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10 things you can do when Windows XP won't boot

When your computer hardware appears to power up okay, but the Windows XP operating system won't boot properly, you have to begin a troubleshooting expedition that includes getting into the operating system, determining the problem, and then fixing it. To help you get started on this expedition, here are 10...

Tags: Disk, Boot.ini, Operating System, Backup, Windows XP CD, Redirect Parameter, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Active Partition Recovery for Windows (exe)

Active Partition Recovery for Windows will help you if non-system partition is lost--you can boot Windows, install and run the software from under Windows Operating System to recover deleted or damaged partitions located on data volumes (D:, E:), attached HDDs, as well as on the external USB drives and Memory...

Tags: Active Data Recovery Software, Recovery, Boot.ini, Partition, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-01-08

Boot.ini problems - big ones!

I currently build a custom-built computer. I hand picked all the hardware and managed to start it first go. After having some problems with the SATA bios settings (as I haven't used any SATA devices before) I managed to get to the XP Home SP2 installation page, and installed the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, folley100@..., boot.ini, Serial ATA, BIOS

Discussion threads 2007-08-22

boot.ini

To make a long story short ill reduce everything to one questionQuestion is how do edit the boot.ini file without logging into windows.Thanks.Use another computer...to access the hard drive or go into recovery console, but the second option still needs to login to Windows, just from a CLI though if...

Tags: letulechuga@..., Barts PE, ERD Commander, boot.ini

Discussion threads 2007-08-20

Change boot options in Windows 2000 Professional

Windows 2000 Professional uses a text file, Boot.ini, in the root folder of the boot drive to define boot options. The settings in Boot.ini determine the menu options that appear when you start the system, as well as how long the menu stays on the screen before the default boot...

Tags: Windows 2000 Professional, tip

Blog posts 2007-07-23

dual boot, win xp pro,win 2000, on a laptop

i want to remove the win 2000 from my laptop, so that onlu win xp pro is installed , how do i do it please thank yourobert gordonCarefullyOdds are that W2K was your C: drive. Use...

Tags: robertgordon@..., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000, disk, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2007-07-10

START UP PROBLEMS

I am trying to assist a friend. He has Windows XP Home installed on his PC. After choosing one of the two operating systems from the operating systems choice menu on his PC, the computer reverts back to the choice menu. However, it starts the other one effortlessly. Both are...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, arendssp@..., boot.ini file, operating system, choice menu

Discussion threads 2007-06-26

System shuts down , reboots and can not find hard drives

At boot up can not find config.sys, or most of the time hard drives.System reboots at any time without help.BC Code error after logon, there is probably more than one cause, but where do I start and end, have tried to rectify situation but nothing seems to work. Help required..with...

Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, col.mundy@..., server, hard drive

Discussion threads 2007-06-19

xp login problem domain after failsafe mode

I was trying to make my work-laptop which i can log in to even if I am not connected to my domain to run smoother. Before trying to defrag my laptop i had to change boot.ini settings in msconfig to failsafe mode.After that the bootdefrag went fine, but when...

Tags: pkollok@..., failsafe mode

Discussion threads 2007-06-05

Recover Second OS (Dual Boot)

I have two drives with C: being the first, and D:,E:,F:, and G: being the second. C: and D: were both bootable XP drives.I had to do a format/install on C: last night, and now D: is no longer bootable. (Boot.ini changed)Is there any way to set D: back up...

Tags: C/C++, Programming languages, kc7brown@..., C, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-05-28

Unable To Access Safe Mode

HiRight from the very begining my pc, using windows xp home, didn't want to access safe mode. Every time I tried to access safe mode the pc will start up windows and then just reboot. I thought I'll be clever and use msconfig to do a safe mode start by...

Tags: Desktops, Tiervis, Microsoft Access, safe mode, PC

Discussion threads 2007-05-23

Two XP Home operating systems offered but only 1 installed

I had to re-load XP Home after a system 32 file error and now whenever I start my PC it asks me to select which operating systems I want to use, XP Home or XP Home.The Boot.INI files is:[boot loader]timeout=30default=signature(a5d2eb65)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS[operating systems]signature(a5d2eb65)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetectmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition"...

Tags: Stephen.Prebble@..., Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP, disk, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-04-28

booting my computer

When I boot my computer I get to the point where it asks me which os I want to boot to. I have two choices. One is windows xp and the other is windows xp. They are both the same. How do I fix this...

Tags: goodrich10@..., Microsoft Windows XP, computer

Discussion threads 2007-03-21

How does one edit the Vista "boot.ini" file?

The Vista "boot.ini" file (can't remember just now what it's called)cannot be edited with a text editor as can the Win XP boot.ini file.How does one edit it for a multi-boot system config?Good question! I installed Vista in VMWare and still can

Tags: windows, software, Microsoft Windows Vista, Goldenbarstewart

Discussion threads 2007-03-09

Win XP boot.ini file

Below is the boot.ini file of my computer. I have two hard drives installed : 1..C: & E: and the 2: is D:.The first drive has two partitions. I intend to install WinXP again in D:When I use the the WinXP install CD is does not show the other partitions.Can...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, vivras@...

Discussion threads 2007-01-20

Can't Log Onto Windows XP in Safe Mode

I changed the boot.ini to safemode with minimal servicesthe default option using msconfig utility. Now when I try to log on, it doesn't recognize my password. I think it's because my username and password is on the company network domain. I tried

Tags: windows, windows safet mode, password, rigs70@..., Edit Boot.ini, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2006-12-23

Watch out for negative side effects of the /3GB boot.ini switch

Just because something has been working without any glitches for a long time, don't assume that it won’t create a problem. Most Exchange administrators are familiar with the /3GB boot.ini switch that increases the amount of user-mode process space from the standard 2GB to 3GB. The use...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, SAN, Scott Lowe MCSE, Storage area networks (SAN), E-mail servers, Storage management, storage groups, storage, database, E-mail Administration Tips Newsletter, Boot.ini, Storage Group, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software

Technical articles 2006-07-07

edit os choice menu during boot-up

i installed two os on two different pcs. in one case, two xp pro on two HD,one of whitch was later removed.In other case xp pro & vista rc1(on two different HD, & both are still on same PC).Vista was envetually removed and drive reformatted.Both pc have partion magic 8...

Tags: loader, menu choice, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system, tujordan20@..., windows

Q&A 2006-09-26

Where did Boot.ini go?

I formated the hard drive reinstalled w2k pro and updated to the latest updates. For some reason I get two Windows 2K on bootup and one does not work at all, the other does. I suspect a bad boot.ini and would like to edit it so only one w2k is...

Tags: ebrown1927@..., lowland, recovery setting, windows

Q&A 2006-08-02

Watch out for negative side effects of the /3GB boot.ini switch

This problem has existed for yearsAnother good one is that with the /3GB switch enabled, many software packages will not install, some even as small as WinZip. Running setup.exe results in "insufficient memory" errors. It's a nagging pain in the butt./3GB and /USERVAI also had to add "/userva...

Tags: Exchange, swITch, windows, memory, server, /USERVA, jason@..., networking, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-07-08