Re: Smashed Windows (XP)

Hello David

Sorry for the delay in response but as you can imagine my access to the net
is now limited. Before the crash my son had downloaded an add on for a game
and was using the patch to design new maps for warcraft3. It blue screened
about half an hour after the download.

I cannot boot in safe mode to the command prompt or infact get any of the
normal boot options to work. In fact i cannot get to a command prompt in any
way. I have converted the bios to boot from the install cd but do not get a
proper repair option after the first reinstall option is selected. I can get
to the recovery (second option on the first screen) but the machine does not
except enter as the password despite the administrator password definatly not
having been created and is therefore blank.

I really dont want to go for the full re install as i believe i am likely
to loose all my photos etc.

Do you think i have any options left.

Thanks very much for your time and patience

Kibble

"David Candy" wrote:

> If you can't start in Safe mode and can't run Task Manager. What happened before this happened. Can you boot to Safe Mode with Command Prompt?
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> "Kibble" <Kibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:0C668F40-5EB9-4CD0-B21C-DB69FA92AE7D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hello David
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> > I have tried Ctrl + Alt + Delete with both the plain blue screen and the
> > black safe mode screen up and in both cases nothing happens. At which point
> > should i be pressing this combination.
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> >> Your computer sounds like it is mostly working. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete and File menu - New Task (Run) ... will allow you to start programs. The program that supplies the Start menu and the desktop icons is explorer.exe. Try typing it in New Task and see what happens. Hopefully you'll get an error message. Before typing it make sure Explorer is not running on the Proesses tab of Task Manager (ie that it is hung and is in memory) as it only starts the shell (Start etc) if it's not already running (else it will start an Explorer window).
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> >> "Kibble" <Kibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:159056EC-AF7A-42D9-94BF-96F48433B612@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Please help
> >> > I am running Windows xp home edition and am unable to get it to startup. I
> >> > have tried all the safe mode options and the best i can get is a black screen
> >> > with safe mode in the corners and the xp build data at the top. Trying to go
> >> > in normally results in a plain blue screen that never changes.
> >> > The many articles here list this type of issue (thanks to those
> >> > contibuters) but i am at the stage of loading from the cd but not having a
> >> > repair option and not having the administrator password in order to run
> >> > recover (or elements thereof) and having no way of getting to a c:\ prompt. I
> >> > have seen the get admin password thread but am beginning to loose the will to
> >> > fight.
> >> > The question is now if i do an install over my previous xp install will i
> >> > loose all the files on the pc or will things like excel spreadsheets and
> >> > photos survive the process.
> >> > Your wisdom most appreciated
> >> >
> >> > Kibble
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