hajo
December 5th 03, 12:07 PM
Hi there
Try these.
Start up with a startupdisk from windows me.
At the prompt hit fdisk/mbr and your original boot record
wil be set back.
Hajo
>-----Original Message-----
>I started to install a "new computers only" version of
>windows xp into my "windows me" operated computer. Greg
at
>a computer store told me it couldn't hurt to try, I
might
>find that an upgrade dropdown (in the options of
install)
>might be available. Well it wasn't, so I stopped the
>install. When I rebooted my computer there was a new
>screen that gave me 4 seconds to decide between windows
xp
>or windows me. If I did nothing, it would take me back
to
>install windows xp. If I used the down arrow to go to
>windows me and enter it would start with windows me. I
>decided to use my "system restore" to remove this screen
>and I haven't been eating or sleeping much since.
>
>What has happened is this : My computer is now flashing
>this message {Invalid boot.INI file
> Booting from C:\windows}
>My computer seems to be stuck in the twilight zone.
>I went to purchase the upgrade for xp thinking that
would
>correct the problem, it sez it needs to see a cd copy of
>my windows me version, as it can't see it on my
computer.
>I can't show the copy because all I have are hp recovery
>disk and they don't work (I TRIED). I thought maybe I
>could solve the problem by again using the "new
computers
>only" version and it tells me that it can see another
>version of windows and that the only safe thing to do is
>to partition my hard drive, as 2 operating systems can
>cause problems without doing so. ONE VERSION SEES IT AND
>THE OTHER DON'T. When I tried bootcfg /rebuild ...etc.
the
>information comes back that there are no INI files
present
>to rebuild. (That would stand to reason since I
>used "system restore" to try and get rid of the 4 second
>screen. To summarize: It does seem that " system
restore"
>is trying to get rid the files that downloaded to my
>computer to begin the installation process of xp (new
>computers only), but can't complete the task because the
>computer won't boot. If there is some wonderful soul out
>on the internet somewhere that can help me with a fix,
>you'll have done what both hp and microsoft have not
been
>able to do as yet. Thanks,I need food and sleep;Michael
M.
>.
>
Try these.
Start up with a startupdisk from windows me.
At the prompt hit fdisk/mbr and your original boot record
wil be set back.
Hajo
>-----Original Message-----
>I started to install a "new computers only" version of
>windows xp into my "windows me" operated computer. Greg
at
>a computer store told me it couldn't hurt to try, I
might
>find that an upgrade dropdown (in the options of
install)
>might be available. Well it wasn't, so I stopped the
>install. When I rebooted my computer there was a new
>screen that gave me 4 seconds to decide between windows
xp
>or windows me. If I did nothing, it would take me back
to
>install windows xp. If I used the down arrow to go to
>windows me and enter it would start with windows me. I
>decided to use my "system restore" to remove this screen
>and I haven't been eating or sleeping much since.
>
>What has happened is this : My computer is now flashing
>this message {Invalid boot.INI file
> Booting from C:\windows}
>My computer seems to be stuck in the twilight zone.
>I went to purchase the upgrade for xp thinking that
would
>correct the problem, it sez it needs to see a cd copy of
>my windows me version, as it can't see it on my
computer.
>I can't show the copy because all I have are hp recovery
>disk and they don't work (I TRIED). I thought maybe I
>could solve the problem by again using the "new
computers
>only" version and it tells me that it can see another
>version of windows and that the only safe thing to do is
>to partition my hard drive, as 2 operating systems can
>cause problems without doing so. ONE VERSION SEES IT AND
>THE OTHER DON'T. When I tried bootcfg /rebuild ...etc.
the
>information comes back that there are no INI files
present
>to rebuild. (That would stand to reason since I
>used "system restore" to try and get rid of the 4 second
>screen. To summarize: It does seem that " system
restore"
>is trying to get rid the files that downloaded to my
>computer to begin the installation process of xp (new
>computers only), but can't complete the task because the
>computer won't boot. If there is some wonderful soul out
>on the internet somewhere that can help me with a fix,
>you'll have done what both hp and microsoft have not
been
>able to do as yet. Thanks,I need food and sleep;Michael
M.
>.
>