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Silvabod
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:56 pm Post subject:
PC inaccessible - HELP! |
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Yesterday - Athlon XP 1800+, XPhome, 768Mb RAM, Asus A7V266E m/b, WLAN
network - all running fine
(One minor glitch - 3.5" Floppy access no longer available, tried 2 drives,
3 cables - still "error 40" and u/s. Disabled in BIOS - MONTHS ago). Fully
protected with AV, Spybot, AdAware, MSSpyware, etc etc. and defragged
regularly.
Today - "One-peep" (normal) boot, all BIOS screens seem OK, but error
"Windows could not start - .....config file missing or corrupt. Insert
system disk in CE and press "r" at this screen"
PROBLEM. BIOS recognises/correctly identifies the CD Drive, BUT (even after
selecting it as first boot device in BIOS) it WILL NOT go to XP CD to
boot/repair - just loops the entire boot sequence )any keyboard key
re-starts the boot, including "r".
Cannot get to a command prompt.
Any ideas, what next? |
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GreenieLeBrun
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:26 am Post subject:
Re: PC inaccessible - HELP! |
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Silvabod wrote:
| Quote: | Yesterday - Athlon XP 1800+, XPhome, 768Mb RAM, Asus A7V266E m/b, WLAN
network - all running fine
(One minor glitch - 3.5" Floppy access no longer available, tried 2 drives,
3 cables - still "error 40" and u/s. Disabled in BIOS - MONTHS ago). Fully
protected with AV, Spybot, AdAware, MSSpyware, etc etc. and defragged
regularly.
Today - "One-peep" (normal) boot, all BIOS screens seem OK, but error
"Windows could not start - .....config file missing or corrupt. Insert
system disk in CE and press "r" at this screen"
PROBLEM. BIOS recognises/correctly identifies the CD Drive, BUT (even after
selecting it as first boot device in BIOS) it WILL NOT go to XP CD to
boot/repair - just loops the entire boot sequence )any keyboard key
re-starts the boot, including "r".
Cannot get to a command prompt.
Any ideas, what next?
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Do you get the Press any key to boot from CD message just after the
computer goes through the POST routine? If so do you press a key to
boot from the CD?
These liks may help:-
How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=822705
How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545 |
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Silvabod
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:27 am Post subject:
Re: PC inaccessible - HELP! |
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CD is Master on IDE1 (hdd is master on IDE0)
"smiling face" <smilingface@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3972AB84-FED3-41FB-934E-BDE0B240910E@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | Is your cdrom master or slave
"Silvabod" wrote:
Yesterday - Athlon XP 1800+, XPhome, 768Mb RAM, Asus A7V266E m/b, WLAN
network - all running fine
(One minor glitch - 3.5" Floppy access no longer available, tried 2
drives,
3 cables - still "error 40" and u/s. Disabled in BIOS - MONTHS ago).
Fully
protected with AV, Spybot, AdAware, MSSpyware, etc etc. and defragged
regularly.
Today - "One-peep" (normal) boot, all BIOS screens seem OK, but error
"Windows could not start - .....config file missing or corrupt. Insert
system disk in CE and press "r" at this screen"
PROBLEM. BIOS recognises/correctly identifies the CD Drive, BUT (even
after
selecting it as first boot device in BIOS) it WILL NOT go to XP CD to
boot/repair - just loops the entire boot sequence )any keyboard key
re-starts the boot, including "r".
Cannot get to a command prompt.
Any ideas, what next?
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smiling face
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:27 am Post subject:
RE: PC inaccessible - HELP! |
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Is your cdrom master or slave
"Silvabod" wrote:
| Quote: | Yesterday - Athlon XP 1800+, XPhome, 768Mb RAM, Asus A7V266E m/b, WLAN
network - all running fine
(One minor glitch - 3.5" Floppy access no longer available, tried 2 drives,
3 cables - still "error 40" and u/s. Disabled in BIOS - MONTHS ago). Fully
protected with AV, Spybot, AdAware, MSSpyware, etc etc. and defragged
regularly.
Today - "One-peep" (normal) boot, all BIOS screens seem OK, but error
"Windows could not start - .....config file missing or corrupt. Insert
system disk in CE and press "r" at this screen"
PROBLEM. BIOS recognises/correctly identifies the CD Drive, BUT (even after
selecting it as first boot device in BIOS) it WILL NOT go to XP CD to
boot/repair - just loops the entire boot sequence )any keyboard key
re-starts the boot, including "r".
Cannot get to a command prompt.
Any ideas, what next?
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