XP reboots funny after Windows Update

[someone]

Detach all cd drives from the computer, and then reboot
again. this should clear this message and then you can
attach the drives again.


>-----Original Message-----
>I have XP on my Master drive and also on my Slave drive.
>While running on slave drive, it decided to go for an
>automatic set of updates....and when it got done
downloading,
>it went ahead and installed and told me it had to reboot.
>Nothing out of the ordinary there.
>
>However, on bootup, it gets to where it flashed by
like "Boot from CD"
>but there's no CD so it should go for hard drive. Except
now it stops
>in a DOS-prompt with this message:
>
>Type the name of the command iterpreter (e.g.,
C:\windows\command.com)
>
>or something like that, and I have found no way for it
to continue,
>nothing I
>can do except Ctrl-Alt-Del reboot, and then back to that
same prompt....
>
>H E L P!!!!
>
> William B. Lurie
>
>
>.
>

[William B. Lurie]

Thanks for advice, but it isn't practical for me to
physically disconnect the cabling for two CD drive...
unless absolutely necessary, of course.....
W B L

someone wrote:

> Detach all cd drives from the computer, and then reboot
> again. this should clear this message and then you can
> attach the drives again.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have XP on my Master drive and also on my Slave drive.
> >While running on slave drive, it decided to go for an
> >automatic set of updates....and when it got done
> downloading,
> >it went ahead and installed and told me it had to reboot.
> >Nothing out of the ordinary there.
> >
> >However, on bootup, it gets to where it flashed by
> like "Boot from CD"
> >but there's no CD so it should go for hard drive. Except
> now it stops
> >in a DOS-prompt with this message:
> >
> >Type the name of the command iterpreter (e.g.,
> C:\windows\command.com)
> >
> >or something like that, and I have found no way for it
> to continue,
> >nothing I
> >can do except Ctrl-Alt-Del reboot, and then back to that
> same prompt....
> >
> >H E L P!!!!
> >
> > William B. Lurie
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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William B. Lurie

[William B. Lurie]

HELP!!! That hard drive is useless unless one of you kind MVPs
tells me how to get it back into service....
HELP!!!
WBL

"William B. Lurie" wrote:

> Thanks for advice, but it isn't practical for me to
> physically disconnect the cabling for two CD drives...
> unless absolutely necessary, of course.....
> W B L
>
> someone wrote:
>
> > Detach all cd drives from the computer, and then reboot
> > again. this should clear this message and then you can
> > attach the drives again.
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >I have XP on my Master drive and also on my Slave drive.
> > >While running on slave drive, it decided to go for an
> > >automatic set of updates....and when it got done
> > downloading,
> > >it went ahead and installed and told me it had to reboot.
> > >Nothing out of the ordinary there.
> > >
> > >However, on bootup, it gets to where it flashed by
> > like "Boot from CD"
> > >but there's no CD so it should go for hard drive. Except
> > now it stops
> > >in a DOS-prompt with this message:
> > >
> > >Type the name of the command iterpreter (e.g.,
> > C:\windows\command.com)
> > >
> > >or something like that, and I have found no way for it
> > to continue,
> > >nothing I
> > >can do except Ctrl-Alt-Del reboot, and then back to that
> > same prompt....
> > >
> > >H E L P!!!!
> > >
> > > William B. Lurie
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
> --
>
> William B. Lurie

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William B. Lurie