Re: CD-RW/DVD Drive only accepts DVDs, plus I have a corrupt win\system32 file! Awesome!
- From: "neil" <neilp_67@xxxxxxxxxxxx (remove_s)>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:51:34 GMT
Hello,
You need to be able to boot from the XP CD or a disk that will allow you to
access the hard drive and carry out these instructions
How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from
starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545
If your laptop will not boot from a CD then you have faulty hardware that
needs replacing.
best of luck
Neil
"aidendark" <aidendark.1sw4ds@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:aidendark.1sw4ds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I have a Dell Inspiron 1150, and a few months ago I've noticed that my
> dvd room drive would only recognize DVDs and not cd-roms or music cds,
> or software. I naively thought it would be a problem that would one day
> take care of itself.
>
> Then, just last month, I got that dreaded error message...
>
> "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or
> corrupt:
> \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"
>
> It then said I could repair this by using the original Setup CD-ROM.
> Two problems, I've misplaced it in my recent moving shuffle AND,
> there's that whole fiasco with my comp not recognizing CDs.
>
> My uncle copied a "Windows Repair" DVD and managed to fix it, or so I
> thought. A week later, the whole missing/corrupt system thing started
> up again. My uncle became busy with work, so I took things into my own
> hands.
> He lent us a Windows XP setup cd that he had burned. Using the dvd
> burner at work I extracted the setup.exe file and copied it onto a
> DVD-RW, knowing it would be the only thing my laptop would read.
>
> I managed to boot up the DVD, but then got a DOS screen. A DR-DOS
> screen to be exact. It says, "Using DPMS DOS protected mode services",
> lists cache size and current options:
>
> "/MLX Program is loaded into conventional and XMS memory using DPMS
> /BL=16 Lookahead buffer is in conventional memory, size is in KB
> /LEND=ON Lend memory to other applications - 6646 KB available
> /DELAY=OFF Write delay is disabled, caching is write-through"
>
> Then it gives me a DR-DOS prompt, like this: [DR-DOS] A:/>
>
> And... I have NO idea what to do.
>
> I just want to repair the damn file and get on with it. I know I'm
> doing something wrong, but I have no idea what. ANY help at all would
> be totally appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
>
> --
> aidendark
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