BS
December 7th 03, 11:22 PM
I did the exact same thing. It took me litterally weeks
of late nights tinkering around with Dos Commands. I
can't even remember exactly how I restored it, but I
believe I had to rewrite various portions of the
registry. If I had the chance to pay $35 to get out of
that mess, it would have been a bargin! You might try
attaching a second moniter if you are running XP Pro, I
was able to at least get to the command prompt that way.
Good luck.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Can you get your hands on another HD? If so, you can
>install it as Master, jumper your previous HD as Slave,
>install WinXP on the new HD and copy all the data files
>from the old HD to the new one. Then scan the old HD to
>check for errors and use it as file back up storage
device.
>Good luck.
>
>Sleepless
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Okay, here goes...
>>Windows XP wasn't acting right, I couldn't add some
>>hardware, couldn't play media or games correctly, and I
>>couldn't change many features on XP. So I decided to
pop
>>in the XP installation disk and see if I could do some
>>kind of "repair installation" (kind of like
reinstalling
>>XP but keeping everything on my hard drive). I couldn't
>>find such a feature so I choose to install it again
using
>>the "Upgrade" option.
>>That was a big mistake.
>>Setup then went through it's little installation ritual
>>and then restarted my unit, but it didn't reboot
>>successfully and automatically shutdown. Now whenever I
>>try to boot up, the computer pauses, then shows me the
>>startup screen (ya' know, the one with "Safe Mode"
>>and "Last Known Good Config"?). Whenever I choose any
one
>>of the options, it trys to go further but then it just
>>freezes and restarts. I have already tried to repair my
>>handywork by booting from the XP cd and repairing the
>>Windows partition. That hasn't worked.
>>
>>Please, I need help! (And I'm not yet willing to drop
$35
>>for Windows Tech Support) If someone knows anything
that
>>could get me anywhere, please post it!
>>Thanks a bunch!
>>
>>Sincerely,
>> (a very distraught) Novice
>>.
>>
>.
>
of late nights tinkering around with Dos Commands. I
can't even remember exactly how I restored it, but I
believe I had to rewrite various portions of the
registry. If I had the chance to pay $35 to get out of
that mess, it would have been a bargin! You might try
attaching a second moniter if you are running XP Pro, I
was able to at least get to the command prompt that way.
Good luck.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Can you get your hands on another HD? If so, you can
>install it as Master, jumper your previous HD as Slave,
>install WinXP on the new HD and copy all the data files
>from the old HD to the new one. Then scan the old HD to
>check for errors and use it as file back up storage
device.
>Good luck.
>
>Sleepless
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Okay, here goes...
>>Windows XP wasn't acting right, I couldn't add some
>>hardware, couldn't play media or games correctly, and I
>>couldn't change many features on XP. So I decided to
pop
>>in the XP installation disk and see if I could do some
>>kind of "repair installation" (kind of like
reinstalling
>>XP but keeping everything on my hard drive). I couldn't
>>find such a feature so I choose to install it again
using
>>the "Upgrade" option.
>>That was a big mistake.
>>Setup then went through it's little installation ritual
>>and then restarted my unit, but it didn't reboot
>>successfully and automatically shutdown. Now whenever I
>>try to boot up, the computer pauses, then shows me the
>>startup screen (ya' know, the one with "Safe Mode"
>>and "Last Known Good Config"?). Whenever I choose any
one
>>of the options, it trys to go further but then it just
>>freezes and restarts. I have already tried to repair my
>>handywork by booting from the XP cd and repairing the
>>Windows partition. That hasn't worked.
>>
>>Please, I need help! (And I'm not yet willing to drop
$35
>>for Windows Tech Support) If someone knows anything
that
>>could get me anywhere, please post it!
>>Thanks a bunch!
>>
>>Sincerely,
>> (a very distraught) Novice
>>.
>>
>.
>