Guest Fox13 Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 I got the blue screen of death and when I tried rebooting, I got a message saying it couldn't find the Windows/System32/Config/System file and to use the WinXP disc to repair it. So I tried that, but then it tells me there's no HDD detected. I ran a Linux LiveCD and I was able to access the HDD with that, so I know it's not a physical connection problem. What do I do?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Re: WinXP won't boot up :( "Fox13" <Fox13@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:16A043D5-529B-4657-B3AB-2A3C2AD0347A@microsoft.com... >I got the blue screen of death and when I tried rebooting, I got a message > saying it couldn't find the Windows/System32/Config/System file and to use > the WinXP disc to repair it. So I tried that, but then it tells me there's > no > HDD detected. I ran a Linux LiveCD and I was able to access the HDD with > that, so I know it's not a physical connection problem. What do I do? - When you tried the WinXP repair process, did it tell you that there was no hard disk (your words) or did it tell you that it could not find an instance of Windows XP (my guess)? - When you ran the Linux CD, did you see any folders on the disk? In particular, did you see the folder C:\Windows? - Does the BIOS boot-up screen show any disks?
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