>Attempting this several times with the XP disk provided by
>Dell but to no avail.. the same message returns, with no
>options.
>If I use a boot disk(3.5) in A:, I can get to a command
>prompt however cannot change to C: at all.
See if C exists at all. Start a repair reinstallation of Windows. If
the Windows installation is not detected, it may be seriuosly broken.
"How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315341)
Re: Winntsys32configsystemCED Error ... For all intents and purposes it's almost identical to a Genuine Microsoft cd, except that it only works on Dell computers.... You are on the right track, check the boot order in the BIOS and then try to boot the computer with the cd and see if you can get to the setup screen where you get the option to install or repair Windows.... I thought the first thing that I would do is to access the BIOS and see what drive is bootable first and then either use the CD or the setup disks accordingly. ... (microsoft.public.win2000.general)
Re: Winntsys32configsystemCED Error ... First thing to do is to boot the computer and see if you can launch the Recovery Console and access the Windows 2000 installation.... If, on the other hand, you are sure that you are properly logged on to the Windows installation and can't rename, copy between folder or delete files and are getting error messages, or if the "fixed" installation doesn't want to boot, chances are that there is corruption on the disk and you will have to do the chkdsk to try to overcome the problem. ... One thing that still hangs in my mind that you touched on was running ckkdsk /r, since Dell could not do anything with it, was to run this as the first option rather than the latter. ... (microsoft.public.win2000.general)
Re: Windows XP will not boot ...Re-install Windows.... Since you did not report the labels of your DELL CDs,... > The drive will boot to the resource cd diagnostic screen which give me the ... > I have tried to copy the corrupt file from a cd to the C drive but get the ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)
Re: Cant Boot to Windows, Cant boot to Safe mode ... This Dell 4700c computer ... is under warranty so I wrote the Dell techs and they believe it is a bad ... > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org ... >> boot in safe mode but received the same ole32.dll error. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: Moving to a new computer ... My old computer was a Dell with OEM version of WinXP. ... was asked several times to provide files that were on the Dell boot CD. ... but without Ethernet access.... My conclusion is that upgrading hardware in preparation for Windows Vista is ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics)
