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Hi I had a problem with the OS and repaired succesfully(?) with WIN XP using
the CD Installation disc. Now my computer will not Boot up in Win XP. It gets to the Windows Home page and reboots. It will not enter Safemode either. The disc checks out ok and the same problem appears in another computer using the same disc, and in the other computer you can see all files except where the security was at the Administrator level. Win XP says there isn't a problem with the disc so please can somebody tell me why it will not boot up correctly? I have made a chkdsk c: /R it repaired some errors but keeps rebooting. Can I turn off Auto Reboot outside of windows? |
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If it will not enter safe mode, it is not repaired. Did you run a Repair
after the successful chkdsk? If so, you probably have a damaged hard drive. -- Mark L. Ferguson .. "Bernie" wrote in message news Hi I had a problem with the OS and repaired succesfully(?) with WIN XP using the CD Installation disc. Now my computer will not Boot up in Win XP. It gets to the Windows Home page and reboots. It will not enter Safemode either. The disc checks out ok and the same problem appears in another computer using the same disc, and in the other computer you can see all files except where the security was at the Administrator level. Win XP says there isn't a problem with the disc so please can somebody tell me why it will not boot up correctly? I have made a chkdsk c: /R it repaired some errors but keeps rebooting. Can I turn off Auto Reboot outside of windows? |
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Maybe it isn't dead yet as I can see it fully on another computer. Maybe I
will rebuild the computer with a new drive then use this a slave and try to get the files off that I want. I had SP2 loaded should I repair using SP2? "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: If it will not enter safe mode, it is not repaired. Did you run a Repair after the successful chkdsk? If so, you probably have a damaged hard drive. -- Mark L. Ferguson .. "Bernie" wrote in message news Hi I had a problem with the OS and repaired succesfully(?) with WIN XP using the CD Installation disc. Now my computer will not Boot up in Win XP. It gets to the Windows Home page and reboots. It will not enter Safemode either. The disc checks out ok and the same problem appears in another computer using the same disc, and in the other computer you can see all files except where the security was at the Administrator level. Win XP says there isn't a problem with the disc so please can somebody tell me why it will not boot up correctly? I have made a chkdsk c: /R it repaired some errors but keeps rebooting. Can I turn off Auto Reboot outside of windows? |
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If your system was original with no SP2, take it out with add/remove, run the
repair, and reinstall sp2. -- Was this post helpful to you? Then click the "Yes" button, below. Voting helps others who use the web interface. Mark L. Ferguson "Bernie" wrote: Maybe it isn't dead yet as I can see it fully on another computer. Maybe I will rebuild the computer with a new drive then use this a slave and try to get the files off that I want. I had SP2 loaded should I repair using SP2? "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: If it will not enter safe mode, it is not repaired. Did you run a Repair after the successful chkdsk? If so, you probably have a damaged hard drive. -- Mark L. Ferguson .. "Bernie" wrote in message news Hi I had a problem with the OS and repaired succesfully(?) with WIN XP using the CD Installation disc. Now my computer will not Boot up in Win XP. It gets to the Windows Home page and reboots. It will not enter Safemode either. The disc checks out ok and the same problem appears in another computer using the same disc, and in the other computer you can see all files except where the security was at the Administrator level. Win XP says there isn't a problem with the disc so please can somebody tell me why it will not boot up correctly? I have made a chkdsk c: /R it repaired some errors but keeps rebooting. Can I turn off Auto Reboot outside of windows? |
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"Bernie" wrote in message news Hi I had a problem with the OS and repaired succesfully(?) with WIN XP using the CD Installation disc. Now my computer will not Boot up in Win XP. It gets to the Windows Home page and reboots. It will not enter Safemode either. The disc checks out ok and the same problem appears in another computer using the same disc, and in the other computer you can see all files except where the security was at the Administrator level. Win XP says there isn't a problem with the disc so please can somebody tell me why it will not boot up correctly? I have made a chkdsk c: /R it repaired some errors but keeps rebooting. Can I turn off Auto Reboot outside of windows? "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: If it will not enter safe mode, it is not repaired. Did you run a Repair after the successful chkdsk? If so, you probably have a damaged hard drive. -- Mark L. Ferguson "Bernie" wrote: Maybe it isn't dead yet as I can see it fully on another computer. Maybe I will rebuild the computer with a new drive then use this a slave and try to get the files off that I want. I had SP2 loaded should I repair using SP2? "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote in message ... If your system was original with no SP2, take it out with add/remove, run the repair, and reinstall sp2. -- Was this post helpful to you? Then click the "Yes" button, below. Voting helps others who use the web interface. Mark L. Ferguson Bernie: Do the following in the order given... 1. Reconnect that problem HDD as a secondary HDD in another machine and copy off whatever files are important to you. On the other hand, if you already have a current backup of the drive, that's fine. 2. Download the HDD diagnostic utility from the web site of the manufacturer of your HDD and check it out. It's possible you may be dealing with a defective disk so it's something you should know about, notwithstanding that you're able to access its data. 3. Run a Repair install and hope for the best. You'll use your XP installation CD with SP2 to do so. I don't quite understand Mark's last comment about "tak(ing) it out with add/remove, run the repair, and reinstall sp2". Since you apparently have an XP installation CD with SP2, that's all that's necessary to run the Repair. I assume you know how to do this. If not, there are a number of websites that contain step-by-step instructions for undertaking a Repair install. If you do a Google search on "XP repair install", you'll be pointed to many of these sites. Here are a few... http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XP...install.htm#RI http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=138 Assuming the Repair install is successful, you should use your A-V program to immediately check out your PC for any virus infestation. Also, you will need to download/install *all* the MS critical updates since SP2. (Again, I'm assuming that you'll be undertaking the Repair install with a XP CD that contains SP2). Anna |
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Hi Bernie,
Do you have more than one partition on your current Hard Drive? If you do, you could use Acronis True Image 10 Home Retail CD and back up your data files onto the other partition, then you can reformat and reinstall Windows XP. Once you get the operating system back in working order, created a full partition image, so you don't need to reinstall Windows XP again, just restore the Drive Image. Make any sense? -- thecreator "Bernie" wrote in message ... Maybe it isn't dead yet as I can see it fully on another computer. Maybe I will rebuild the computer with a new drive then use this a slave and try to get the files off that I want. I had SP2 loaded should I repair using SP2? "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: If it will not enter safe mode, it is not repaired. Did you run a Repair after the successful chkdsk? If so, you probably have a damaged hard drive. -- Mark L. Ferguson .. "Bernie" wrote in message news Hi I had a problem with the OS and repaired succesfully(?) with WIN XP using the CD Installation disc. Now my computer will not Boot up in Win XP. It gets to the Windows Home page and reboots. It will not enter Safemode either. The disc checks out ok and the same problem appears in another computer using the same disc, and in the other computer you can see all files except where the security was at the Administrator level. Win XP says there isn't a problem with the disc so please can somebody tell me why it will not boot up correctly? I have made a chkdsk c: /R it repaired some errors but keeps rebooting. Can I turn off Auto Reboot outside of windows? |
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I will not buy this sw but I have the maxtor disc sw to create a partition so
its an option, but I cannot get my user account open to copy the files. I was the administrator but when I put the disc in another machine I cannot see the files. How can I overcome this? "thecreator" wrote: Hi Bernie, Do you have more than one partition on your current Hard Drive? If you do, you could use Acronis True Image 10 Home Retail CD and back up your data files onto the other partition, then you can reformat and reinstall Windows XP. Once you get the operating system back in working order, created a full partition image, so you don't need to reinstall Windows XP again, just restore the Drive Image. Make any sense? -- thecreator "Bernie" wrote in message ... Maybe it isn't dead yet as I can see it fully on another computer. Maybe I will rebuild the computer with a new drive then use this a slave and try to get the files off that I want. I had SP2 loaded should I repair using SP2? "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: If it will not enter safe mode, it is not repaired. Did you run a Repair after the successful chkdsk? If so, you probably have a damaged hard drive. -- Mark L. Ferguson .. "Bernie" wrote in message news Hi I had a problem with the OS and repaired succesfully(?) with WIN XP using the CD Installation disc. Now my computer will not Boot up in Win XP. It gets to the Windows Home page and reboots. It will not enter Safemode either. The disc checks out ok and the same problem appears in another computer using the same disc, and in the other computer you can see all files except where the security was at the Administrator level. Win XP says there isn't a problem with the disc so please can somebody tell me why it will not boot up correctly? I have made a chkdsk c: /R it repaired some errors but keeps rebooting. Can I turn off Auto Reboot outside of windows? |
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Most of this I have already tried the problem is I cannot get my user account
open to copy the files. I was the administrator but when I put the disc in another machine I cannot see the files. How can I overcome this? "Anna" wrote: "Bernie" wrote in message news Hi I had a problem with the OS and repaired succesfully(?) with WIN XP using the CD Installation disc. Now my computer will not Boot up in Win XP. It gets to the Windows Home page and reboots. It will not enter Safemode either. The disc checks out ok and the same problem appears in another computer using the same disc, and in the other computer you can see all files except where the security was at the Administrator level. Win XP says there isn't a problem with the disc so please can somebody tell me why it will not boot up correctly? I have made a chkdsk c: /R it repaired some errors but keeps rebooting. Can I turn off Auto Reboot outside of windows? "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: If it will not enter safe mode, it is not repaired. Did you run a Repair after the successful chkdsk? If so, you probably have a damaged hard drive. -- Mark L. Ferguson "Bernie" wrote: Maybe it isn't dead yet as I can see it fully on another computer. Maybe I will rebuild the computer with a new drive then use this a slave and try to get the files off that I want. I had SP2 loaded should I repair using SP2? "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote in message ... If your system was original with no SP2, take it out with add/remove, run the repair, and reinstall sp2. -- Was this post helpful to you? Then click the "Yes" button, below. Voting helps others who use the web interface. Mark L. Ferguson Bernie: Do the following in the order given... 1. Reconnect that problem HDD as a secondary HDD in another machine and copy off whatever files are important to you. On the other hand, if you already have a current backup of the drive, that's fine. 2. Download the HDD diagnostic utility from the web site of the manufacturer of your HDD and check it out. It's possible you may be dealing with a defective disk so it's something you should know about, notwithstanding that you're able to access its data. 3. Run a Repair install and hope for the best. You'll use your XP installation CD with SP2 to do so. I don't quite understand Mark's last comment about "tak(ing) it out with add/remove, run the repair, and reinstall sp2". Since you apparently have an XP installation CD with SP2, that's all that's necessary to run the Repair. I assume you know how to do this. If not, there are a number of websites that contain step-by-step instructions for undertaking a Repair install. If you do a Google search on "XP repair install", you'll be pointed to many of these sites. Here are a few... http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XP...install.htm#RI http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=138 Assuming the Repair install is successful, you should use your A-V program to immediately check out your PC for any virus infestation. Also, you will need to download/install *all* the MS critical updates since SP2. (Again, I'm assuming that you'll be undertaking the Repair install with a XP CD that contains SP2). Anna |
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If you put your disk in another machine you'll need to take ownership of
the files to see them. Have a look here.. How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp In XP Home you have to boot in safe mode to see the security tab. In XP Pro you have to disable simple file sharing. "Bernie" wrote in message ... I will not buy this sw but I have the maxtor disc sw to create a partition so its an option, but I cannot get my user account open to copy the files. I was the administrator but when I put the disc in another machine I cannot see the files. How can I overcome this? "thecreator" wrote: Hi Bernie, Do you have more than one partition on your current Hard Drive? If you do, you could use Acronis True Image 10 Home Retail CD and back up your data files onto the other partition, then you can reformat and reinstall Windows XP. Once you get the operating system back in working order, created a full partition image, so you don't need to reinstall Windows XP again, just restore the Drive Image. Make any sense? -- thecreator "Bernie" wrote in message ... Maybe it isn't dead yet as I can see it fully on another computer. Maybe I will rebuild the computer with a new drive then use this a slave and try to get the files off that I want. I had SP2 loaded should I repair using SP2? "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: If it will not enter safe mode, it is not repaired. Did you run a Repair after the successful chkdsk? If so, you probably have a damaged hard drive. -- Mark L. Ferguson .. "Bernie" wrote in message news Hi I had a problem with the OS and repaired succesfully(?) with WIN XP using the CD Installation disc. Now my computer will not Boot up in Win XP. It gets to the Windows Home page and reboots. It will not enter Safemode either. The disc checks out ok and the same problem appears in another computer using the same disc, and in the other computer you can see all files except where the security was at the Administrator level. Win XP says there isn't a problem with the disc so please can somebody tell me why it will not boot up correctly? I have made a chkdsk c: /R it repaired some errors but keeps rebooting. Can I turn off Auto Reboot outside of windows? |
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Hi Bernie,
You can't from another computer. That's why I recommended Acronis True Image 10 Home software. The question arises, if the Maxtor Disc Software can create another partition from the free space left, without destroying the existing data on the Hard Drive. Acronis True Image 10 Home from newegg.com and also its Disk Director Suite 10.0-Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832200003 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832200002 The first time you use the software, you need to use it from the CD itself. You can't install the software onto the computer you are having problems with. The CDs are bootable and you can run them on the computer you are having problems with. Make sure the CD is the device that is first in the Boot order. When you boot from the CD, the security of Windows XP, does not come into play. You may need to buy also, another Hard Drive, if your current Hard Drive is going bad. Before it goes bad, use Acronis Disk Director to copy the partition to the other Hard Drive. Do not move it, in case something goes wrong. COPY. -- thecreator "Bernie" wrote in message ... I will not buy this sw but I have the maxtor disc sw to create a partition so its an option, but I cannot get my user account open to copy the files. I was the administrator but when I put the disc in another machine I cannot see the files. How can I overcome this? "thecreator" wrote: Hi Bernie, Do you have more than one partition on your current Hard Drive? If you do, you could use Acronis True Image 10 Home Retail CD and back up your data files onto the other partition, then you can reformat and reinstall Windows XP. Once you get the operating system back in working order, created a full partition image, so you don't need to reinstall Windows XP again, just restore the Drive Image. Make any sense? -- thecreator "Bernie" wrote in message ... Maybe it isn't dead yet as I can see it fully on another computer. Maybe I will rebuild the computer with a new drive then use this a slave and try to get the files off that I want. I had SP2 loaded should I repair using SP2? "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: If it will not enter safe mode, it is not repaired. Did you run a Repair after the successful chkdsk? If so, you probably have a damaged hard drive. -- Mark L. Ferguson .. "Bernie" wrote in message news Hi I had a problem with the OS and repaired succesfully(?) with WIN XP using the CD Installation disc. Now my computer will not Boot up in Win XP. It gets to the Windows Home page and reboots. It will not enter Safemode either. The disc checks out ok and the same problem appears in another computer using the same disc, and in the other computer you can see all files except where the security was at the Administrator level. Win XP says there isn't a problem with the disc so please can somebody tell me why it will not boot up correctly? I have made a chkdsk c: /R it repaired some errors but keeps rebooting. Can I turn off Auto Reboot outside of windows? |
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Free evalutation of "Acronis True Image 10 Home " is available for a 15 day
trial?? OK. I load my disc into another machine? I download the s/w onto a CD? I boot with this CD then transfer the files to the other disc? I don't care about the disc being defunk but there was no sign that this was going to happen AND the disc checks out ok so all I want is the files. Then I'll reformat and see if its the disc or buy another drive, probably the latter. Should the trial version work to do what I want? I did try taking ownership last week but had problems as I guess the disc was a slave and not master. Being cool about this but I really MUST backup the files that I want to keep just never do and so sign of the death clicking from the drive either!! "thecreator" wrote: Hi Bernie, You can't from another computer. That's why I recommended Acronis True Image 10 Home software. The question arises, if the Maxtor Disc Software can create another partition from the free space left, without destroying the existing data on the Hard Drive. Acronis True Image 10 Home from newegg.com and also its Disk Director Suite 10.0-Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832200003 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832200002 The first time you use the software, you need to use it from the CD itself. You can't install the software onto the computer you are having problems with. The CDs are bootable and you can run them on the computer you are having problems with. Make sure the CD is the device that is first in the Boot order. When you boot from the CD, the security of Windows XP, does not come into play. You may need to buy also, another Hard Drive, if your current Hard Drive is going bad. Before it goes bad, use Acronis Disk Director to copy the partition to the other Hard Drive. Do not move it, in case something goes wrong. COPY. -- thecreator "Bernie" wrote in message ... I will not buy this sw but I have the maxtor disc sw to create a partition so its an option, but I cannot get my user account open to copy the files. I was the administrator but when I put the disc in another machine I cannot see the files. How can I overcome this? "thecreator" wrote: Hi Bernie, Do you have more than one partition on your current Hard Drive? If you do, you could use Acronis True Image 10 Home Retail CD and back up your data files onto the other partition, then you can reformat and reinstall Windows XP. Once you get the operating system back in working order, created a full partition image, so you don't need to reinstall Windows XP again, just restore the Drive Image. Make any sense? -- thecreator "Bernie" wrote in message ... Maybe it isn't dead yet as I can see it fully on another computer. Maybe I will rebuild the computer with a new drive then use this a slave and try to get the files off that I want. I had SP2 loaded should I repair using SP2? "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: If it will not enter safe mode, it is not repaired. Did you run a Repair after the successful chkdsk? If so, you probably have a damaged hard drive. -- Mark L. Ferguson .. "Bernie" wrote in message news Hi I had a problem with the OS and repaired succesfully(?) with WIN XP using the CD Installation disc. Now my computer will not Boot up in Win XP. It gets to the Windows Home page and reboots. It will not enter Safemode either. The disc checks out ok and the same problem appears in another computer using the same disc, and in the other computer you can see all files except where the security was at the Administrator level. Win XP says there isn't a problem with the disc so please can somebody tell me why it will not boot up correctly? I have made a chkdsk c: /R it repaired some errors but keeps rebooting. Can I turn off Auto Reboot outside of windows? |
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Sorry just found the english version ..
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...oad/trueimage/ Again if this is the full version should it be enough to open the locked files? And then what do I do? Please/Thankyou "thecreator" wrote: Hi Bernie, You can't from another computer. That's why I recommended Acronis True Image 10 Home software. The question arises, if the Maxtor Disc Software can create another partition from the free space left, without destroying the existing data on the Hard Drive. Acronis True Image 10 Home from newegg.com and also its Disk Director Suite 10.0-Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832200003 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832200002 The first time you use the software, you need to use it from the CD itself. You can't install the software onto the computer you are having problems with. The CDs are bootable and you can run them on the computer you are having problems with. Make sure the CD is the device that is first in the Boot order. When you boot from the CD, the security of Windows XP, does not come into play. You may need to buy also, another Hard Drive, if your current Hard Drive is going bad. Before it goes bad, use Acronis Disk Director to copy the partition to the other Hard Drive. Do not move it, in case something goes wrong. COPY. -- thecreator "Bernie" wrote in message ... I will not buy this sw but I have the maxtor disc sw to create a partition so its an option, but I cannot get my user account open to copy the files. I was the administrator but when I put the disc in another machine I cannot see the files. How can I overcome this? "thecreator" wrote: Hi Bernie, Do you have more than one partition on your current Hard Drive? If you do, you could use Acronis True Image 10 Home Retail CD and back up your data files onto the other partition, then you can reformat and reinstall Windows XP. Once you get the operating system back in working order, created a full partition image, so you don't need to reinstall Windows XP again, just restore the Drive Image. Make any sense? -- thecreator "Bernie" wrote in message ... Maybe it isn't dead yet as I can see it fully on another computer. Maybe I will rebuild the computer with a new drive then use this a slave and try to get the files off that I want. I had SP2 loaded should I repair using SP2? "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: If it will not enter safe mode, it is not repaired. Did you run a Repair after the successful chkdsk? If so, you probably have a damaged hard drive. -- Mark L. Ferguson .. "Bernie" wrote in message news Hi I had a problem with the OS and repaired succesfully(?) with WIN XP using the CD Installation disc. Now my computer will not Boot up in Win XP. It gets to the Windows Home page and reboots. It will not enter Safemode either. The disc checks out ok and the same problem appears in another computer using the same disc, and in the other computer you can see all files except where the security was at the Administrator level. Win XP says there isn't a problem with the disc so please can somebody tell me why it will not boot up correctly? I have made a chkdsk c: /R it repaired some errors but keeps rebooting. Can I turn off Auto Reboot outside of windows? |
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