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August 13th 10, 04:00 PM
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boot drive help
my c drive reportedit was unable to load hive files, and will no
longer boot. as soon as the PC opens the Windows XP spash screen the PC restarts POST So I removed the drive and put into a docking station on another PC I was able to access the drive. I created an ISO image (using xxclone) of the drive then I ran ChkDsk and WD diqgnostics on it. errors were found and repaired by Chkdsk, The drive is OK according to WD diagnostics, so I guess I will reuse the drive. When reinstalled it into the orginal PC and I am getting the message asking to install a boot drive. So I guess I need to reinstall Windows. My questions a Am I right about doing a reinstall? Are there any system files on the clone drive I could possibly use to re-establish my original environment? I have not tried to boot using the clone drive I created, and xxclone offered some options presented after I created the iso relating to MBR which I did not understand so I did not perform. I suppose I could re-open the program and the drive and invoke them now. thanks 
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August 13th 10, 08:35 PM
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"timOleary" wrote in message
... my c drive reportedit was unable to load hive files, and will no longer boot. as soon as the PC opens the Windows XP spash screen the PC restarts POST . . . So I removed the drive and put into a docking station on another PC I was able to access the drive. I created an ISO image (using xxclone) of the drive then I ran ChkDsk and WD diqgnostics on it. errors were found and repaired by Chkdsk, The drive is OK according to WD diagnostics, so I guess I will reuse the drive. In your place I would do this only if WD Diags also tested for viruses and malware (and reported malware free, and only I were confident beforehand such scans were reliable.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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August 14th 10, 04:24 AM
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On 08/13/2010 10:00 AM, timOleary wrote:
my c drive reportedit was unable to load hive files, and will no longer boot. as soon as the PC opens the Windows XP spash screen the PC restarts POST So I removed the drive and put into a docking station on another PC I was able to access the drive. I created an ISO image (using xxclone) of the drive then I ran ChkDsk and WD diqgnostics on it. errors were found and repaired by Chkdsk, The drive is OK according to WD diagnostics, so I guess I will reuse the drive. When reinstalled it into the orginal PC and I am getting the message asking to install a boot drive. So I guess I need to reinstall Windows. My questions a Am I right about doing a reinstall? Are there any system files on the clone drive I could possibly use to re-establish my original environment? I have not tried to boot using the clone drive I created, and xxclone offered some options presented after I created the iso relating to MBR which I did not understand so I did not perform. I suppose I could re-open the program and the drive and invoke them now. thanks Boot from your XP cd and from the repair console issue the command fixboot and/or fixmbr
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August 14th 10, 02:11 PM
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On Aug 13, 11:24*pm, philo wrote:
On 08/13/2010 10:00 AM, timOleary wrote: my c drive reportedit was unable to load hive files, and will no longer boot. as soon as the PC opens the Windows XP spash screen the PC restarts POST So I removed the drive and put into a docking station on another PC I was able to access the drive. I created an ISO image (using xxclone) of the drive then I ran ChkDsk and WD diqgnostics on it. errors were found and repaired by Chkdsk, The drive is OK according to WD diagnostics, so I guess I will reuse the drive. When reinstalled it into the orginal PC and I am getting the message asking to install a boot drive. So I guess I need to reinstall Windows. My questions a Am I right about doing a reinstall? Are there any system files on the clone drive I could possibly use to re-establish my original environment? I have not tried to boot using the clone drive I created, and xxclone offered some options presented after I created the iso relating to MBR which I did not understand so I did not perform. I suppose I could re-open the program and the drive and invoke them now. * thanks Boot from your XP cd and from the repair console issue the command *fixboot and/or fixmbr I appreciate the replies I failed to mention that I had already run fxmbr the drive has been scanned for malware and viruses, but not since it stopped booting. I can scan it while it is still in the docking station thanks
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