Re: Error Loading OS

Let's have a look at your boot.ini file and see what it says in there.

John

jclay wrote:
I have recently reformatted my hard disk and re-installed XP Professional.

My BIOS is set to Hard Disk and when I start my pc I get the "Error Loading OS".

If I set the BIOS to CD Rom and insert the XP disc then the pc boots from the CD and Windows starts up ok. For the last week I have been using windows with the CD disc in the pc.

How do I get the pc to boot from the Hard Disk?

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