trendchant Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 My machine was working fine until this Thursday. I turned it on as usual but it wouild not load Windows. I am not very PC tec minded but reasonable practical. when I turn on the PC it runs through the BIOS screen then displays the options to start window normally - Safe mode - Using the last best known configurations. I have tried all these options but it just recycles through the the same screens again. I have read a number of other similar postings, and tried cleaning the dust, removing and replacing the RAM, using only on RAM chip, but the problem has persisted. Anyone got any ideas, all would be most gratefully recieved. Quote
Jelly Bean Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 Hello and welcome... Firstly have you checked your hard drive is listed on the loading devices screen on startup or have you checked if it is listed in the BIOS? Quote Rwy'n ceisio fy ngorau......................
trendchant Posted January 8, 2011 Author Posted January 8, 2011 I pretty sure the hard drive is shown as is the rAM capacity, I have checked the BIOS settings and the hard drive is the shown after the floppy as the boot option. The floppy drive is empty. Quote
Jelly Bean Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 Do you have the windows install disk? Quote Rwy'n ceisio fy ngorau......................
bugsy_ Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Ok i think your looking to Select Repair or Recover from install CD Type cd system32 when the command prompt appears > Press Enter then type ren kernel32.dll kernel32.old > then press Enter > Type map then press Enter. Type expand d:\i386\kernel32.dl_ then press Enter If the Windows XP CD is inserted into a drive other than D: replace D: with the proper drive letter. Type exit and then press Enter key The computer should shut down and reboot again. hopefully your issue will be solved, i just done this the other night on a friends pc and it worked just fine. Found here Hope this helps Quote "It takes an intelligent fool to make things bigger and more complex...... It takes a touch of genius to move in the opposite direction"
trendchant Posted January 9, 2011 Author Posted January 9, 2011 Do you have the windows install disk? I do have the CD and have already put it into the D drive. It seems to load a set of drivers but once this is done I chose the recover option by pressing R. I then only get the option to log onto the the D drive - option 1. Once this is done I am asked for the Administrator password which I have long forgotten. Is all lost?. Quote
trendchant Posted January 9, 2011 Author Posted January 9, 2011 Ok i think your looking to Select Repair or Recover from install CD Type cd system32 when the command prompt appears > Press Enter then type ren kernel32.dll kernel32.old > then press Enter > Type map then press Enter. Type expand d:\i386\kernel32.dl_ then press Enter If the Windows XP CD is inserted into a drive other than D: replace D: with the proper drive letter. Type exit and then press Enter key The computer should shut down and reboot again. hopefully your issue will be solved, i just done this the other night on a friends pc and it worked just fine. Found here Hope this helps I tried this fix but it repeats the same screens as before. Quote
bugsy_ Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 As for the password issue im affraid i am unable to help there for obvious reasons. But you may want to look at these other options you may not have tried yet. SEE HERE Quote "It takes an intelligent fool to make things bigger and more complex...... It takes a touch of genius to move in the opposite direction"
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