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02-26-2004, 12:16 PM
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win xp not booting
I went to start my pc this morning for the first time, and it wouldnt boot to windows. It went to the window about asking for typing r for recovery. I put the xp cd in and tried to recover, and it would just go back to the same screen. I tried a reinstall and it reformatted quick format and tried to copy files to harddrive, but got to about 9% and wouldnt copy anymore .dll files?
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02-26-2004, 12:23 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Post your system specs by brand and model number. Gotta know what quality your parts are.
Do you mean this is a totally new build? Did the WinXP installation go okay?  Cricket
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02-26-2004, 12:27 PM
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It is a HP pavillion 783. Its a couple years old, and worked fine yesterday.
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02-26-2004, 12:35 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Quote:
Try another IDE cable. Cricket
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02-26-2004, 12:36 PM
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no nothing
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02-26-2004, 08:28 PM
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Virus?
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02-26-2004, 08:29 PM
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Some viruses can't be disposed of so easily... maybe you should try a FULL format as quick format only destroys the TOC.
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02-27-2004, 05:37 AM
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I tried a full format, but it would stop at 5% and wouldnt go no further. Anyway, I tried another harddrive off an old pc and booted ok, so I replaced the hd and it works great.
Thanks everybody |
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