You need to do a repair install or run the system file checker utility.
Both need an XP install CD. If you do not have an install CD, I hope you
have ha recent backup.
What do you have?
Dragonfly
ian248366 wrote:
>
> Emile/Ian
>
> So far no go, there is no USB support on the bios menu and I have
> already downloaded the
> UBCDforwin but cannot get the laptop to boot from it.
>
> Safe Mode using the f8 menu is fine but Safe Mode crashes out and
> restarts, as soon as it
> loads files, unless I put a Norton recovery disc in, in which case it
> will do a AV check
> report ok not infected but command prompt for cd give bad error or
> command response?
>
> By the way the system restore under XP was switched off and has been
> for the last couple
> of years to save disc space!
>
> H..E..L..P..
>
> > There are several ways to get going............When the computer
> first tries
> > to boot, press [F8] and go into the Boot options menu, Safe Mode,
> and try
> > the options in there. Finally if most fail, go to "safe mode with
> command
> > prompt". When the command prompt, opens type CD \ to get you into
> the root
> > of "C", that will be at C:\ .
> >
> > Then at the Prompt type Windows\system32\restore\retrui That will
> > start "Windows System Restore" and from the calendar there do a
> restore back
> > to a date before you experienced the problem.
> >
> > If that does not work, come back and we can try something else. Bye
> >
> >
> > Emile
>
>
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