Re: Boot Problem

From: J Rein (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/04/04 

Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 11:48:38 -0700

Thank you for responding so quickly! I guess there are a
lot of us out here just spinning wheels and such...
So am I right in thinking, get a CD to boot from and then
go into 'repair'? Or is there more to it than that? I am
hoping to recover data. Do you feel that this is possible?

thanks
jr
>-----Original Message-----
>Hey J Rein,
>
>No, there isn't any reason that a service pack would be a
problem with your
>system. However, your XP system seems to have a different
problem to Rick's
>problem. J Rein, your Windows XP operating system seems
to be corrupt or
>need to be updated. Rick's problem seems to be with his
hard drive. Hearing
>a "rrrrr" sound while starting up or loading the
operating system is
>something bad. It has nothing to do with the operating
system software.
>
>Hope this helps out!
>
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>----------------------------------------------------
>Jose Francisco
>Owner of BetaConnect - Providing you a new way in
technology
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>
>"J Rein" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:26c1b01c461f2$8a2b4d10$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> I am also having the very same problem, it is like a
>> startup loop that never ends or stays anywhere. Of
course
>> my HP often hangs in the middle of programs, documents,
>> etc. and that is a problem. But when I updated Windows
XP
>> home with Express Service Pack 1, it seemed to download
>> everything fine, but hung up during installation. Now I
>> have this startup loop, neverending--and I need to
>> physically turn it off. I've tried everything that the
>> advanced setup options offer, such as rolling back to
last
>> good; trying to startup in Safe mode; with prompt;
>> everything except the administrator option--nothing
works.
>> I don't want to use the disks that came with HP to
>> restore. I don't have any cd's here that I can use to
boot
>> from; I guess I will wait till I get to work to use one
>> from there. I hope that works. Are the problems
>> downloading/installing that Service pack a known
problem,
>> or is it simply something incompatible that I
downloaded?
>> Thanks
>> j.r.
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Hey Rick,
>> >
>> >Hmm, judging from your question there seems to be a
>> hardware fault - hard
>> >disk. Try checking if the hard drive is connected
>> properly.
>> >
>> >Good luck!
>> >--
>> >----------------------------------------------------
>> >Jose Francisco
>> >Owner of BetaConnect - Providing you a new way in
>> technology
>> >----------------------------------------------------
>> >Still got problems? Email me!
>> >chicofar at onvol dot com
>> >
>> >"Rick" <Rick @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>> >news:75324DA4-D44C-4C50-9690-
83F4C1B369D1@microsoft.com...
>> >> Hi, I'm running XP Pro and recently the system hung
and
>> I had to hard
>> >reset it. It won't boot after that.. the disk gives
out a
>> constant
>> >rrrr...rrrr sound like it was trying to read something
>> but unable to do so.
>> >I had tried to boot into the recovery console but again
>> the system will stop
>> >at the stage where it was trying to determine the
disk. I
>> installed xp on
>> >another disk and tried to boot from there so that I can
>> at least run chkdsk
>> >but the system still fails after showing the windows xp
>> logo (with the usual
>> >sound coming from the now slave disk). Pls advise on
how
>> else can I get to a
>> >command mode where I can at least run chkdsk on the
disk?
>> Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

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