taurarian
December 11th 03, 10:43 PM
Try this first before you format:-
Place the Win XP CD in the CD drive.
When Autoplay starts just click the X and close it.
Click Start button, select Run and type in "sfc /scannow"
without the quotes and the system should scan for
missing/corrupt MS OS files and replace them with the
originals found on the disk.
Scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect
versions with correct Microsoft versions.
If that don't work:-
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;315341
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of
Windows XP
If that don't work:-
Insert the Win XP CD into CD drive and restart computer.
The "Press any key to boot from CD" message is displayed
on your screen, then press a key to start your computer
from the Win XP CD.
(Note: If your computer is one that doesn't automatically
boot from CD when the CD is in the CD Drive then you'll
need to Press F8 continuously as the computer is
restarting until you get the option menu which allows you
to choose either to boot from CD, Hard Drive or Floppy -
then select boot from CD. If you do not have the option to
boot from CD, then you can boot from a Windows 98/Me
Startup disk with CD support and run WINNT.EXE in the I386
folder on the CD).
When the following message is displayed on the Welcome to
Setup screen, press ENTER:
To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
At this point an option to press R to enter the Recovery
Console is displayed. Do not select this option.
On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to
agree to the License Agreement.
Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is
selected in the box, and then press the R key to repair
Windows XP.
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete Setup.
>-----Original Message-----
>about a month ago i got an error sayying that xp needs to
>replace some files and that i had to inster xp disk, at
>that time i couldnt find the disk so i ignored it. when i
>finally found it i made xp repair itself which seemed
>logcal. when this was finished i started my pc only to
>find that most games and applications were not working, i
>think the .exe was gone. my graphics card would not
>install and my pc was acting posessed. i went to control
>panel to see if i could find the source of my problems
>and system told me this: no pci memory working, sm bus
>controller not working and audio controllers not working.
>if anyone has a solution that would be great, otherwise
>can anyone tell me how to format? foolproff preferably
>.
>
Place the Win XP CD in the CD drive.
When Autoplay starts just click the X and close it.
Click Start button, select Run and type in "sfc /scannow"
without the quotes and the system should scan for
missing/corrupt MS OS files and replace them with the
originals found on the disk.
Scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect
versions with correct Microsoft versions.
If that don't work:-
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;315341
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of
Windows XP
If that don't work:-
Insert the Win XP CD into CD drive and restart computer.
The "Press any key to boot from CD" message is displayed
on your screen, then press a key to start your computer
from the Win XP CD.
(Note: If your computer is one that doesn't automatically
boot from CD when the CD is in the CD Drive then you'll
need to Press F8 continuously as the computer is
restarting until you get the option menu which allows you
to choose either to boot from CD, Hard Drive or Floppy -
then select boot from CD. If you do not have the option to
boot from CD, then you can boot from a Windows 98/Me
Startup disk with CD support and run WINNT.EXE in the I386
folder on the CD).
When the following message is displayed on the Welcome to
Setup screen, press ENTER:
To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
At this point an option to press R to enter the Recovery
Console is displayed. Do not select this option.
On the Windows XP Licensing Agreement screen, press F8 to
agree to the License Agreement.
Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is
selected in the box, and then press the R key to repair
Windows XP.
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete Setup.
>-----Original Message-----
>about a month ago i got an error sayying that xp needs to
>replace some files and that i had to inster xp disk, at
>that time i couldnt find the disk so i ignored it. when i
>finally found it i made xp repair itself which seemed
>logcal. when this was finished i started my pc only to
>find that most games and applications were not working, i
>think the .exe was gone. my graphics card would not
>install and my pc was acting posessed. i went to control
>panel to see if i could find the source of my problems
>and system told me this: no pci memory working, sm bus
>controller not working and audio controllers not working.
>if anyone has a solution that would be great, otherwise
>can anyone tell me how to format? foolproff preferably
>.
>