Re: Boot Problem & HD too?
- From: "AJR" <ajrjdr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 17:38:20 -0400
The following quote from your post "my son was able to get the machine to
boot with my WinXP Home CD Upgrade Disk, and attempted to reinstall WinXP,
but since it's an upgrade disk AND IT CAN'T FIND A PREVIOUS INSTALLATION
(my emphasis), it prompts for the previous version's disk." As mentioned
in previous posts, a common reason for an error indication of a corrupt or
missing ntoskrnl.exe file (and often hal.dll) is caused by the system unable
to locate the Windows installation.
Major option would be "repair" - however this option is not presented if the
XP setup does not detect a XP installation. Using the XP CD would present
two repair options 1. Recovery console (first offer) and 2. Offer to repair
windows installation which will be presented for selection - if Setup
detected the installation.
Recovery console can be "run" from the CD as follows:
1.. Insert the Setup compact disc (CD) and restart the computer. If
prompted, select any options required to boot from the CD. Note: You may
have to access BIOS to make CD first boot device.
2.. When the text-based part of Setup begins, follow the prompts; choose
the repair or recover option by pressing R.
3.. At the system prompt, type Recovery Console commands; type help for a
list of commands, or help commandname for help on a specific command.
4.. To exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer, type exit.
At step #2 - not selecting the repair option would normally have
setup proceed and hopefully detect the XP installation
- if it does not !!!
Use of the recovery console is not for the faint hearted - if you do so
please review the function of each command.
.
- Prev by Date: Re: User can't edit desktop
- Next by Date: Screen sideways
- Previous by thread: Re: User can't edit desktop
- Next by thread: Screen sideways
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
