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12-14-2006, 10:10 AM
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windows xp will not start... help someone!
i recently built my pc and installed a new harddrive.
everything worked great till 1nite the system reached as far as the OS select screen then an error screen with a curroption error came up wen i chose my OS,,  i have 3 OS'es but only that 1 works.  i tried booting form the xp cd but got the same error report after the "chose which OS you want to install " screen....  i am confused.. help!!!!  this hapened lastnite |
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12-14-2006, 10:28 AM
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Why are you using 3 Os's?
Are you using a bootloader?
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12-14-2006, 10:42 AM
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honestly i dont know..
i got the drive that way... |
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12-14-2006, 11:02 AM
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12-14-2006, 11:04 AM
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i got it from some 1
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12-14-2006, 11:06 AM
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Do you have any documents or files saved in any of the OS's?
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12-14-2006, 11:11 AM
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yes.. but jus misilleanous stuff
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12-14-2006, 11:15 AM
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Considering the fact that you have corrupted installations on your harddrive maybe a format and reinstall would be a good idea.
Can you afford to loose the documents and files? Do you have an original genuine copy of Windows? Do you have the motherboard driver CD that came with your motherboard? |
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12-14-2006, 11:34 AM
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I realy cant lose those files
I have a original genuine copy of xp I dont have the motherboard driver CD Last edited by neonstream; 12-14-2006 at 12:40 PM. |
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12-14-2006, 11:55 AM
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if i wanted to format the drive how would i go about it?
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12-15-2006, 08:37 AM
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Boot with the XP CD and go into Setup. Then remove all partitions.
Before you do that, boot into the one that works and save your files to some other media. |
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12-17-2006, 08:02 AM
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I recently had a similar problem. Someone recommended this link to me, and after a bit of tinkering, my computer turned out okay. The site has a list of problems it can fix, but you need an XP disk
http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=313 |
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