My computer won't boot.I get a message to run a repair using windows xp disk. I don't have the disk since the computer (emachines) came with windows pre-loaded and did not give the windows disk. Is there anyhing I can do short of restoring windows and losing all my prorams and files?
View 5 RepliesI want to install a new primary hard drive and reinstall windows xp from scratch on the new c: drive. For the moment I would also like to retain the old disc contents and the xp operating system. To try to do this I installed a second hard drive and cloned the old drive c: to the new drive f:. I created a dual boot computer by editing my boot.ini file so I could boot from either the c: or f: drive. I replaced my primary hard drive with a new drive and booted up in the f: drive. Then I cloned the f: drive back to the new c: drive creating a dual boot system. My concern now is that if I reinstall windows xp on the newly installed hard drive, the Dell installation disk will wipe out the operating system and the contents on the f: drive. Is there any way to retain the old system? I'd appreciate any help with this.
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i am trying to edit vidoe in windows but it is really unstable i tried to make a dual boot linux but after multiple distros it got fed up and gave up. now i am thinking of makeing 2 windows partitons im just wonder ing if this is possible i also need a good boot load does anyone know of any?
View 2 Replies View RelatedDuring System startup, the system always halts at "Strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility". The only way I can manage to boot to Windows is by selecting "Boot to utility partition" from the Boot Device Menu or if there is a Windows XP installation CD in the cd-rom drive. When I boot this way, everything works fine .This behavior started when I performed a fresh install of XP Professional (XP Home came with the system). The problem did not start immediately after the installation; I was able to install some drivers and reboot a couple times (maybe twice) before it happened. When I installed the display driver (from Dell) and rebooted, it went to the "Strike F1. " screen. I have since tried another fresh installation of XP Home (the original OS) and the problem is still occuring. This time it occurs immediately after the installation; No drivers have been installed at this point.
View 16 Replies View RelatedI came home today and found my computer had turned from the sleek silver windows xp theme into the windows classic version. I also have no sound and in the control panel it isn't picking up any audio devices. I cant change the theme back to windows xp in properties either it says im using Windows XP (modified). PLEASE HELP ME! All i know is that the power went out at some point today (about 7 hours ago)
View 14 Replies View RelatedSince I uploaded the update of Windows Defender my options on my PC have changed.I can no longer type any particular letters using my keybord without a window popping up. Here are the following keys which causes me problems: E = Opens up My Computer R= RUN U= Utilility Manager D= Desktop F= Search Results L= Login Window M= Desktop I cannot type in Google, Firefox address bar. If I press one of these keys while I'm on my Desktop these actions occur too.
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when opening windows xp the screen gets to the windows xp with the little green light going back and forth in the rectangle box. this green light goes back and forth 3 or 4 times then freezes and you cant go further then that.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI had to put windows 2000 on my moms PC, which is part of a network, and now EVERY computer on the Network sees an "Internet Gateway". WHY???? The only computer that can see shared files is my moms with the windows 2000. theres 3 more computers all running windows xp. how do i fix this? File sharing is now available, but I myself believe the internet is being slowed down. THe Internet gateway that windows XP is picking up is reading 8.0 mbps. My connection has gotten as high as like almost 2, but it should not read that.
View 2 Replies View RelatedOk i made an Xp bootable CD. I did this 2 times and I followed all the instructions, burned it in nero as CDROM (boot) with all the correct settings. I downloaded the XP boot record (bin file) and I used that as the boot image.However, when I use this on the computer I am tryikng to install it on, it says "searching for Master boot record on CD.." for about 15 seconds on startup and then just boots from the existing hard drive OS because aparently it can't find the boot record.The cds work fine on my laptop, if i put it in and run it after my laptop is already started up, the windows xp menu for installationcomes up fine.never had this happen before so i don't know what the problem is.. i changed the boot priority so it is trying to bootfrom the cd rom, but just cant.
View 13 Replies View RelatedI am about to purchase a new laptop for college and work purposes and I am debating whether to go for a great deal on a laptop with Windows XP Professional already installed and full MS Office Professional, or to get a home premium version of windows 7. I need to have excel and power point and word at least, if not outlook and publisher too. I simply can't figure out which would be my best option, any suggestions?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a computer that is running windows xp home edition. I cannot create a
shortcut to the windows explorer application on my desktop, as the windows
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wil appear showing all of the programs that are installed on my computer.
However in the programs menu, I cannot see my explorer application anywhere.
I try to open an office 2003 document the windows installer starts up.
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View 11 Replies View RelatedWell one of our computers is kind of on the fritz. We got a new hard drive and loaded up XP onto it. Then we put all the stuff off the old hard drive onto the new hard drive. (Virus scanned by McAfee first). Windows will not boot from the HD no matter what I try. The CD must be the drive, it must boot from it, try to run setup (blue-screen style set up) and then we have to push f9 twice to exit from that before it will open windows. It's a little frustrating and the person who uses the computer is well.
View 4 Replies View RelatedIve been searching forums for days, time to post my issue. Few nights ago I booted my laptop (IBM T43) running xp and received something close to "Disk Read error" before even hitting the windows or any black option screen. I receipted my hard drive, checked the bios and set to default settings and tried again. Same error. After tons of forum ideas i verified I could view all my files and folders off the hard drive whenever I hook up my hard drive as a usb connection to another laptop. Or if I boot from winxp cd and use recovery console I can do a dir and see the files and folders. I ran chkdsk /r from there and right off the bat I was getting "unreadable something ( I apologiz but its been days and I dont want to give false info), it was not clusters though. Im sure of that. I got a bunch of those and it showed the unreadable "spots". Ie. 1052, 1053, 1054, 1060, 1061, etc.. after awhile it moved onto the rest of chkdsk. I think there were some damaged clusters but it claimed it repaired them all. Anyway, when I rebooted, i now dont get the disk read error, I now get some weird syntax about a paragrapgh long that doesnt even list errors its just weird syntax. I can get it if you need it but i promise it is not errors or unreadable msgs.. And there not even msgs.
I wanted to run last known good config to see if it would work. So question 1 would be, is there a way to access the advanced menu through a cmd prompt? Anyway, in recovery console I ran fixmbr and fixboot. None of those resolved the problem. However, i was using the commands based off of microsofts "advanced recovery console command" article page. And it doesnt explain too much so I might not have been doing much at all.
My next step was to boot to the xp cd again but now choose install, accept terms, then choose to "r" repair the current installation. It finished, rebooted and I still have the weird syntax.Heres the deal, because I can still see my files and folders, AND can access them connected usb to another laptop, I thought it was my MBR. But I while having my hd connected usb to the working laptop I decided to use bootup using a temporary boot device and using my usb connected HD. The errors were now on the working laptop. I rebooted normally and all back to normal on the good laptop. One last thing is when in r console I did a listsrv. I noticed a service called NTFS was disabled.
Now Ive never heard of that as a service but since my machine is ntfs i was thinking it should be on. So i ran the cmd to turn the service on through r console. I received the error msg about it not being located within the registry. So now my newest theory. Is this all about my registry being corrupted? Any help would be great. Im about to throw in the towel and just try to load a fresh install over the existing. But A I really dont feel like looking for my oem number (I know theres apps out there but remember id have to run the app to point at a usb connected drive) and B i feel like Im giving up if i just image it.
i have a peculiar problem. on my comp. i have XP and fedora 8. one day while transfering a file in XP mode (from one drive to another drive) my comp. got struck. i restarted it. then windows has checked the disk for some inconsistencies. in that process, it has deleted some files. after that i am not able to boot into my XP. after the XP logo, the system is again restarting.i am able to enter into Fedora 8 and work there. but not with XP.i tried to repair my windows with Xp CD. but it is not loading. is there any way to fix this problem.
View 6 Replies View Relatedcomputer was accidently switched off during a Restore operation which was taking my computer to a point prior to a time before I had loaded 15 gig of information.On trying to restart I am given an option of starting up in varios modes; all of which fail to reboot the computer.Safe mode brings up a screen with "safe mode" written in the 4 corners of the screen;the mouse arrow is available on the screen but I can't get the reeboot to commence.Do I need to obtain the xp cd from the manufacturer or can I cure it some other way.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI am finding i can only boot my pc from the windows cd instead of the normal way.(on the black start screen which details hard drives etc . i get the error message _ cannot load OS). This is still occurring after doing two re-installations of windows. I've googled to find some answers , but i struggle to use the diagonistic tools to pinpoint the problem.Any ideas where i should start?
View 14 Replies View Relatedi cannot get into windows. when i startup the computer it says cannot find boot32 or win32 or something. this is not for me but for a friend of a friend.i think his computer hangs on bootup b/c of a missing file or something.
View 4 Replies View Relatedi have some problems with the normal boot with normal XP.I can get into Safe mode with not loading SPDT.sys by pressing esc but i dont know what i must do to get my normal windows loading.What happens if i reboot to normal xp is that it is getting stuck at the blue loading bar with the windows xp logo.I have seen many threads with the same problem but i haven't seen any resolutions so i hope maybe some of u can help me a hand
View 3 Replies View RelatedI think everything is posted in the forums don't apply to ma case, I don't have icons, no task bar, nothing works in the task manager, safe mode and safe mode with network don't works,I just get black screen. if I reboot the computer and hit f8, nothing works in the screen that pop up. so I think the only access I ha to my computer is via console. someone knows how to restore the desktop via console.?
View 1 Replies View Relatedno matter which mode you select it trys to go there, the dell logo comes up and then goes right back to the select mode screen.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have my computer set up with two partitions on the hard drive. One runs Windows XP, and the other runs Ubuntu. I can no longer boot into Windows. Every time I try it gets as far as the Windows start up screen, then the computer automatically reboots. I can still boot into Linux, but not Windows. It will not do it in safe mode or command prompt either. I don't know what to do with it.
View 1 Replies View Relatedi have already have win 7 as my O.S.but when i insert my xp cd into my drive it doesnt boot.wat is the problem? i also chked the xp cd on my bro's pc(which has XP as O.S.).it got booted on his system.
View 1 Replies View Relatedwhen I turn on my computer it starts to load up as normal then a screen comes up and tells me that there was a power failure or something and ask me to select one of five options (safe mode (with network/command..), use last settings that worked, or start windows XP pro normally) then if I pick any of the options it just restarts shortly after, or I am confronted with a blue screen. The story as far as I know is that my little brother pulled out the main power cable at the back of the base unit thus bringing the computer to a sudden halt.To be honest I’m stuck fast on what to do.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am running windows xp pro sp2, and I cannot get it to boot under any circumstances. It seems to load up fine, but hangs when it gets to the blue screen with the windows logo. After about 5 minutes, an error box appears with a message saying that: "The TMproxy module has experienced a critical error. Please reinstall the program: internal error [-1/PH3/ENG0]" .TM refers to Trend Micro, my antivirus software (I think!)I have tried starting in safe mode, and last known good configuration that worked, but still no go.I have tried to boot off both floppy and cd by changing the bios settings, but it either doesn't read them and continues on with normal boot, or the screen goes blank (black) and the computer stops responding.
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