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xp won`t start
Name: chris_44 Date: December 9, 2004 at 15:22:54 Pacific OS: xp home CPU/Ram: p3 256
Comment:
xp won`t start. Can`t boot from cd and won`t boot in safe mode. Just restarts over and over each time it gets to loading my conf. Any help would be great. Chris_44
Name: zorki1c Date: December 9, 2004 at 15:39:04 Pacific
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The exact thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago. As I understad it the directory that keeps track of windows files became corrupted when my HD had problems. My only solution was to install a new drive and reinstall XP. Was able to save data files using Linux (see a more recent post above on hard drive crash).
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Response Number 2
Name: chris_44 Date: December 9, 2004 at 15:49:51 Pacific
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Wow thanks for a quick response. I will keep that in mind and see if I get any other response.
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Response Number 3
Name: per Date: December 9, 2004 at 16:21:43 Pacific
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Is the bios set to boot from a cd before the ide 0? You have 5 seconds to press enter to boot once it asks if you want to.
Please post back within 24 hours or I will delete the post from my follow up list. Thanks. It would be a courtesy if you would post back and let us know if the fix worked or not.
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Response Number 4
Name: Chuck 2 Date: December 9, 2004 at 16:52:09 Pacific
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