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11-10-2002, 07:59 PM
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wayyy up the creek
i have come to the conclusion that my hard drive needs reformatting....but i have no floppy disk to do the format from and for some reason my computer isnt reading from the cd drives...when i boot with the drive that needs formatting, it says...file \winnt\system32\config\system...is invalid or missing, press r at first screen to attemp to fix....but i cant since i cant put the cd in...any ideas?its running win xp pro. how would i go about making a floppy with the format.com file on it? right now i have the hdd in my other comp with it to slave so i can get the files off of it and stuff, and i tryed to copy the system file, just to see what would happen, but it didnt work...hope this isnt too confusing
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11-10-2002, 08:11 PM
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If you can get to a command prompt then you should be able to make a bootable floppy from there. I'm not 100% sure of the command right now, but I believe it is sys A: or something like that.
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11-10-2002, 08:15 PM
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yea, but how do i get the the command prompt?...what a newb question...lol
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11-10-2002, 08:58 PM
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11-10-2002, 09:00 PM
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ok, thanks, then do i just put it on a floppy? will it work even if im going ot load win xp pro?
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11-10-2002, 09:07 PM
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yes save it to a floppy..what it will do is install the cd drivers needed to boot to the xp cd.
.Have you tried it this way? I assume you have tried to change the bios boot sequence so it boots to cd first and tried inserting the disc and booting like that? |
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11-10-2002, 09:09 PM
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yea, tried that
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11-10-2002, 09:12 PM
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try it with the bootdisk and let us know what happens.
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11-11-2002, 04:04 PM
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ok, got it to the command prompt...i'll see if i can get it from here..ill keep u updated
Last edited by scott_d; 11-11-2002 at 05:00 PM. |
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11-11-2002, 05:25 PM
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Well, reinstalling Windows is always the ultimate answer.
That error message can mean the Registry is corrupt. I would have tried System Restore first. You don't need access to the Windows CD for that. You can maybe try that first if you ever get the error again. |
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11-11-2002, 06:13 PM
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little late for that now, but oh well...anyways, i have made a partition, "c" and formatted it, but i dont know how to load windows on it...when i restart and take out the floppy, the windows 98 startup screen flashes for a fraction of a second, then i get the command line...what do i do now? i feel so stupid, but oh well, i'll be ok.lol.
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11-11-2002, 06:55 PM
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shutdown the system..insert the bootdisk and boot to the A: prompt,,
insert 98 cd in the drive just go to that drive should be E just type in setup and it should run from there a:\ E: E:setup Zaney123 
Last edited by ZANEY123; 11-11-2002 at 07:00 PM. |
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11-11-2002, 07:07 PM
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i do that but it sez "cannot run in dos"...ps...im loading xp pro
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11-11-2002, 07:28 PM
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Ah i didnt notice that,,,,HMMMMMMMMMMM
Zaney123 |
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11-11-2002, 07:30 PM
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i was trying that too when i first installed windows,,,,i am not for sure if this will work but try
c:COPY i386(or whichever is your HD) i think that will get u started but see if someone else posts..i am at work,if you cant figure out by then when i get home i can look into further |
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11-11-2002, 07:33 PM
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k..thanks....if that dosent work, i was going to download the xp start up disk thing and try that
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11-11-2002, 07:36 PM
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http://support.microsoft.com/default...310994&gssnb=1
did you read through this and this http://www.experts-exchange.com/Oper..._20256884.html sorry this is the other 1
Last edited by ZANEY123; 11-11-2002 at 07:40 PM. |
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11-11-2002, 07:49 PM
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already read the top one, and im going to go try my 6 new floppys now....almost had to turn the house upside down to find 6 of em...btw, are you working hard, or hardly working zaney? must be a pretty cushy job if u can browse the forums
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11-11-2002, 09:09 PM
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ok...the xp floppys worked..im on the newly formatted comp. all i need to do is install the damn vga drivers and other stuff....sooo anoyying the weird scrolling..thanks so much for all the help guys...never coulda done it without ya!!
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11-11-2002, 09:11 PM
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well i sit at a desk answering calls with a slow*** internet connection so that sucks but ya kinda cushy i should be starting my IT spot soon ...after that no forums while working will be to busy then,,,
i just got home to, dont forget to let us know how you make out.. Zaney123 |
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11-11-2002, 09:24 PM
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it seems to be working pretty nice now...i had been kinda wanting to do a clean install on xp, but this just kinda forced me to....ne ways, it'll give me something to do, loading all my programs and games again....thanks again guys
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11-11-2002, 09:30 PM
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good job scott glad we could help out..
cant be that bad,,it does not bother me to do that just all the restarting is what bothers me GOOD LUCK Zany123 |
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11-12-2002, 04:33 AM
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scott,
You didn't need to use bootdisks. To install XP, you set the boot sequence in the BIOS to CD-Rom first and then bootup with the XP CD. The XP CD will allow you to delete partitions, repartition, format the HD, and then proceed with the OS install. HTH |
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11-12-2002, 07:16 AM
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i tried that, but it didnt work...thanks ne ways
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