On Feb 22, 3:00 pm, "neil" <n...@some.com> wrote:
> If you can boot to the CD and use the repair console, then use the command
> chkdsk /p . Try booting again to the hard drive. If that doesn't work try
> the repair console and use the commands FIXBOOT & FIXMBR.
> See if any of those help, as to what caused the problem I haven't a clue.
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> Neil<mark_galeck_spam_mag...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > Hello, I have XP Home on my comp installed on a hard drive and it has
> > been running fine... until today. When I try to boot, it says
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> > "disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter".
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> > I then discovered, that if I put the XP installation disk in the CD-
> > ROM drive and _ignore_ the prompt to press any key to boot from CD,
> > then XP boots and runs from the hard drive just fine!!
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> > I am setup to boot from diskette first, then CD-ROM, then HD. I know
> > what you're gonna say, maybe change the boot order to hard drive
> > first, then CD-ROM. Nope, that does not help. Also, I found
> > somewhere a suggestion to make the boot partition "active" - when I do
> > that, the failure prompt changes to "NTLDR is missing (and I can still
> > boot by inserting the XP disk and ignoring it).
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> > I have one question to you: WTF is going on here?
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> > Thank you. Mark Galeck- Hide quoted text -
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I've seen this before. The PC can/will only boot with the XP install
CD as the "boot" disk. In "my" case, it was a virus stuck in the
Master Boot Record (MBR.) Do a complete up to date virus scan.
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