Hi Lawrence, I could tell you stories about machines that won't boot, bad drives and finicky Windows installations, it's all just what you pick up along the way after the frustration level subsides a bit.
Jon -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lawrence taylor Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Windows XP won't boot up Wow! What a wealth of knowledge you are John. I feel like I should go back to bed less I mess this day up some how. SMILE! Thanks so much for sharing. Stay well ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Pierson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:04 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Windows XP won't boot up > Hi Lawrence, > This should help. > > Jon > > Formatting the Windows XP Startup Disk > Formatting a Windows XP Startup Disk is a straightforward procedure. Of > course, before you can begin, you need a blank 1.44-MB high-density floppy > disk. > To begin, insert the floppy disk into the drive. Then, launch My Computer > from the Start menu, right-click the floppy drive (Drive A) icon, and select > the Format command. When you do, you'll see the Format 3-1/2 Floppy (A:) > dialog box, as shown in Figure A. > > You'll use the default settings in the Format 3-1/2 Floppy (A:) dialog box. > > You can immediately click the Start button since the default settings are > the correct ones for creating a Windows XP Startup Disk. While you may be > tempted > to select the Create An MS-DOS Startup Disk check box, don't. Doing so will > create a standard DOS boot disk that won't work for the Windows XP Startup > Disk technique. > > If you wish, you can format the Windows XP Startup Disk from the command > line. To do so, just open a Command Prompt window and type the command: > Format A: > > Making the disk bootable > Once you've formatted the Windows XP Startup Disk, you need to make it > bootable. To do so, launch Windows Explorer, access the root directory on > the hard > disk, and copy the following files to the floppy disk: > Ntdetect.com > Ntldr > Boot.ini > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ----The bootable floppy > You may be wondering how these files make the disk bootable. Well, here's > the scoop: When you format a floppy disk in Windows XP, the boot record is > configured > to locate and run the Ntldr file. When Ntldr runs, it loads the available > operating system selections from the Boot.ini file. When you select Windows, > Ntldr runs Ntdetect.com and then passes control to Osloader.exe, which, in > the case of booting from the Windows XP Startup Disk, resides on the hard > disk. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lawrence taylor > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Windows XP won't boot up > > Hi John, > > how does one go about making an xp diskette? I all ways thought boot disks > were apart of your software installation package? > > stay well > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jon Pierson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:49 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Windows XP won't boot up > > > > Hi Debbie, > > Can you get someone to look at the machine and see what it wants? My hope > is > > that it's just doing a giant chkdsk because of the improper shutdown and > > that it will eventually come back by itself, even if it takes an hour or > so. > > Of course that depends on the drive and the speed of the machine. > > The other thing you could try is to make an Xp boot diskette on another > > machine and boot from that just in case one of the boot files is damaged. > > This isn't likely but worth a try. > > The best thing at this point is to get someone to tell you what's on > > screen. > > > > Jon > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Debbie G > > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:39 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Windows XP won't boot up > > > > Hi all, > > > > I attempted to do a system restore on my desktop computer and for whatever > > reason, my computer wouldn't restart. As a result, I had to do an > improper > > shutdown. When I tried to boot it up, windows didn't boot up. > > > > I'm using windows XP Media Center and Jaws 10.0 > > > > Does this mean I will have to get my hard drive reformatted? > > > > Thanks for any help. > > Debbie, owner of Anxiety Depression support group. > > > > My skype username is: buttercup1374 > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
