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Boot problem
I would like to get some advice on how to fix it.
The Problem. When booting up the PC, the system stops and I get the message “Remove disks or other media. Press any key to restart”. The boot order is CD, then HD but there is no disk in the DVD burner. If I insert the WinXP operating disk, then the PC will boot up normally. I have also found if I press F8 during turn-on, the system loads a “boot menu” (instead of going to Safe Mode). Selecting the HD from the options on the “boot menu”, the PC will then proceed to boot up normally. One oddity about my system is that I have WinXP is loaded on partition C and partition D (on the primary drive). Initially I installed WinXP on D drive with C drive left blank as an anti-hacking strategy. I eventually had to load WinXP on the C drive because the boot.ini file kept getting corrupted. Since then the PC has operated for at least 9 months until this problem occurred. I have reviewed my boot.ini file (see below) but I don’t see any problem with it. [boot loader] timeout=3 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer I have run CHKDSK and I have re-installed WinXP on the C drive. Still the problem persists. Any suggestions? My computer components a MB: ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition MPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2 GHz PS: SeaSonic S12-380 ATX12V 380W Supply RAM: Corsair XMS2 DDR2 PC2 %400 (2 x 512MB) Video: ASUS EN7300GT, GeForce 7300 PCI Express 256MB DDR2 DVD: Samsung 18X DVD Burner HD: Maxtor 160GB SATA HD (primary) HD: Seagate Barracuda 320G SATA2 (backup) OS: Windows XP Professional |
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Boot problem
Hi Geetwo,
I don't have Windows XP installed on the C: Drive at all and it is working fine. Have you been running maintenance regularly on your Hard Drive? Have you been using Explore to go into your \Temp folders and manually deleting its contents then running Disk Cleanup followed by Chkdsk /r (both options checked) and finally defraging the Hard Drive? Also remove /usepmtimer from the startup of XP. -- thecreator "Geetwo" wrote in message ... I would like to get some advice on how to fix it. The Problem. When booting up the PC, the system stops and I get the message "Remove disks or other media. Press any key to restart". The boot order is CD, then HD but there is no disk in the DVD burner. If I insert the WinXP operating disk, then the PC will boot up normally. I have also found if I press F8 during turn-on, the system loads a "boot menu" (instead of going to Safe Mode). Selecting the HD from the options on the "boot menu", the PC will then proceed to boot up normally. One oddity about my system is that I have WinXP is loaded on partition C and partition D (on the primary drive). Initially I installed WinXP on D drive with C drive left blank as an anti-hacking strategy. I eventually had to load WinXP on the C drive because the boot.ini file kept getting corrupted. Since then the PC has operated for at least 9 months until this problem occurred. I have reviewed my boot.ini file (see below) but I don't see any problem with it. [boot loader] timeout=3 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer I have run CHKDSK and I have re-installed WinXP on the C drive. Still the problem persists. Any suggestions? My computer components a MB: ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition MPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2 GHz PS: SeaSonic S12-380 ATX12V 380W Supply RAM: Corsair XMS2 DDR2 PC2 %400 (2 x 512MB) Video: ASUS EN7300GT, GeForce 7300 PCI Express 256MB DDR2 DVD: Samsung 18X DVD Burner HD: Maxtor 160GB SATA HD (primary) HD: Seagate Barracuda 320G SATA2 (backup) OS: Windows XP Professional |
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Boot problem
I ran defrag analyze and WinXP tells me that the hard disk does not need
defrag. I do not regularly run CHKDSK. I'll try your advice and see what happens. "thecreator" wrote: Hi Geetwo, I don't have Windows XP installed on the C: Drive at all and it is working fine. Have you been running maintenance regularly on your Hard Drive? Have you been using Explore to go into your \Temp folders and manually deleting its contents then running Disk Cleanup followed by Chkdsk /r (both options checked) and finally defraging the Hard Drive? Also remove /usepmtimer from the startup of XP. -- thecreator "Geetwo" wrote in message ... I would like to get some advice on how to fix it. The Problem. When booting up the PC, the system stops and I get the message "Remove disks or other media. Press any key to restart". The boot order is CD, then HD but there is no disk in the DVD burner. If I insert the WinXP operating disk, then the PC will boot up normally. I have also found if I press F8 during turn-on, the system loads a "boot menu" (instead of going to Safe Mode). Selecting the HD from the options on the "boot menu", the PC will then proceed to boot up normally. One oddity about my system is that I have WinXP is loaded on partition C and partition D (on the primary drive). Initially I installed WinXP on D drive with C drive left blank as an anti-hacking strategy. I eventually had to load WinXP on the C drive because the boot.ini file kept getting corrupted. Since then the PC has operated for at least 9 months until this problem occurred. I have reviewed my boot.ini file (see below) but I don't see any problem with it. [boot loader] timeout=3 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer I have run CHKDSK and I have re-installed WinXP on the C drive. Still the problem persists. Any suggestions? My computer components a MB: ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition MPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2 GHz PS: SeaSonic S12-380 ATX12V 380W Supply RAM: Corsair XMS2 DDR2 PC2 %400 (2 x 512MB) Video: ASUS EN7300GT, GeForce 7300 PCI Express 256MB DDR2 DVD: Samsung 18X DVD Burner HD: Maxtor 160GB SATA HD (primary) HD: Seagate Barracuda 320G SATA2 (backup) OS: Windows XP Professional |
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