win xp pro wont start

[Guest kimberly]

ive lost my xp pro disc and computer wont start.it starts me in the screen

giving me the option to start in safe mode etc.no matter which one i choose

it goes back to password page then repeats

[Guest Malke]

Re: win xp pro wont start

 

kimberly wrote:

> ive lost my xp pro disc and computer wont start.it starts me in the

> screen giving me the option to start in safe mode etc.no matter which one

> i choose it goes back to password page then repeats

 

I'm so sorry but this is not enough information for us to help you. You've

told us nothing about your computer and its recent history. These links

will show you what details to include in your next post in order to get the

focused help you want:

 

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question

 

Malke

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MS-MVP

Elephant Boy Computers

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

Don't Panic!

[Guest db.·.. >]

Re: win xp pro wont start

 

your options may

be very limited.

 

you should try to

borrow any windows

cd and access the

recovery console.

 

at the disk prompt

you can run the

disk commands>:

 

chkdsk

fixboot

 

then type exit

and reboot without

a cd.

 

there is more info

under command console

section:

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

 

--------------------

 

if you have no cd,

then maybe none

was provided as

most computers

come with a hidden

partition with the

windows restoration

files.

 

if you have the above

then this will restore

your computer to its

original factory state,

which will result in lost

of all your data, personal

files.

 

you can check with the

computers homesite for

faq for help on an issue

like yours.

--

 

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

 

"kimberly" <kimberly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> ive lost my xp pro disc and computer wont start.it starts me in the screen

> giving me the option to start in safe mode etc.no matter which one i choose

> it goes back to password page then repeats

[Guest jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk]

Re: win xp pro wont start

 

On 21 May, 23:04, kimberly <kimbe...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> ive lost my xp pro disc and  computer wont start.it starts me in the screen

> giving me the option to start in safe mode etc.

 

This suggests it gets past the BIOS

> no matter which one i choose

> it goes back to password page then repeats

 

Is this the password for a User Account?

Such a thing comes in 2 forms..

Do you have to click a user, and enter a password?

Do you have to type a username and type a password?

 

That way I know that it is that screen,

 

 

This paragraph is not really for you...

Next step, which I will tersely summarise -so not for you. Just so

people know where this is going. You will prob need some help with

from here, is to find a user/pass that gets in, get in as an

administrative user(try Administrator:blank), then reset the

password.. Or, Boot up peter nordahl's thing and reset the passwords.

[Guest jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk]

Re: win xp pro wont start

 

On 22 May, 00:05, Malke <ma...@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> kimberly wrote:

> > ive lost my xp pro disc and  computer wont start.it starts me in the

> > screen giving me the option to start in safe mode etc.no matter which one

> > i choose it goes back to password page then repeats

>

> I'm so sorry but this is not enough information for us to help you. You've

> told us nothing about your computer and its recent history. These links

> will show you what details to include in your next post in order to get the

> focused help you want:

>

> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenethttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375- How to Ask a Question

>

> Malke

> --

> MS-MVP

> Elephant Boy Computerswww.elephantboycomputers.com

> Don't Panic!

 

I couldn't violently disagree more. In what you said, and in the

general philosophy you have espoused..

 

 

I think she described the problem .. just needs a bit more

description.

 

Your list amounts to "You tell me everything about your computer

regardless, and I will solve it for you"

That also can make a thread only relevant to one person's computer.

 

Your list asks "What version of XP"

Well.. Suppose it is pre sp1. sp1. sp2.

What difference does that make if she is stuck at a password screen?

 

Your list asks for Approximate Age.

What difference does that make?

 

She said she doesn't have the Win XP CD BTW..

You ask for make/model.

That is really irrelevant, unless she wants to reinstall windows from

the manufacturer's CD.

 

Your list asks for Recent History of the machine.

Of course, it's good to find what triggered it..To understand the

problem. Since that can help solve it.

But from her description, she is stuck at a password screen. So I

would just try to get past that, that seems to be what she wants.

 

Your list asks for what error message she gets.. This is good, as one

can often Google an error message. But not that relevant in this case.

She is stuck at a password screen.. So the thing to know, is what

password screen, and the obvious and almost the only candidate, is

windows user account. So I just asked her to describe the screen.. to

see.

 

Pretty much every point listed on your sheet is irrelevant..

And it amounts to the idea of. You tell me all the information

absolutely everything, about your machine, and I will solve it for

you. And so the thread is no use to anybody else.

 

Much better, to say

IF this is the problem, then do this. So YOU(kimberly) can check if

that is the problem, this is how you check e.t.c..

Alot of problems are generic.. And the solution is not relevant to

what specific model a computer is.

With your method, all analysis is hidden

This happens on malware forums too, when they say "Send me the

HijackThis log". Or on one networking newsgroup I saw, where they

would say "Post all ipconfig /all, and browstat" and stuff.

[Guest jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk]

Re: win xp pro wont start

 

On 22 May, 00:10, db.·.. ><))) ·>` .. .

<databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote:

> your options may

> be very limited.

>

 

Her options are not limited.. Yours are if you can only type with less

than 5 or 6 words per line.

> you should try to

> borrow any windows

> cd and access the

> recovery console.

>

 

She may need to a win xp cd, but it doesn't look like it at all, from

her description.. I would suggest she gets one at least for the future

though. Incase she need to reinstall for example.

 

You mention the recovery console, and it requiring a Win XP CD. (she

said she didn't have one)

I don't see why she needs the recovery console.. She said she is stuck

at a password screen. But if she did.

And if you don't have a win xp cd , and if like most you have not

installed the recovery console option(one way of not later needing a

cd to get to it)

There is still another way you can get to the recovery console.. I

once downloaded a set of 6 floppy disks, they got me there. I had a

boot problem after a user had a powercut, I ran the 3 classic

commands, one of them fixed it.

 

 

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[Guest db.·.. >]

Re: win xp pro wont start

 

if the o.p. stated

that the windows

setup floppies were

not found, then

you response would

have some legitimacy.

 

in the future, if you

have suggestions or

opinions provide them

to the o.p. who is

asking for them.

 

--

 

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

 

<jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message

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On 22 May, 00:10, db.·.. ><))) ·>` .. .

<databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote:

> your options may

> be very limited.

>

 

Her options are not limited.. Yours are if you can only type with less

than 5 or 6 words per line.

> you should try to

> borrow any windows

> cd and access the

> recovery console.

>

 

She may need to a win xp cd, but it doesn't look like it at all, from

her description.. I would suggest she gets one at least for the future

though. Incase she need to reinstall for example.

 

You mention the recovery console, and it requiring a Win XP CD. (she

said she didn't have one)

I don't see why she needs the recovery console.. She said she is stuck

at a password screen. But if she did.

And if you don't have a win xp cd , and if like most you have not

installed the recovery console option(one way of not later needing a

cd to get to it)

There is still another way you can get to the recovery console.. I

once downloaded a set of 6 floppy disks, they got me there. I had a

boot problem after a user had a powercut, I ran the 3 classic

commands, one of them fixed it.

 

 

<snip>