Getting XP Pro laptop to boot normally again

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One laptop stopped booting normally recently. So we used the XP-Boot floppy

(created earlier) to boot the unit.

 

How can one now get the normal boot working again?

 

TIA

 

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"Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote in message

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> One laptop stopped booting normally recently. So we used the XP-Boot

> floppy

> (created earlier) to boot the unit.

>

> How can one now get the normal boot working again?

>

> TIA

>

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You need to report in detail what happens when you boot

the machine without the floppy disk. Remember - we cannot

see your machine!

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> "Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote in message

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>> One laptop stopped booting normally recently. So we used the XP-Boot

>> floppy

>> (created earlier) to boot the unit.

>>

>> How can one now get the normal boot working again?

>>

>> TIA

>>

>> Avatar

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>

> You need to report in detail what happens when you boot

> the machine without the floppy disk. Remember - we cannot

> see your machine!

 

 

Sorry! After the motherboard boot posts there would be a blinking cursor

upper left corner. The boot floppy used had the ntloader, ntdetect and

boot.ini files on it as recommended in a MS KB article.

 

Thanks.

 

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"Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote in message

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> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message

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>> "Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote in message

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>>> One laptop stopped booting normally recently. So we used the XP-Boot

>>> floppy

>>> (created earlier) to boot the unit.

>>>

>>> How can one now get the normal boot working again?

>>>

>>> TIA

>>>

>>> Avatar

>>> -------

>>

>> You need to report in detail what happens when you boot

>> the machine without the floppy disk. Remember - we cannot

>> see your machine!

>

>

> Sorry! After the motherboard boot posts there would be a blinking cursor

> upper left corner. The boot floppy used had the ntloader, ntdetect and

> boot.ini files on it as recommended in a MS KB article.

>

> Thanks.

>

> Avatar

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The blinking cursor is often the result of your boot partition

not being marked active. You need to run diskmgmt.msc to

mark it active.

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> "Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote in message

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>> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message

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>>> "Avatar" <avatar@uinverse.brane> wrote in message

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>>>> One laptop stopped booting normally recently. So we used the XP-Boot

>>>> floppy

>>>> (created earlier) to boot the unit.

>>>>

>>>> How can one now get the normal boot working again?

>>>>

>>>> TIA

>>>>

>>>> Avatar

>>>> -------

>>>

>>> You need to report in detail what happens when you boot

>>> the machine without the floppy disk. Remember - we cannot

>>> see your machine!

>>

>>

>> Sorry! After the motherboard boot posts there would be a blinking cursor

>> upper left corner. The boot floppy used had the ntloader, ntdetect and

>> boot.ini files on it as recommended in a MS KB article.

>>

>> Thanks.

>>

>> Avatar

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> The blinking cursor is often the result of your boot partition

> not being marked active. You need to run diskmgmt.msc to

> mark it active.

 

 

Thanks very much - that actually did the trick! Couldn't believe that is

what it was!

Regards and appreciation for the help!

 

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>> The blinking cursor is often the result of your boot partition

>> not being marked active. You need to run diskmgmt.msc to

>> mark it active.

>

>

> Thanks very much - that actually did the trick! Couldn't believe that is

> what it was!

> Regards and appreciation for the help!

>

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Thanks for the feedback.