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WinXP Booting Problem on Laptop, Pls Help me urgent

Hi ppl,its a peculiar problem. my laptop has been powered off accidentally when its running. The next time, it did not boot. it shows windows boot menu containing, safe mode,...start normally, last known good configuration..but its stopping there itself. its not booting from there onwards. i have tried with Active...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, laptop computer, swamyonline4@..., More Info, winxp booting problem on laptop, pls help me urgent, windows

Discussion threads 2007-03-07

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WinXP doesn't boot

hi all,i have ibm r51 laptop and its stops booting just after the windows xp splash screen... but this problem arises only when the laptop on battery alone.but if it's on power.... then it boot without any hiccups.....

Tags: coolnax79@..., boot, windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2006-05-08

Laptop freeze when booting connected

Hello all.I was wondering if anyone had encountered a problem similar to mine and if there was something that I needed to do to resolve this problem.My XP Pro laptop (and I don't see why it couldn't happen to a desktop unit as well) tends to freeze (it freezes at...

Tags: Notebooks, LANs, Network technology, NETWORKING, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2004-10-14

Winxp Booting problem

hi all,i have ibm r51 laptop and its stops booting just after the windows xp splash screen... but this problem arises only when the laptop on battery alone.but if it's on power.... then it boot without any hiccups.....check battery if its ok 1st den u'll know wheres a prob.Boot w/PowerBoot...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, battery

Discussion threads 2006-05-08

WinXP PC not booting

Pc running winxp will not boot after trying to clear Administrator problem as suggested by Peco Jan 28th 2007.Now unable start in Safe mode,unable start via WinXP CD,and via Win98SE startup disk saying 'invalid drive specification'when chaging A: to C:.Help is urgently required .Get into your BIOSUsually you can get...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, PC, charpis@...

Discussion threads 2007-01-29

booting problems with winXP pro

my desktop works fine however from last few days i m facing trouble to boot my computer,sometime it does but it doesn't.plz help to troubleshoot this problem.HiYou need to provide a bit more info.Problem may arise from a few different reasons such as - Recent hardware, driver, software update etc...Recent...

Tags: shilpygangwar@..., Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2007-05-06

WinXP Restarts When Shut Down

Hi,I have problem in Laptop having WinXP OS. Recently I install Norton antivirus 2007.Since then XP does not get shutdown instead it restarts dispaying blue screen before winXP welcome screen. One of the Message in blue screen is "Unknown Software exception". This laptop was working fine with NortonAnitvirus 2006.System still...

Tags: siddh_patel@..., Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2007-04-07

Laptop freezes at startup

Hi,I want to try to boot my laptop from the usb flash drive after I have created the bootable flash drive, because my laptop just freezes at the screen with the manufacturer logo after i switch it on. Will booting from the flash drive delete my existing files and stuff...

Tags: Notebooks, arendssp@..., laptop computer, USB flash drive

Discussion threads 2007-10-17

beep sound while booting Acer

HI. beep sound coes while booting y Acer travelmate having windows XP pro 2002 sp2. automatically a letter gets typed in my password block. I cannot type letter'm' from the keyboard now. what is the problem, please help soon. thanksre: beep sound while bootingSounds like a key is stuck or...

Tags: Keyboards, pratsbpl@..., keyboard, Acer Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-09-08

Compaq nx6110 Booting from cdrom

I'm trying to boot from the original winXP cd given with the laptop. I choose "optical device" first into BIOS boot config and then save and exit. The machine starts normally, after the compaq logo screen the cd-ron starts and then I have a black screen and reboot to the...

Tags: psynoa@..., CD-ROM, hard drive, logo screen, Compaq Computer Corp., black screen, CD, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2007-10-14

legaltech@cpsaa-it.com

I have a network with this set up: W2K Server, three Desktops with WinXP Pro OSs, one Laptop with WinXP Pro, and one Desktop with W2K Pro. Having a problem with one of the WinXP OS on one of the Desktops. Specifically, it takes two minutes to get...

Tags: CPSAA@..., desktop, Microsoft Windows XP, networking, software, windows, WinXP Pro

Discussion threads 2007-01-16

xp booting asks for os cd

A guy at work has a new Win XP Pro laptop and when he boots it now it asks him to load up the original XP installation CD as it needs some files. Another laptop we have did the same a few weeks ago. But the problem went away. On...

Tags: laptop computer, bldsm@...

Discussion threads 2007-03-05

HOW TO LOAD WINXP ON AN EXTERNAL USB HARDDISK

CAN ANYBODY TELL ME HOW TO LAOD WIN XP/2000 ON TO AN EXTERNAL USB HARDDISK. I HAVE LAPTOP WITH XP LOADED WHICH IS GIVING ME PROBLEMS OF NOT DETECTING THE HARDDISK WHILE BOOTING. SO I HAVE PURCHASED A 80 GB SEAGATE LAPTOP HDD WITH A SLEEK USB HDD-CASE. NOW I...

Tags: rashid.dawood@..., Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2007-05-14

Networking Problems WinXP to WinXP Home.

I am having problems with my networking. I have 3 PCs, all WinXP Pro. One laptop WinXP Home. The Laptop can access all pcs. I can view/modify all shared folders/drives on all PCs.. BUT, None of the PCs can access the laptop. It shows in the WorkGroup Computers. But is...

Tags: firewall, help needed., laptop computer, Microsoft Windows XP, networking, PC, peanut618@...

Discussion threads 2005-06-01

Win2k pro & WinXP pro file sharing setup

Hi,I have a Laptop running Win2k pro that I connect to a home router and on the same router connects a desktop running WinXP pro. How do I set up on my desktop WinXP pro so I can copy files from a folder on laptop Win2k pro to the D:...

Tags: file-sharing, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows XP, router, windows, WinXP Pro, wup1

Q&A 2005-01-13

dual booting problem

I am trying to dual boot REDHAT desktop enterprise linux with XP. During the booting process an error message appears saying that " no valid device were on which to create a new file please check your ard drive" and reboots again, same message appears.my laptop is AMD Turion...

Tags: subedi04@...

Discussion threads 2007-02-08

problem booting up

what could be the problem if my laptop starts up but only reaches the windows starting up page and then no further?Could be just about anythingBut the first option with any NB is always the HDD being faulty as they do fail quite often in NB's.Col

Tags: gollywog_24@...

Discussion threads 2007-02-24

laptop problem

i have sony laptop ,purchased 2 years back.it was working fine. but 2 weeks back i was browsing my computer suddenly my laptop went to safe mode and gave the message as " the system is in problem need to shutdown"afterwords it is not booting at all.i tried to boot...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, AC Adapter

Q&A 2004-10-23

unmountalbe_boot_drive, chkdsk /r freezes at 36%

Hi everyone,I've got a Dell Latitude c400 laptop with XP SP2, 512 MB of ram and a 40GB HD. It had been awhile since I used this thing. Tonight while booting it up, I got the BSOD stating "Unmountable_Boot_Drive". I tried running chkdsk /r with the recovery console and it...

Tags: Notebooks, genogizer-signups@..., laptop computer, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2007-08-25

No Sounds....

I have change my laptop WinXP from Japanese version to English version of WinXP Pro. But when I try to install to soundcard the message says: "Device object not present, restart the system and run setup again..." I have tried that so many times, but I

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Dwines

Discussion threads 2007-01-02