Re: Power Outage Recovery
From: Rocket J. Squirrel (rocky_at_bullwinkle.com)
Date: 04/20/04
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:06:15 -0400
Windows is not causing the error messages - your power problem did that.
Windows is just trying to cope with the damage caused by the power outage.
If you can't solve the error messages, backup and reinstall Windows. If your
hardware wasn't damaged by the power outage, that may solve your problem.
But don't expect much love as long as you don't have a UPS. It's like
walking around without underwear.
Rocky
"Randy" <randyleesteel@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> Rocky, thanks for the reply, but I have a search protector
> and have never used a UPS in all my computing years. What
> I'm trying to figure out, is why windows is causing the
> error messages, and what I need to do to get a smooth
> reboot. Right now, I have to reboot several times to try
> and get the XP startup bar to show up without an error
> message. I never use to have problems with rebooting on a
> power failure in Win 3.1, 95, 98, or NT. XP is a very
> good stable system, but I can't determine how to overcome
> this error message when power is lost with Windows running.
>
> any suggestions would be great!
>
> thanks,
> Randy
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Well, Randy, the number one thing to do is to buy a UPS.
> For as little as
> >they cost, and as much as a computer costs, it's foolish
> not to have one.
> >Sorry for being so blunt.
> >
> >A power outage or spike can be the kiss of death for a
> computer. You should
> >consider yourself lucky that you were able to get your
> computer up and
> >running again, and you should thanks the girls and boys
> in Redmond for make
> >XP the most 'self-healing' Windows yet. Sometimes XP can
> right itself with
> >several reboots
> >
> >To directly answer your question, there is nothing you
> can do to "easily
> >power up after a power outage." You need a UPS,
> especially if you
> >occasionally lose power at your house. Many UPSes come
> with software that
> >will save all your work and shut down your computer in an
> orderly fashion
> >should the power go out.
> >
> >There are several companies that manufacture UPSes.
> Perhaps the largest one
> >is American Power Corporation. You can find them at
> www.apcc.com.
> >
> >Rocky
> >
> >"Randy" <randyleesteel@netscape.net> wrote in message
> >news:1a8b01c426eb$f3cf0fa0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I occasionally lose power at my house, and have no
> backup
> >> UPS to rely on. I'm using Windows XP Pro, and when the
> >> machine is reset after a power outage, I get an Error
> >> message that says either you have a corrupt PCI.sys or
> >> ISAPNP.sys file. I keep trying to reboot, but continue
> >> running into the same message. Even pressing F8, and
> >> running in safe mode doesn't work. I tried pressing "r"
> >> when told to do so with my XP disk in the CD, but it
> >> doesn't bring up a recovery screen to fix the files.
> For
> >> some odd reason, after completely powering down the
> system
> >> and starting the computer, it will recover after 3 to 6
> >> tries. Is there something I can do to easily power up
> >> after a power outage? It is very frustrating.
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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