Re: Aborted XP Home Repair - Now stuck in "setup is being restarted...." loop
- From: "paparush" <rushaustin@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 22 Mar 2007 05:27:32 -0700
Hi John,
I'm still no joy. I did the boot.ini fix, but, when I reboot, I see
"Setup is being restarted...." then I'm dropped to a light blue screen
with a big white mouse cursor that just sits there, forever. When i
boot to safe mode, I end up at up at a black screen with SAFE MODE
across the top that just sits there, forever. When I boot off the XP
rescue cd, i have no 'Repair' option under the Setup.
There's got to be a way to restore the system files without losing all
of my data, my settings, my software, my registry...which is all
there; beautifully visible via knoppix. I can't stand the thought of
losing 4 years of configuration because a few files are corrupt or
missing. I've come close, twice, to blowing away my main partition
and reinstalling, but I can't stomach the thought of reinstalling all
of my software and service packs.
Can you think of anything else that might help?
Thanks for your time!
-Rush
On Mar 21, 2:38 pm, John John <audetw...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes, it does the same thing... and more. Running chkdsk or fixboot is
not necessary to remove an incomplete setup. There is always a risk of
loosing files when running chkdsk so you should be careful with it.
John
paparush wrote:
Hey John,
thanks a lot!
I was just reading an article "Repairing Windows XP in Eight Commands"
which describes these steps:
C: Attrib -H C:\\boot.ini
C: Attrib -S C:\\boot.ini
C: Attrib -R c:\\boot.ini
c: del boot.ini
c: BOOTCFG /Rebuild
c: CHKDSK /R/F
c: FIXBOOT
Which as you can see, is basically deleting the current boot.ini and
getting windows to recompile the boot.ini
On Mar 21, 8:47 am, John John <audetw...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Edit the boot.ini file and remove the references to
\$win_nt$.~bt\bootsect.dat. and delete the associated folders
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827324
You can do that with your Live Knoppix.
John
paparush wrote:
Hello,
Wondering if someone can lead me out of this labrynth...
Using the CD that came w/ my Dell, I attempted to do aRepair.
I booted from the CD and chose the Recovery Console option. This
dropped me into a command console environment, and asked me to select
which paritition I wanted torepairand to provide my administrator
password. Cool. No problem.
Somewhere back in the recesses of my reptilian brainstem, I remembered
reading somewhere that when you load this CD, you get the first
option:
To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
And somewhere down this path, you get the choice toRepairthe
installation.
Well, I rebooted and when Prompted, I hit Enter
I hit F8 to accept the license agreement
I pressed 'R' torepairthe selected windows installation.
Windows Examined my disk.
Windows did its thing and warned me that it was rebooting.
When windows rebooted and dropped back to the *ahem*Repair, it LOOKED
like it was going to reinstall the operating system. I freaked out
and powered off the machine, and this, I think, was the real start of
my problem.
Now, every time I boot, I get a light blue screen with the
wods.."Setup is being restarted...." This lasts about 30 seconds,
then I'm dropped into a blank, light blue screen with a big mouse
cursor (which I can move around). I never get prompted for the CD.
I've tried getting into Safe Mode and I cannot.
Have I inadvertantly shot myself in the foot? Anyone know how I can
get back to my login without having to wipe the machine. I've used a
live Knoppix CD and pulled most of my personal data off the box, just
in case, but I'm sure I've missed something that will prove vitally
important next week.
[MS RANT]
Why, oh why, did MS put aREPAIRprocedure under a SETUP procedure?
Why, oh why, did MS make therepairUI look EXACTLY like the SETUP/
INSTALL UI?
[/MS RANT]
.
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