System Won't Boot

[Mike J]

After running Win2K successfully for the last year, I
decided to install XP Pro. This was a mistake. I now
cannot get past post. On occasion, I get a Boot Failure
and have tried everything to resolve that. Even tried
reinstalling Win2K, but nothing.

From the BIOS, and from the OS installer, I can see the
two HD's that are installed. Just can't get to any boot
options. HELP!!! How can I reverse this?

[Ron Martell]

"Mike J" > wrote:

>After running Win2K successfully for the last year, I
>decided to install XP Pro. This was a mistake. I now
>cannot get past post. On occasion, I get a Boot Failure
>and have tried everything to resolve that. Even tried
>reinstalling Win2K, but nothing.
>
>From the BIOS, and from the OS installer, I can see the
>two HD's that are installed. Just can't get to any boot
>options. HELP!!! How can I reverse this?

Try booting from the XP Pro CD.

Choose the Repair (Recovery Console) option first and when it stops at
the command prompt enter the following command:

FIXBOOT

Then reboot from the hard drive and see if the problem is resolved.

If not then try doing a Repair Install of Windows XP as per the
instructions at http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm


Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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