Re: Boot Failure

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/31/04


Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 20:30:33 -0400

Um, dumb question:

You said you can't boot the installation, and you can't boot from floppy or
CD - how did you propose to access the system to do anything?

You would first need to address why you cannot boot from floppy or CD before
you can attempt to fix the system.

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Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
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"Mojo" <zenmojo@gosympatico.ca> wrote in message 
news:88270752-1CBA-435B-890C-B11FB95F4F87@microsoft.com...
> My XP Pro crashed.  Now I have a boot failure.  Can't boot from the floppy 
> drive or cd rom.  I've download the boot program that took 6 floppies and 
> that didn't work.  I want to format and start again.  Can anyone help? 


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