The drive is bad. Drives are cheap. Replace it and get on with it, or give up and move on.
Carl -----Original Message----- From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 7:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: XP activation problem? I tried that. I have two XP CDs I'm testing. They both boot fine in other boxes, just not this one. The CD drive is good as far as I can tell in the box in question as I can boot to my ShadowProtect CD. Then, I took out the SP CD, and inserted just a data CD to see if I could read it, and I can. If I put in the XP CD, ShadowProtect will not read it. It's the weirdest thing. I finally took the hard drive to another PC, and booted to XP, and went through Method 2 on the link you provided, but it had no effect. I'm hesitant to try Method 1 via this route as the two boxes are not similar hardware. On Sep 12, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Carl Houseman wrote: > If you want to fix a computer, you must be able to boot the OS CD/ > DVD. This > is an easily remedied problem. > > 1. Try another XP CD or a copy of the one that's giving problems > (copy made > on a different machine). > or > 2. Replace the CD/DVD drive. > > Carl > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 6:01 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: XP activation problem? > > Unfortunately, I can't get the machine to boot from an XP CD. It just > ignores it. I can boot to other CDs however like Shadowcopy. I've > tried two install disks with the same results. > > On Sep 12, 2010, at 4:07 PM, Carl Houseman wrote: > >> http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=xp+activation+accurately+checking+license >> >> Bunch of recovery steps in the first two matches. >> >> Carl >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 3:08 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: XP activation problem? >> >> I can boot into safe mode, and date/time seems fine. >> >> FWIW, I get the product activation error when Windows is "loading >> your >> personal settings". >> >> On Sep 12, 2010, at 2:31 PM, bruno cantin wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> No problem with time and date on this machine? >>> >>> Le 12.09.10 20:29, « Eric Brouwer » <[email protected]> a écrit : >>> >>>> Good Sunday! >>>> >>>> One of my users called me this morning with an odd problem. She >>>> booted up her XP machine, which has been in service for years, and >>>> when she goes to login in she gets Windows Product Activation >>>> message >>>> saying her Windows must be activated. When we hit yeas to do this >>>> online, it says problems are preventing Windows from accurately >>>> checking the license. if we say no, we just go back to the login >>>> screen. >>>> >>>> Any one ever deal with anything like this? From the research I >>>> did, >>>> it sounds like a borked registry. Any suggestions how to revive >>>> Windows? I really need to get this machine back intact. >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>> >>> Cordialement >>> Bruno CANTIN >>> Geneva Helpdesk >>> Service et Sécurité Informatique >>> >>> www.genevahelpdesk.com > > Eric Brouwer > IT Manager > www.forestpost.com > [email protected] > 248.855.4333 > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > Eric Brouwer IT Manager www.forestpost.com [email protected] 248.855.4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
