Guest Dean Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Am runnning an XP SP3 system and was cutting a dvd on the dvd drive using Pinnacle Dazzel to swithch some things from vcr to dvd. The program has been working fine for 2 days but this evening it went into a much longer than normal routine. I could not shut that program down and so shut down the power. Now my system will not boot. It is getting power and the disk read light is flickering. After about 15 to 20 min the Windows XP logo comes on the screen then goes off and there is no other activity on the machine. I am freeking and dont want do loose my data. What should I be trying??
Guest Dean Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 RE: Strange No Boot problem I do not get the normal sequence that would allow me to enter bios and change the boot order. Just nothing... "Dean" wrote: > Am runnning an XP SP3 system and was cutting a dvd on the dvd drive using > Pinnacle Dazzel to swithch some things from > vcr to dvd. The program has been working fine for 2 days but this evening > it went into a much longer than normal routine. I could not shut that > program down and so shut down the power. Now my system will not boot. It is > getting power and the disk read light is flickering. After about 15 to 20 > min the Windows XP logo comes on the screen then goes off and there is no > other activity on the machine. I am freeking and dont want do loose my data. > What should I be trying??
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Re: Strange No Boot problem "Dean" <Dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9E2D972F-421A-4115-A6E6-5F1BF3E33F40@microsoft.com... >I do not get the normal sequence that would allow me to enter bios and >change > the boot order. Just nothing... > > "Dean" wrote: > >> Am runnning an XP SP3 system and was cutting a dvd on the dvd drive using >> Pinnacle Dazzel to swithch some things from >> vcr to dvd. The program has been working fine for 2 days but this >> evening >> it went into a much longer than normal routine. I could not shut that >> program down and so shut down the power. Now my system will not boot. >> It is >> getting power and the disk read light is flickering. After about 15 to >> 20 >> min the Windows XP logo comes on the screen then goes off and there is no >> other activity on the machine. I am freeking and dont want do loose my >> data. >> What should I be trying?? If you're not getting the option to enter the BIOS setup then you have a hardware problem, not a Windows problem. Try posting in a hardware group or take your machine to your friendly computer dealer. About "freaking out" because you might lose your date: This seems to be a case of closing the gate after the horse has bolted. If you keep important files on your PC then you MUST back them up regularly to an independent medium. A 2.5" disk in an external USB case would be a highly effective and low-cost backup medium. Your best bet is now to remove the hard disk and temporarily connect it as a slave disk to another WinXP so that you can save your data. You should do this BEFORE attempting to repair it - the repair attempt might cause a total loss of all files.
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