Guest Steve T Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Gone for a week. Came back and my XP-SP2 MC won't boot. Had this problem about 2 months ago and had to have the PC recover to original configuration. I think I read somewhere that I might only have one or two chances to correct the problem when first attempting to boot up. Don't know what that means. Start Windows normally did not work. Use last known good configuration also failed. I booted in Safe Mode with Networking where I can access files and internet. This PC is part of a wired 3 PC network at home. Now that I am here, what can I do to resolve the boot problem? Thanks, Steve T.
Guest Brian A. Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: won't boot again "Steve T" <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote in message news:%23dAVrWa8HHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Gone for a week. Came back and my XP-SP2 MC won't boot. Had this problem about 2 > months ago and had to have the PC recover to original configuration. I think I read > somewhere that I might only have one or two chances to correct the problem when > first attempting to boot up. Don't know what that means. Start Windows normally did > not work. Use last known good configuration also failed. I booted in Safe Mode with > Networking where I can access files and internet. This PC is part of a wired 3 PC > network at home. Now that I am here, what can I do to resolve the boot problem? > Thanks, Steve T. > How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/en-us How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434/en-us How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560/en-us -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://basconotw.mvps.org/ Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
Guest Peter Foldes Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: won't boot again And also just in case http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q307545 -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Steve T" <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote in message news:%23dAVrWa8HHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Gone for a week. Came back and my XP-SP2 MC won't boot. Had this problem > about 2 months ago and had to have the PC recover to original configuration. > I think I read somewhere that I might only have one or two chances to > correct the problem when first attempting to boot up. Don't know what that > means. Start Windows normally did not work. Use last known good > configuration also failed. I booted in Safe Mode with Networking where I can > access files and internet. This PC is part of a wired 3 PC network at home. > Now that I am here, what can I do to resolve the boot problem? Thanks, Steve > T. > >
Guest Steve T Posted September 9, 2007 Posted September 9, 2007 Re: won't boot again No luck in the normal boot yet. I can Safe Boot but that's it. I have run Ad-Aware, Spybot, SuperAnti and Multi_AV with only one tracking cookie found by AA. I just tried Safe Boot with Networking and when it prompted for Windows(default), I chose MCE instead. I got an error message that "system32\hal.dll is corrupt or missing" and MCE cannot start. How can I repair/replace hal.dll? I have the same file on my other two PC's. Is it a simple copy or do I need to download the file from somewhere? A link at Doug Knox's website says it has software to repair hal.dll but that doesn't sound right. Any ideas? Thanks, Steve T. "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uWUQBvb8HHA.4736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... And also just in case http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q307545 -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Steve T" <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote in message news:%23dAVrWa8HHA.1484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Gone for a week. Came back and my XP-SP2 MC won't boot. Had this problem > about 2 months ago and had to have the PC recover to original > configuration. > I think I read somewhere that I might only have one or two chances to > correct the problem when first attempting to boot up. Don't know what that > means. Start Windows normally did not work. Use last known good > configuration also failed. I booted in Safe Mode with Networking where I > can > access files and internet. This PC is part of a wired 3 PC network at > home. > Now that I am here, what can I do to resolve the boot problem? Thanks, > Steve > T. > >
Guest Nightowl Posted September 9, 2007 Posted September 9, 2007 Re: won't boot again Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Sun, 9 Sep 2007: >No luck in the normal boot yet. I can Safe Boot but that's it. I have run >Ad-Aware, Spybot, SuperAnti and Multi_AV with only one tracking cookie found >by AA. I just tried Safe Boot with Networking and when it prompted for >Windows(default), I chose MCE instead. I got an error message that >"system32\hal.dll is corrupt or missing" and MCE cannot start. How can I >repair/replace hal.dll? I have the same file on my other two PC's. Is it a >simple copy or do I need to download the file from somewhere? A link at Doug >Knox's website says it has software to repair hal.dll but that doesn't sound >right. Any ideas? Thanks, Steve T. Hi Steve No, it's not quite as simple as a copy. . . there are several files from which Windows can choose hal.dll and it very much depends on what hardware you have in your computer. However, that message is not always what it seems -- sometimes there isn't anything wrong with hal.dll at all but there is a problem with the boot.ini. Have a look at this page and see if it helps: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_repair_a_missing_or_cor.htm -- Nightowl
Guest Steve T Posted September 9, 2007 Posted September 9, 2007 Re: won't boot again I bought this Gateway refurbished from TigerDirect and it did not come with an XP CD. All it has is a partition on the HD with the recover/restore files. Seems like most solutions require the CD. How do I get around that? I have two other PC's but both are Dell's and only one has the XP CD. Is using that CD an option? Thanks, Steve T. "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:+1dahda7aH5GFwe4@black.hole... > Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Sun, 9 Sep 2007: > >>No luck in the normal boot yet. I can Safe Boot but that's it. I have run >>Ad-Aware, Spybot, SuperAnti and Multi_AV with only one tracking cookie >>found >>by AA. I just tried Safe Boot with Networking and when it prompted for >>Windows(default), I chose MCE instead. I got an error message that >>"system32\hal.dll is corrupt or missing" and MCE cannot start. How can I >>repair/replace hal.dll? I have the same file on my other two PC's. Is it a >>simple copy or do I need to download the file from somewhere? A link at >>Doug >>Knox's website says it has software to repair hal.dll but that doesn't >>sound >>right. Any ideas? Thanks, Steve T. > > Hi Steve > > No, it's not quite as simple as a copy. . . there are several files from > which Windows can choose hal.dll and it very much depends on what hardware > you have in your computer. > > However, that message is not always what it seems -- sometimes there isn't > anything wrong with hal.dll at all but there is a problem with the > boot.ini. Have a look at this page and see if it helps: > http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_repair_a_missing_or_cor.htm > > -- > Nightowl
Guest Nightowl Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Re: won't boot again Hi Steve You could try with your Dell CD, though it may not work. If it doesn't, use one of the other PCs to make yourself a Bart's PE disk: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ or (even better) an Ultimate Boot Disk for Windows: http://www.ubcd4win.com/ These are "live" CDs that will give you access to your hard drive so you can repair boot.ini. Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Sun, 9 Sep 2007: >I bought this Gateway refurbished from TigerDirect and it did not come with >an XP CD. All it has is a partition on the HD with the recover/restore >files. Seems like most solutions require the CD. How do I get around that? I >have two other PC's but both are Dell's and only one has the XP CD. Is using >that CD an option? Thanks, Steve T. -- Nightowl
Guest Unknown Posted September 10, 2007 Posted September 10, 2007 Re: won't boot again There is a method to restore/recover using the partition. Ask TigerDirect for it. "Steve T" <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote in message news:ePcMecz8HHA.4612@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >I bought this Gateway refurbished from TigerDirect and it did not come with >an XP CD. All it has is a partition on the HD with the recover/restore >files. Seems like most solutions require the CD. How do I get around that? >I have two other PC's but both are Dell's and only one has the XP CD. Is >using that CD an option? Thanks, Steve T. > "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message > news:+1dahda7aH5GFwe4@black.hole... >> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Sun, 9 Sep 2007: >> >>>No luck in the normal boot yet. I can Safe Boot but that's it. I have run >>>Ad-Aware, Spybot, SuperAnti and Multi_AV with only one tracking cookie >>>found >>>by AA. I just tried Safe Boot with Networking and when it prompted for >>>Windows(default), I chose MCE instead. I got an error message that >>>"system32\hal.dll is corrupt or missing" and MCE cannot start. How can I >>>repair/replace hal.dll? I have the same file on my other two PC's. Is it >>>a >>>simple copy or do I need to download the file from somewhere? A link at >>>Doug >>>Knox's website says it has software to repair hal.dll but that doesn't >>>sound >>>right. Any ideas? Thanks, Steve T. >> >> Hi Steve >> >> No, it's not quite as simple as a copy. . . there are several files from >> which Windows can choose hal.dll and it very much depends on what >> hardware you have in your computer. >> >> However, that message is not always what it seems -- sometimes there >> isn't anything wrong with hal.dll at all but there is a problem with the >> boot.ini. Have a look at this page and see if it helps: >> http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_repair_a_missing_or_cor.htm >> >> -- >> Nightowl > >
Guest Steve T Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Re: won't boot again Restore/recover is simply clicking F11 during boot but that just restores the PC to original and I have to go back and install all of my programs. I did this before and will do again if necessary. It does make a backup on my HD but I also have an NAS that I can make my backups to. A strange thing has developed since my last post. Here's the thing I don't understand. I can click F8 to go into Safe Mode, choose Start Windows Normally, select Windows (default) and everything boots up and works. This is new. If I just turn the PC on, it will sit there all day and never get past the black XP screen. That's the old way. Any ideas? Thanks, Steve T. "Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote in message news:%rcFi.49674$Um6.13813@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net... > There is a method to restore/recover using the partition. Ask TigerDirect > for it. > "Steve T" <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote in message > news:ePcMecz8HHA.4612@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>I bought this Gateway refurbished from TigerDirect and it did not come >>with an XP CD. All it has is a partition on the HD with the >>recover/restore files. Seems like most solutions require the CD. How do I >>get around that? I have two other PC's but both are Dell's and only one >>has the XP CD. Is using that CD an option? Thanks, Steve T. >> "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message >> news:+1dahda7aH5GFwe4@black.hole... >>> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Sun, 9 Sep 2007: >>> >>>>No luck in the normal boot yet. I can Safe Boot but that's it. I have >>>>run >>>>Ad-Aware, Spybot, SuperAnti and Multi_AV with only one tracking cookie >>>>found >>>>by AA. I just tried Safe Boot with Networking and when it prompted for >>>>Windows(default), I chose MCE instead. I got an error message that >>>>"system32\hal.dll is corrupt or missing" and MCE cannot start. How can I >>>>repair/replace hal.dll? I have the same file on my other two PC's. Is it >>>>a >>>>simple copy or do I need to download the file from somewhere? A link at >>>>Doug >>>>Knox's website says it has software to repair hal.dll but that doesn't >>>>sound >>>>right. Any ideas? Thanks, Steve T. >>> >>> Hi Steve >>> >>> No, it's not quite as simple as a copy. . . there are several files from >>> which Windows can choose hal.dll and it very much depends on what >>> hardware you have in your computer. >>> >>> However, that message is not always what it seems -- sometimes there >>> isn't anything wrong with hal.dll at all but there is a problem with the >>> boot.ini. Have a look at this page and see if it helps: >>> http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_repair_a_missing_or_cor.htm >>> >>> -- >>> Nightowl >> >> > >
Guest Nightowl Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Re: won't boot again Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Tue, 11 Sep 2007: >Here's the thing I don't >understand. I can click F8 to go into Safe Mode, choose Start Windows >Normally, select Windows (default) and everything boots up and works. This >is new. If I just turn the PC on, it will sit there all day and never get >past the black XP screen. That's the old way. Any ideas? Since you can get into Safe Mode, open Notepad and have a look at your boot.ini file there. If necessary you can repair it in a command window. -- Nightowl
Guest Steve T Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Re: won't boot again Burned a copy of UBCD and now I can boot clear into Windows. Start the PC, ignore "Enter" to access UBCD, ignore F11 to restore and the PC will boot normally. I have opened up boot.ini in both Safe and Normal modes and they are the same. Here are the contents: [boot loader] default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect I don't know if there is anything wrong here. Anybody see what's wrong here? Thank you, Steve T. "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:3vawYPMWJ15GFwe8@black.hole... > Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Tue, 11 Sep 2007: > >>Here's the thing I don't >>understand. I can click F8 to go into Safe Mode, choose Start Windows >>Normally, select Windows (default) and everything boots up and works. This >>is new. If I just turn the PC on, it will sit there all day and never get >>past the black XP screen. That's the old way. Any ideas? > > Since you can get into Safe Mode, open Notepad and have a look at your > boot.ini file there. If necessary you can repair it in a command window. > > -- > Nightowl
Guest Nightowl Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Re: won't boot again Hi Steve I'm not an expert on this, but seems to me your partitions don't match? i.e. your first (default) line has ". . . partition(1)\WINDOWS" but under [operating systems] you have: ". . . partition(1)\WINNT= . . ." Try editing the file to make the "operating systems" line "Windows" rather than "Winnt". Here's a copy of my boot.ini (I have Pro rather than Media Center): [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin Please do let us know how it goes :-) -- Nightowl Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Thu, 13 Sep 2007: >Burned a copy of UBCD and now I can boot clear into Windows. Start the PC, >ignore "Enter" to access UBCD, ignore F11 to restore and the PC will boot >normally. I have opened up boot.ini in both Safe and Normal modes and they >are the same. Here are the contents: > >[boot loader] >default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >[operating systems] >multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows XP Media Center Edition" >/noexecute=optin /fastdetect > >I don't know if there is anything wrong here. Anybody see what's wrong here? >Thank you, Steve T. > >"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message >news:3vawYPMWJ15GFwe8@black.hole... >> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Tue, 11 Sep 2007: >> >>>Here's the thing I don't >>>understand. I can click F8 to go into Safe Mode, choose Start Windows >>>Normally, select Windows (default) and everything boots up and works. This >>>is new. If I just turn the PC on, it will sit there all day and never get >>>past the black XP screen. That's the old way. Any ideas? >> >> Since you can get into Safe Mode, open Notepad and have a look at your >> boot.ini file there. If necessary you can repair it in a command window. >> >> -- >> Nightowl > >
Guest Steve T Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Re: won't boot again Do I open in Notepad, edit and save? Thanks, Steve T. "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:Qzj5PdB+6q6GFwSQ@black.hole... > Hi Steve > > I'm not an expert on this, but seems to me your partitions don't match? > i.e. your first (default) line has ". . . partition(1)\WINDOWS" > but under [operating systems] you have: > ". . . partition(1)\WINNT= . . ." > > Try editing the file to make the "operating systems" line "Windows" rather > than "Winnt". > > Here's a copy of my boot.ini (I have Pro rather than Media Center): > > [boot loader] > timeout=30 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP > Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin > > Please do let us know how it goes :-) > > -- > Nightowl > > > Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Thu, 13 Sep 2007: > >>Burned a copy of UBCD and now I can boot clear into Windows. Start the PC, >>ignore "Enter" to access UBCD, ignore F11 to restore and the PC will boot >>normally. I have opened up boot.ini in both Safe and Normal modes and they >>are the same. Here are the contents: >> >>[boot loader] >>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >>[operating systems] >>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows XP Media Center >>Edition" >>/noexecute=optin /fastdetect >> >>I don't know if there is anything wrong here. Anybody see what's wrong >>here? >>Thank you, Steve T. >> >>"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message >>news:3vawYPMWJ15GFwe8@black.hole... >>> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Tue, 11 Sep 2007: >>> >>>>Here's the thing I don't >>>>understand. I can click F8 to go into Safe Mode, choose Start Windows >>>>Normally, select Windows (default) and everything boots up and works. >>>>This >>>>is new. If I just turn the PC on, it will sit there all day and never >>>>get >>>>past the black XP screen. That's the old way. Any ideas? >>> >>> Since you can get into Safe Mode, open Notepad and have a look at your >>> boot.ini file there. If necessary you can repair it in a command window. >>> >>> -- >>> Nightowl >> >> >
Guest Nightowl Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Re: won't boot again Yes, that should be fine, Steve. Make a copy first and rename it something like boot.ini.old, then you can always change it back if you need to restore it. Good luck! -- Nightowl Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Fri, 14 Sep 2007: >Do I open in Notepad, edit and save? Thanks, Steve T. >"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message >news:Qzj5PdB+6q6GFwSQ@black.hole... >> Hi Steve >> >> I'm not an expert on this, but seems to me your partitions don't match? >> i.e. your first (default) line has ". . . partition(1)\WINDOWS" >> but under [operating systems] you have: >> ". . . partition(1)\WINNT= . . ." >> >> Try editing the file to make the "operating systems" line "Windows" rather >> than "Winnt". >> >> Here's a copy of my boot.ini (I have Pro rather than Media Center): >> >> [boot loader] >> timeout=30 >> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >> [operating systems] >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP >> Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin >> >> Please do let us know how it goes :-) >> >> -- >> Nightowl >> >> >> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Thu, 13 Sep 2007: >> >>>Burned a copy of UBCD and now I can boot clear into Windows. Start the PC, >>>ignore "Enter" to access UBCD, ignore F11 to restore and the PC will boot >>>normally. I have opened up boot.ini in both Safe and Normal modes and they >>>are the same. Here are the contents: >>> >>>[boot loader] >>>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >>>[operating systems] >>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows XP Media Center >>>Edition" >>>/noexecute=optin /fastdetect >>> >>>I don't know if there is anything wrong here. Anybody see what's wrong >>>here? >>>Thank you, Steve T. >>> >>>"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message >>>news:3vawYPMWJ15GFwe8@black.hole... >>>> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Tue, 11 Sep 2007: >>>> >>>>>Here's the thing I don't >>>>>understand. I can click F8 to go into Safe Mode, choose Start Windows >>>>>Normally, select Windows (default) and everything boots up and works. >>>>>This >>>>>is new. If I just turn the PC on, it will sit there all day and never >>>>>get >>>>>past the black XP screen. That's the old way. Any ideas? >>>> >>>> Since you can get into Safe Mode, open Notepad and have a look at your >>>> boot.ini file there. If necessary you can repair it in a command window. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Nightowl >>> >>> >> > > -- Nightowl
Guest Steve T Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Re: won't boot again Well how about that? It worked! I changed the WINNT to WINDOWS and it now boots all the way as before. How would that get corrupted? A program install , malware ,or a "registry cleaner"? Either way, thanks Nightowl! Steve T. "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:ulMW6yJDPu6GFw1i@black.hole... > Yes, that should be fine, Steve. Make a copy first and rename it something > like boot.ini.old, then you can always change it back if you need to > restore it. Good luck! > > -- > Nightowl > > > Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Fri, 14 Sep 2007: >>Do I open in Notepad, edit and save? Thanks, Steve T. > > >>"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message >>news:Qzj5PdB+6q6GFwSQ@black.hole... >>> Hi Steve >>> >>> I'm not an expert on this, but seems to me your partitions don't match? >>> i.e. your first (default) line has ". . . partition(1)\WINDOWS" >>> but under [operating systems] you have: >>> ". . . partition(1)\WINNT= . . ." >>> >>> Try editing the file to make the "operating systems" line "Windows" >>> rather >>> than "Winnt". >>> >>> Here's a copy of my boot.ini (I have Pro rather than Media Center): >>> >>> [boot loader] >>> timeout=30 >>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >>> [operating systems] >>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP >>> Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin >>> >>> Please do let us know how it goes :-) >>> >>> -- >>> Nightowl >>> >>> >>> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Thu, 13 Sep 2007: >>> >>>>Burned a copy of UBCD and now I can boot clear into Windows. Start the >>>>PC, >>>>ignore "Enter" to access UBCD, ignore F11 to restore and the PC will >>>>boot >>>>normally. I have opened up boot.ini in both Safe and Normal modes and >>>>they >>>>are the same. Here are the contents: >>>> >>>>[boot loader] >>>>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >>>>[operating systems] >>>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows XP Media Center >>>>Edition" >>>>/noexecute=optin /fastdetect >>>> >>>>I don't know if there is anything wrong here. Anybody see what's wrong >>>>here? >>>>Thank you, Steve T. >>>> >>>>"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message >>>>news:3vawYPMWJ15GFwe8@black.hole... >>>>> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Tue, 11 Sep 2007: >>>>> >>>>>>Here's the thing I don't >>>>>>understand. I can click F8 to go into Safe Mode, choose Start Windows >>>>>>Normally, select Windows (default) and everything boots up and works. >>>>>>This >>>>>>is new. If I just turn the PC on, it will sit there all day and never >>>>>>get >>>>>>past the black XP screen. That's the old way. Any ideas? >>>>> >>>>> Since you can get into Safe Mode, open Notepad and have a look at your >>>>> boot.ini file there. If necessary you can repair it in a command >>>>> window. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Nightowl >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > -- > Nightowl
Guest Nightowl Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: won't boot again That's great news, Steve! So glad you've got your system working right again. I don't really know how it could have got changed. . . did you ever have more than one operating system loaded, so you had to choose an option at boot-up? It could have been some program install, perhaps. Still, not to worry -- all's fine now and that UBCD for Windows disk is a great tool to keep handy :-) Best wishes, -- Nightowl Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Fri, 14 Sep 2007: >Well how about that? It worked! I changed the WINNT to WINDOWS and it now >boots all the way as before. How would that get corrupted? A program install >, malware ,or a "registry cleaner"? Either way, thanks Nightowl! Steve T. >"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message >news:ulMW6yJDPu6GFw1i@black.hole... >> Yes, that should be fine, Steve. Make a copy first and rename it something >> like boot.ini.old, then you can always change it back if you need to >> restore it. Good luck! >> >> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Fri, 14 Sep 2007: >>>Do I open in Notepad, edit and save? Thanks, Steve T. >> >> >>>"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message >>>news:Qzj5PdB+6q6GFwSQ@black.hole... >>>> I'm not an expert on this, but seems to me your partitions don't match? >>>> i.e. your first (default) line has ". . . partition(1)\WINDOWS" >>>> but under [operating systems] you have: >>>> ". . . partition(1)\WINNT= . . ." >>>> >>>> Try editing the file to make the "operating systems" line "Windows" >>>> rather >>>> than "Winnt". >>>> >>>> Here's a copy of my boot.ini (I have Pro rather than Media Center): >>>> >>>> [boot loader] >>>> timeout=30 >>>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >>>> [operating systems] >>>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP >>>> Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin >>>> >>>> Please do let us know how it goes :-) >>>> >>>> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Thu, 13 Sep 2007: >>>> >>>>>Burned a copy of UBCD and now I can boot clear into Windows. Start the >>>>>PC, >>>>>ignore "Enter" to access UBCD, ignore F11 to restore and the PC will >>>>>boot >>>>>normally. I have opened up boot.ini in both Safe and Normal modes and >>>>>they >>>>>are the same. Here are the contents: >>>>> >>>>>[boot loader] >>>>>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >>>>>[operating systems] >>>>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows XP Media Center >>>>>Edition" >>>>>/noexecute=optin /fastdetect >>>>> >>>>>I don't know if there is anything wrong here. Anybody see what's wrong >>>>>here?
Guest Steve T Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: won't boot again No dual-boot system and I usually use Control Panel to remove programs. Once in a while I have to use the programs uninstall because it does not show up in CP. Thanks again, and that UBCD will always be handy now. Steve T. "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:CWAt2lBxm$6GFwDc@black.hole... > That's great news, Steve! So glad you've got your system working right > again. > > I don't really know how it could have got changed. . . did you ever have > more than one operating system loaded, so you had to choose an option at > boot-up? It could have been some program install, perhaps. Still, not to > worry -- all's fine now and that UBCD for Windows disk is a great tool to > keep handy :-) > > Best wishes, > > -- > Nightowl > > > Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Fri, 14 Sep 2007: > >>Well how about that? It worked! I changed the WINNT to WINDOWS and it now >>boots all the way as before. How would that get corrupted? A program >>install >>, malware ,or a "registry cleaner"? Either way, thanks Nightowl! Steve T. > >>"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message >>news:ulMW6yJDPu6GFw1i@black.hole... > >>> Yes, that should be fine, Steve. Make a copy first and rename it >>> something >>> like boot.ini.old, then you can always change it back if you need to >>> restore it. Good luck! >>> >>> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Fri, 14 Sep 2007: > >>>>Do I open in Notepad, edit and save? Thanks, Steve T. >>> >>> >>>>"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message >>>>news:Qzj5PdB+6q6GFwSQ@black.hole... > >>>>> I'm not an expert on this, but seems to me your partitions don't >>>>> match? >>>>> i.e. your first (default) line has ". . . partition(1)\WINDOWS" >>>>> but under [operating systems] you have: >>>>> ". . . partition(1)\WINNT= . . ." >>>>> >>>>> Try editing the file to make the "operating systems" line "Windows" >>>>> rather >>>>> than "Winnt". >>>>> >>>>> Here's a copy of my boot.ini (I have Pro rather than Media Center): >>>>> >>>>> [boot loader] >>>>> timeout=30 >>>>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >>>>> [operating systems] >>>>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP >>>>> Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin >>>>> >>>>> Please do let us know how it goes :-) >>>>> >>>>> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Thu, 13 Sep 2007: >>>>> >>>>>>Burned a copy of UBCD and now I can boot clear into Windows. Start the >>>>>>PC, >>>>>>ignore "Enter" to access UBCD, ignore F11 to restore and the PC will >>>>>>boot >>>>>>normally. I have opened up boot.ini in both Safe and Normal modes and >>>>>>they >>>>>>are the same. Here are the contents: >>>>>> >>>>>>[boot loader] >>>>>>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >>>>>>[operating systems] >>>>>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows XP Media Center >>>>>>Edition" >>>>>>/noexecute=optin /fastdetect >>>>>> >>>>>>I don't know if there is anything wrong here. Anybody see what's wrong >>>>>>here? >
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