Bricked my o.s.

I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?

Andy

On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 06:46:37 -0800 (PST), "Andy" andrew_kennedy7
@yahoo.com wrote in article 46d76727-2369-4004-b716-
...

I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?


Everyone who did *not* see this coming, please raise your hand.
Anybody? Nobody? Right then, sorted.


--
Zaphod

"Yeah. Listen, I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox, my father was Zaphod Beeblebrox
the Second, my grandfather Zaphod Beeblebrox the Third..."

"What?"

"There was an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine. Now
concentrate!"

Andy wrote, On 2/5/2013 7:46 AM:
I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?

Andy

Do you have a "restore point" from when your machine worked? If so, what
happened when you did a restore?
--
Jeff Barnett

On 05 Feb 2013, Zaphod Beeblebrox
wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

Everyone who did *not* see this coming, please raise your hand.
Anybody? Nobody? Right then, sorted.

I'm amazed that it took this long. I figured it would be hours, a
couple of days at most.

From: "Jeff Barnett"

Andy wrote, On 2/5/2013 7:46 AM:
I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?

Andy

Do you have a "restore point" from when your machine worked? If so, what
happened when you did a restore?


According to Andy...

quote
It's easier to use a disk imaging program and store the images on another
drive.

If you have downloaded files since your last image backup, copy them to
another drive before you create the new image.

System restore is unreliable.
/quote

So he doesn't think System Restore is relaible but he does have an image so
he should NOT have a problem. ;-)


--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

Unless there's some earlier thread, appertaining to this, that I've
overlooked, your request for assistance is seriously lacking in detail :

As [even] a general query, a post needs to "spell out" three things ; a).
what you remember doing that took you from a time when everything 'worked'
okay, b). what you perceived actually happened (including any error
messages observed) and c). any steps you have taken / things you have tried
in attempting to solve the problem...

After posting a general outline that includes those fats, you may also then
go on to include detail concerning make / model / pc configuration / etc.,
afterwards...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Andy" wrote in message
...
I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?

Andy

Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 06:46:37 -0800 (PST), "Andy" andrew_kennedy7
@yahoo.com wrote in article 46d76727-2369-4004-b716-
...

I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?


Everyone who did *not* see this coming, please raise your hand.
Anybody? Nobody? Right then, sorted.

At least not from an (alleged) "assembly language programmer". :-)
But from Mary, down the street, just maybe. :-)

On Feb 5, 11:57*am, "Tim Meddick" wrote:
Unless there's some earlier thread, appertaining to this, that I've
overlooked, your request for assistance is seriously lacking in detail :

*As [even] a general query, a post needs to "spell out" three things ; a).
what you remember doing that took you from a time when everything 'worked'
okay, *b). what you perceived actually happened (including any error
messages observed) and c). any steps you have taken / things you have tried
in attempting to solve the problem...

After posting a general outline that includes those fats, you may also then
go on to include detail concerning make / model / pc configuration / etc.,
afterwards...

==

Cheers, * *Tim Meddick, * *Peckham, London. * *:-)

"Andy" wrote in message

...








Here are some more details.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

I have been trying to re-install Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2.

I ran sp2 for about 2 years with only one minor hardware issue with my
internal modem.

Since getting sp3 and the security fixes, my system is getting many
hardware problems as well as software problems.

Windows won't let me uninstall sp3.
I do not remember what message if any that it gave when it failed.

Based on past experience in reinstalling Windows XP sucessfully, I
did the following:

I deleted some key files in the root directory and tried to reinstall
sp2 using my XP sp2 install disk.

It says I need an earlier version installer cd (like Win 98).

I threw my Win98 install disk away last year thinking I would never
need it.

I returned all those files back where they came from using my install
disk.

I then tried to reinstall all the up to date drivers for all of my
hardware.

It got 3/4 thru and then it said the installer failed. (Windows
installer)

Andy

On Feb 5, 2:08*pm, Andy wrote:
On Feb 5, 11:57*am, "Tim Meddick" wrote:









Unless there's some earlier thread, appertaining to this, that I've
overlooked, your request for assistance is seriously lacking in detail :

*As [even] a general query, a post needs to "spell out" three things ; a).
what you remember doing that took you from a time when everything 'worked'
okay, *b). what you perceived actually happened (including any error
messages observed) and c). any steps you have taken / things you have tried
in attempting to solve the problem...

After posting a general outline that includes those fats, you may also then
go on to include detail concerning make / model / pc configuration / etc.,
afterwards...

==

Cheers, * *Tim Meddick, * *Peckham, London. * *:-)

"Andy" wrote in message

...

Here are some more details.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

I have been trying to re-install Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2.

I ran sp2 for about 2 years with only one minor hardware issue with my
internal modem.

Since getting sp3 and the security fixes, my system is getting many
hardware problems as well as software problems.

Windows won't let me uninstall sp3.
I do not remember what message if any that it gave when it failed.

Based on past experience in reinstalling Windows XP sucessfully, *I
did the following:

I deleted some key files in the root directory and tried to reinstall
sp2 using my XP sp2 install disk.

It says I need an earlier version installer cd (like Win 98).

I threw my Win98 install disk away last year thinking I would never
need it.

I returned all those files back where they came from using my install
disk.

I then tried to reinstall all the up to date drivers for all of my
hardware.

It got 3/4 thru and then it said the installer failed. (Windows
installer)

Andy

Here are some more details.

After logging in, box comes up and says

Application Error

Exception EOleSysError in module Skype.exe at 0013FE7D
RPC service is unavailable.

When I start Event Viewer, I can see the log of events but I cannot
open any of them to see what the error or warning is.

Andy wrote:
I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?

Andy

Fdisk, format, install XP#.

In message ,
Zaphod Beeblebrox writes:
On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 06:46:37 -0800 (PST), "Andy" andrew_kennedy7
wrote in article 46d76727-2369-4004-b716-
...

I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?


Everyone who did *not* see this coming, please raise your hand.
Anybody? Nobody? Right then, sorted.


How extremely helpful. (Good luck Andy - I suspect it is sortable.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
-Thomas Henry Huxley, biologist (1825-1895)

On 02/05/2013 11:29 AM, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Jeff Barnett"

Andy wrote, On 2/5/2013 7:46 AM:
I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?

Andy

Do you have a "restore point" from when your machine worked? If so,
what happened when you did a restore?


According to Andy...

quote
It's easier to use a disk imaging program and store the images on
another drive.

If you have downloaded files since your last image backup, copy them to
another drive before you create the new image.

System restore is unreliable.
/quote

So he doesn't think System Restore is relaible but he does have an image
so he should NOT have a problem. ;-)





Excellent!!! Glad it's all sorted out now!

--
https://www.createspace.com/3707686

"Paul in Houston TX" wrote in message
...
Andy wrote:
I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?

Andy

Fdisk, format, install XP#.

Agreed. Considering the list of things he's already done, each messing
things up more than the last, a clean install after format is indicated.
He's mucked the system up repeatedly with the steps taken.
--
Glen Ventura
MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
CompTIA A+

Per Andy:
Here are some more details.

After logging in, box comes up and says

Application Error

Exception EOleSysError in module Skype.exe at 0013FE7D
RPC service is unavailable.

When I start Event Viewer, I can see the log of events but I cannot
open any of them to see what the error or warning is.

Any chance you are using Kaspersky?

viz: http://tinyurl.com/bcvakvo
--
Pete Cresswell

"Andy" wrote in message ...
I am on my desktop right now.

My laptop boots and xp pro sp3 starts but no network etc.

Erunt did not restore from an older config, sfc /scannow did not do
anything.

I have my sp2 install disk.

I don't have a disk image either.

Can someone help me ?


Andy

Need to know the laptop
Name, Make, and Model,

For the Drive
for network
is not on
the xp pro sp3 or sp2 CD

But at the Website
for the laptop.