Re: XP Pro MBR issue?

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If I access the BIOS I can use my keyboard....but once I come out of that
and the computer tries to boot (which is doesn't) I cannot use the keyboard
from there on in!! Hmmm..strange



"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Geoff wrote:
Recently I had one of my XP computers refuse to load Windows. I get the
XP splash screen and then the Windows log on but I cannot use either the
mouse or keyboard to advance from there.

Putting this disk in another Windows XP computer as a slave I am able to
access all data etc on the disk. I then made this "suspect" disk the C
drive in this computer but once again cannot use the mouse or keyboard.

Is this an MBR issue?


Clearly not, or you wouldn't gotten anywhere near as far as the splash
screen or logon dialog. You do appear to have a corrupted OS, though.


Apart from reformatting the disk and reinstalling the o/s, is there any
other way I can effect a repair?



There's certainly no need to format the hard drive at this point. Try a
repair installation first:

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm


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