If so, follow the instructions below. If you do not have your windows disc click HERE to create a windows recovery console disc. When you receive the message to press R to repair Windows by using the Recovery Console, press the R key.
Select the Windows installation that you want, and then type the administrator password when prompted. When the Windows installation is located, the following instructions are displayed: Add installation to boot list? How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Tech-Geek's post on June 2, Here are just some notes I have about it.
If you have the time, you can experiment on your own system. Then if you find something wrong in my notes, I hope you will tell me about it, they are kind of old You probably don't want the hal. Possibilities of hal. Maybe you will get lucky. If you just expand the hal.
The hal. Disconnect Mapped Network Drives. Back to Desktop Forum. Start or search. Start New Discussion. Create a new discussion If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem.
Track this discussion and email me when there are updates. Reset Post Submit Post. Windows is formatting the first partition as I write this message. I'm glad it's working so far! Any idea why this solutions works? P8 and P9, those are power connectors, dont know how this would change anything, my suggestion was to move the data cable to another port on the motherboard, Oh well problem solved.
Post Reply. Top Contributor. Dell Support Resources. Latest Solutions. Can't find what you're looking for? You can post your question in our community. Sign up now. This floppy disk can come in handy if the problem is being caused when either the startup record for the active partition or the files that the operating system uses to start Windows have become corrupted. To create a Windows startup disk, insert a floppy disk into the drive of a similarly configured, working Windows XP system, launch My Computer, right-click the floppy disk icon, and select the Format command from the context menu.
When you see the Format dialog box, leave all the default settings as they are and click the Start button. Once the format operation is complete, close the Format dialog box to return to My Computer, double-click the drive C icon to access the root directory, and copy the following three files to the floppy disk:.
After you create the Windows startup disk, insert it into the floppy drive on the afflicted system and press [Ctrl][Alt][Delete] to reboot the computer. When you boot from the Windows startup disk, the computer will bypass the active partition and boot files on the hard disk and attempt to start Windows XP normally. You can also try to boot the operating system with the Last Known Good Configuration feature. This feature will allow you to undo any changes that caused problems in the CurrentControlSet registry key, which defines hardware and driver settings.
The Last Known Good Configuration feature replaces the contents of the CurrentControlSet registry key with a backup copy that was last used to successfully start up the operating system.
When you see the message Please select the operating system to start or hear the single beep, press [F8] to display the Windows Advanced Options menu. Keep in mind that you get only one shot with the Last Known Good Configuration feature. In other words, if it fails to revive your Windows XP on the first attempt, the backup copy is also corrupt.
System Restore runs in the background as a service and continually monitors system-critical components for changes.
When it detects an impending change, System Restore immediately makes backup copies, called restore points, of these critical components before the change occurs.
In addition, System Restore is configured by default to create restore points every 24 hours.
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