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--- In [email protected], "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > An why did you not go for the CD of Ubuntu that the send free. > > > > Ian > -------Original Message------- > > From: Ian > Date: 19/09/2008 18:26:22 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: Help! Windows won't boot! > > You must have XP on your C drive and then load Unbuntu that will ask you > where you want it and if both drives are there choose the D drive if not it > will parition the drive and lastly it will set a dual boot via Grub. Your XP > disk should boot to load if you have the full program. > > Ian > -------Original Message------- > > From: pekoe4849 > Date: 19/09/2008 16:16:59 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: Help! Windows won't boot! > > It gets as far as the logo screen with the green boxes moving. When it > gets done with that--black screen. > > I booted into safe mode, but when I get there it's a black screen with > "Safe Mode" in each corner, and in the top middle the text > "Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition: Service Pack 3" No keyboard > keys do anything. The mouse worked--that's it. > > This is what I did yesterday: > > I printed the pages from the links that everyone gave me, plus others > that I found. Nothing worked. I was able to replace the boot.ini file > which seems to have disapeared. I ran CHKDSK /R/S which found and > fixed some errors (it said). Still couldn't boot. > > I was in the process of downloading Ubuntu, but since it took over > three hours to download (on a T1) I had to leave it to finish > overnight. I downloaded Austrumi to a flash drive, but didn't know how > to access it or use it. > > So here's where I'm at now. I took the C drive out, switched the > jumper to slave. Set the D drive to Master. I left only the D drive in > the box and booted. Ran Recover one to make 'sure' I had the right > drive. When it found no other installation of XP I ran the install. I > chose to leave the format as is and it actually kept the data I had on > that disk. So now I have a bare bones copy of XP on that disk. > > I put the originally C-drive in as the slave. Now, upon boot up, it > gets stuck on the screen that says "Press DEL to enter setup". > Pressing DEL will not enter setup as it's now locked up. So for now, I > took that drive out again. > > So I either did something wrong in this process or something. > > Questions: > > If I take D back out and install C only, should I/could I.... > > 1) Reinstall Windows like I did on the other drive? I'm assuming my > data would be there since it was before, but I'm a little scared to > risk it. > > 2) Set it to boot from CD only, boot and run Windows from the CD so I > can copy the files to CD/DVD, and somehow remove Windows from this > drive. If I choose this option, can I use Partition Magic to make the > drive a "data" drive? > > 3) Any other suggestions? > > Ultimately, I prefer the XP installation to be on the smaller, > previously D drive, then I can keep the OS away from my data. > However....it sucks to have to reinstall and tweak all the software, > etc. again. > > AND... > > Was this problem caused by my hard drive failing or a corrupted > Windows installation? > > Thanks very much, > Diane > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
