Serious problem

[Santa]

i give up
sorry
windows wins

[sArA]

ok thanks for trying.

Anyone else? I am still fucked up here....cant reinstall from the disk, anyone know any rescue progs or anything?

[Santa]

damn you
ok
get 6 clean floppies
download this and (oh shit ) run it (if it lets you - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
follow instruction
load into floppies
then reboot - with floppy 1
proceed until 6
it will enter you into reinstall choices via dos

[Santa]

if you cant run the microsoft exe im going to kill you (+ your virus)
it means manually inserting the files into the floppy

tell me if you get the

WinXP_EN_PRO_BF.EXE

to run?

[tesco]

try start -> run -> type 'sfc /scannow'
Insert your xp disc so it can copy back the files it needs to.

If that doesn't work then u can try 100%'s floppy idea, or try looking in the bios for boot order and see if maybe cd was taken off it.

[Master$hake]

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Go there and follow the directions so you can get back up and running.

After that get an anti-virus and download all the updates pref in safe mode if the program allows.

you might also want to go through your startup menu and see whats there
CLick start
CLick run and type msconfig then click start up and basicly unclick everything and restart.

If all else fails do a full low level reformat "not quick" go into bios and boot off a cd with your xp disk in the drive. If you have SATA disks then you will need the floppy they came with. When you get to the part with the drives showing delete your system drive your going to have to hit delete then press l then press enter.

Then select the unpartioned drive you just deleted and hit enter "do not create a new part and select format the drive with the ntfs part "not the quick one" and let it fly.

If you have any questions please ask I am a cert pc tech

[sArA]

Hi guys.....I am back

What a game!

So...I change the sequence of boot up in the bios to CD and it worked...sorta

At least it allowed me to enter the WinXP setup from CD....so....having done a bit of Googling, came to the conclusion that I should not use the restore console function and wait until I am given the option later. I assumed that this was some kind of overwrite function.

Anyway, all seems well, until about 20 mins into the reinstall when I am suddenly asked for sound drivers...theeeen the fun really started.

About 10 mins later, error boxes started popping up...naming that bloody rundll.exe and variants as the problem...Finally, all done and at reboot....blue screen of death!!!!!

It also won't boot from the hard drive soo...tried it again...as ya do... and of course....same blue screen.

I was left with no alternative but to go for a full reinstall of windows without having backed up a few things that would have been a good idea to...but....meh...


I am back...bruised and battered and an awful lot skimpier than before... Its taken me over 12 hours, I got no work done and the house is a mess....I still don't really know what caused it...

[kazaa2002]

ok thanks for trying.

Anyone else? I am still fucked up here....cant reinstall from the disk, anyone know any rescue progs or anything?

Sara, Ross has a good idea, if it is a windows file problem,
his suggestion will work.
here is some info on it....you should have a good hidden copy of window
files on your pc....don't panic , we will keep giving you ideas.
WINDOWS FILE PROTECTION-SFC /SCANNOW
scannow sfc - LEARN how to use SFC.EXE (system file checker) in this article!

[Santa]

happyish ending

[inkmaker23]

Sara- what you're going thru is the perfect advertisement for Norton Ghost. I was
lucky, I installed it and copied my HD (on 18 cd's- took over an hour). Then I changed
the boot priority in the BIOS to CD.
As luck would have it my grandson downloaded some crap that f-upped everything.
I popped in the Ghost CD's (now 3 months old) and like magic I was back up, only
lacking the windows updates that were installed after I used Ghost.
I used a bit torrent download of Ghost but was so impressed I went out and bought
a copy. Now I copy the HD every 3 or 4 months, saving a lot of potential aggrivation
and frustration (as you experienced).