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XP in a start up loop
I have tried to get xp to boot into safe mode and it would not give me the f8
key screen choices for booting. I inserted the recovery console disk,or xp cd and tried to use the fixmbr and fix boot files. They seemed to have run correctly, although I did get the usual caution screen about the mbr was not where it was supposed to be or what it is was , and if you go further you may loose your partitions and etc. I proceeded anyway and it finished ,and i tried to exit and restart the f8 screen came up automatically asking if i wanted to boot normal or select the safe mode etc. I selected the safe mode, it started loading files and then rebooted again to the same start up screen asking me which boot selection i wanted. I ran chkdsk. It stated there was 1 file that had an error ,i reran chkdsk /r to recover that file. I then restarted and the same sequence happend again ,it will not boot into windows . It does not display an error of any kind. I am running 2 SATA drives and 1 ide hardrive,1 dvd/cd drive I thought there might be virus or some malware ,but after runing fixmbr and fix boot i figured it should at least start windows , am wrong in thinking this? I am on my other pc ,it also has SATA drives as well , should i disconnect the drive from the other pc and install it in this pc and run a virus check? Or is there a way to run a virus check from the recovery console? Gary L Greco |
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Gary L Greco wrote:
I have tried to get xp to boot into safe mode and it would not give me the f8 key screen choices for booting. I inserted the recovery console disk,or xp cd and tried to use the fixmbr and fix boot files. They seemed to have run correctly, although I did get the usual caution screen about the mbr was not where it was supposed to be or what it is was , and if you go further you may loose your partitions and etc. I proceeded anyway and it finished ,and i tried to exit and restart the f8 screen came up automatically asking if i wanted to boot normal or select the safe mode etc. I selected the safe mode, it started loading files and then rebooted again to the same start up screen asking me which boot selection i wanted. I ran chkdsk. It stated there was 1 file that had an error ,i reran chkdsk /r to recover that file. I then restarted and the same sequence happend again ,it will not boot into windows . It does not display an error of any kind. I am running 2 SATA drives and 1 ide hardrive,1 dvd/cd drive I thought there might be virus or some malware ,but after runing fixmbr and fix boot i figured it should at least start windows , am wrong in thinking this? I am on my other pc ,it also has SATA drives as well , should i disconnect the drive from the other pc and install it in this pc and run a virus check? Or is there a way to run a virus check from the recovery console? Gary L Greco Repair installation. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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XP in a start up loop
Gary L Greco wrote: I have tried to get xp to boot into safe mode and it would not give me the f8 key screen choices for booting. I inserted the recovery console disk,or xp cd and tried to use the fixmbr and fix boot files. They seemed to have run correctly, although I did get the usual caution screen about the mbr was not where it was supposed to be or what it is was , and if you go further you may loose your partitions and etc. I proceeded anyway and it finished ,and i tried to exit and restart the f8 screen came up automatically asking if i wanted to boot normal or select the safe mode etc. I selected the safe mode, it started loading files and then rebooted again to the same start up screen asking me which boot selection i wanted. I ran chkdsk. It stated there was 1 file that had an error ,i reran chkdsk /r to recover that file. I then restarted and the same sequence happend again ,it will not boot into windows . It does not display an error of any kind. I am running 2 SATA drives and 1 ide hardrive,1 dvd/cd drive I thought there might be virus or some malware ,but after runing fixmbr and fix boot i figured it should at least start windows , am wrong in thinking this? I am on my other pc ,it also has SATA drives as well , should i disconnect the drive from the other pc and install it in this pc and run a virus check? Or is there a way to run a virus check from the recovery console? Gary L Greco Repair installation. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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