000)
Running processes:
C:WINDOWSSystem32smss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32csrss.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32winlogon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32lsass.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedccSetMgr.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedccEvtMgr.exe
C:WINDOWSExplorer.EXE
C:WINDOWSsystem32spoolsv.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32alg.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32atievxx.exe
C:Program FilesSymantec AntiVirusDefWatch.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32snmp.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:Program FilesSymantec AntiVirusRtvscan.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32wdfmgr.exe
C:Program FilesQuickTimeqttask.exe
C:Program FilesJavaj2re1.4.2_05injusched.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedccApp.exe
C:PROGRA~1SYMANT~1VPTray.exe
C:Program FilesCommon FilesRealUpdate_OB
ealsched.exe
C:Program FilesWebRootSpy SweeperSpySweeper.exe
C:Program FilesHewlett-PackardDigital Imaginginhpotdd01.exe
C:Program FilesHewlett-PackardDigital Imaginginhpohmr08.exe
C:Program FilesHewlett-PackardDigital Imaginginhpoevm08.exe
C:Program FilesHewlett-PackardDigital ImagingBinhpoSTS08.exe
C:Program FilesMozilla Thunderbird hunderbird.exe
C:Documents and SettingsNew userDesktopHijackThis.exe
C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe
C:PROGRA~1SymantecLIVEUP~1LUCOMS~1.EXE
C:WINDOWSsystem32NOTEPAD.EXE
C:Program FilesInternet ExplorerIEXPLORE.EXE
R0 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain,Start Page = http://www.bbcnews.com/
R1 - HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings,ProxyOverride = 127.0.0.1
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:PROGRAM FILESADOBEACROBAT 5.0READERACTIVEXACROIEHELPER.OCX
O2 - BHO: MSEvents Object - {44240BB5-BD7D-4D49-A1AA-8AB0F3D3CB44} - C:WINDOWSRegistration
etinfo.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:PROGRA~1SPYBOT~1SDHelper.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Yahoo! Toolbar - {EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88} - C:Program FilesYahoo!CompanionInstallscpn0yt.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:WINDOWSSystem32msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SystemTray] SysTray.Exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:Program FilesQuickTimeqttask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM..Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] C:Program FilesJavaj2re1.4.2_05injusched.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ccApp] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [vptray] C:PROGRA~1SYMANT~1VPTray.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [KernelFaultCheck] %systemroot%system32dumprep 0 -k
O4 - HKLM..Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:Program FilesiTunesiTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [TkBellExe] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesRealUpdate_OB
ealsched.exe" -osboot
O4 - HKCU..Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:Program FilesMSN MessengerMsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O4 - HKCU..Run: [Yahoo! Pager] C:PROGRA~1YAHOO!MESSEN~1ypager.exe -quiet
O4 - HKCU..Run: [SpySweeper] "C:Program FilesWebRootSpy SweeperSpySweeper.exe" /0
O4 - Global Startup: hpoddt01.exe.lnk = ?
O4 - Global Startup: hp psc 1000 series.lnk = ?
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search - http://bar.mywebsearch.com/menusearch.html?p=ZR
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32MSJAVA.DLL
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32MSJAVA.DLL
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55-00010333D0AD} - C:Program FilesYahoo!Messengeryhexbmes0521.dll (file missing)
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Yahoo! Messenger - {4528BBE0-4E08-11D5-AD55-00010333D0AD} - C:Program FilesYahoo!Messengeryhexbmes0521.dll (file missing)
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengerMSMSGS.EXE
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengerMSMSGS.EXE
O16 - DPF: Win32 Classes -
O20 - Winlogon Notify: NavLogon - C:WINDOWSSystem32NavLogon.dll
O20 - Winlogon Notify: netinfo - C:WINDOWSRegistration
etinfo.dll
O23 - Service: Symantec Event Manager (ccEvtMgr) - Symantec Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedccEvtMgr.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Password Validation (ccPwdSvc) - Symantec Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedccPwdSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Settings Manager (ccSetMgr) - Symantec Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedccSetMgr.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec AntiVirus Definition Watcher (DefWatch) - Symantec Corporation - C:Program FilesSymantec AntiVirusDefWatch.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service (iPodService) - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:Program FilesiPodiniPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:WINDOWSSystem32HPZipm12.exe
O23 - Service: Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental) (rpcapd) - Unknown owner - %ProgramFiles%WinPcap
pcapd.exe" -d -f "%ProgramFiles%WinPcap
pcapd.ini (file missing)
O23 - Service: SAVRoam (SavRoam) - symantec - C:Program FilesSymantec AntiVirusSavRoam.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Network Drivers Service (SNDSrvc) - Symantec Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedSNDSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec AntiVirus - Symantec Corporation - C:Program FilesSymantec AntiVirusRtvscan.exe
the Invalid Syntax Error pops up when I try to enter Internet Explorer. How do I find and correct?
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