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Can't boot without XP CD
Have you tried the commands FIXBOOT & FIXMBR from the repair console after
booting from the CD. Neil "Andy in NJ" SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET wrote in message ... www.flotserver.net "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, attrib -h -s -r C:\boot.ini del C:\boot.ini Then run bootcfg /rebuild. Ok, tried that. No luck. Same results. |
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Can't boot without XP CD
"neil" (remove_s) wrote in message
... Have you tried the commands FIXBOOT & FIXMBR from the repair console after booting from the CD. Yes. |
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"Andy in NJ" SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET wrote in message ... "neil" (remove_s) wrote in message ... Have you tried the commands FIXBOOT & FIXMBR from the repair console after booting from the CD. Yes. Have you run Fdisk, and if so what info does it give? |
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Can't boot without XP CD
The answer to your problem is pretty simple really.
When windows was installed the cmos setting was for the cdrom to be the first boot device. Change the setting for in the cmos to make your hard drive the first boot device. If it still fails to boot. Do this.... As the system starts (as the cmos is being read) look for the hot key for boot menu (on my system it's F8) and with the cd in the system tell it to boot to the cdrom drive. Reinstall windows or repair it. Once the system restarts during the set up it will restart to the hard drive and NOT the cdrom. I've made this mistake with several of the systems I've built. "Andy in NJ" wrote: I just recently got a new computer and I installed a new hard drive, installed WinXP Home with SP2 on it. Now, whenever I reboot the computer, if I don't have the XP CD in the computer, I get the message that Windows didn't load properly and it gives me the menu with the Safe Mode options or the regular boot. After I select anything, it reboot the computer and does the same thing. It's an endless loop unless I have the XP CD in there. Any suggestions? |
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"andre2274" wrote in message
... The answer to your problem is pretty simple really. When windows was installed the cmos setting was for the cdrom to be the first boot device. Change the setting for in the cmos to make your hard drive the first boot device. If it still fails to boot. Do this.... As the system starts (as the cmos is being read) look for the hot key for boot menu (on my system it's F8) and with the cd in the system tell it to boot to the cdrom drive. Reinstall windows or repair it. Once the system restarts during the set up it will restart to the hard drive and NOT the cdrom. I've made this mistake with several of the systems I've built. Actually, the problem was just solved. I disconnected the old hard drive and it boots fine now, without the CD. |
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Can't boot without XP CD
Andy, Unless you are hitting the "Press any key to boot from CD" prompt, I
don't know of any reason for this cycle ?. I would reccomend that you do a reinstall of your WindowsXP, after first Formatting the hard drive again. Insert the WinXP disc in the CD-rom, and hold down the "control" key until you see the "Windows is inspecting your computer's hardware", then follow instructions until you get a page that asks if you want to repair a previous installation, choose NO, and then instruct it to delete the C: drive partition, and then format the HD to NTSD, don't use the "Quick" format option. After it formats, complete the new installation, and if the cycle repeats itself again, you most likely have a hardware issue. Hope this helps. "Andy in NJ" wrote: I just recently got a new computer and I installed a new hard drive, installed WinXP Home with SP2 on it. Now, whenever I reboot the computer, if I don't have the XP CD in the computer, I get the message that Windows didn't load properly and it gives me the menu with the Safe Mode options or the regular boot. After I select anything, it reboot the computer and does the same thing. It's an endless loop unless I have the XP CD in there. Any suggestions? |
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"Hermanator" wrote in message
... Andy, Unless you are hitting the "Press any key to boot from CD" prompt, I don't know of any reason for this cycle ?. I would reccomend that you do a reinstall of your WindowsXP, after first Formatting the hard drive again. Insert the WinXP disc in the CD-rom, and hold down the "control" key until you see the "Windows is inspecting your computer's hardware", then follow instructions until you get a page that asks if you want to repair a previous installation, choose NO, and then instruct it to delete the C: drive partition, and then format the HD to NTSD, don't use the "Quick" format option. After it formats, complete the new installation, and if the cycle repeats itself again, you most likely have a hardware issue. Hope this helps. I posted about this earlier today. I fixed the problem. I unplugged the old hard drive that I had in there and it fixed the problem. This really should have been my first step (and probably the first suggestion from our resident experts), but I didn't think of it until just recently. I even backed up the old hard drive to a USB external drive and reformated the old hard drive, but that didn't fix it until it was unplugged. Must be a jumper setting on the old hard drive. Even though it's set to "Cable Select" and the cable is properly setup, it must not have properly detected the master/slave. |
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Can't boot without XP CD
"Andy in NJ" SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET wrote in message ... snip I posted about this earlier today. I fixed the problem. I unplugged the old hard drive that I had in there and it fixed the problem. This really should have been my first step (and probably the first suggestion from our resident experts), but I didn't think of it until just recently... You really are a pompous ass, aren't you? How about thanking everyone for their time and effort instead of bragging about YOUR wonderful problem-solving ability? Oh, and please don't reply, I'm washing my hair. :O) Gilbert |
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