Windows XP Starts but then stops !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Abarbarian]

Me pc switches on and gets to the screen with the Windows logo and the moving bar underneath and it just stops.
Safe Mode etc just get me a screen full of white writting and it stops, no command prompt or normal windows.

Tried Acronis and it tells me to use the Boot disc that was made earlier. Obviously I do not have one.

UBCD tells me the same when I try to use the Seagate tools.

I'm using Sysytem Rescue CD to connect to the web.

I recon it is a MBR thingy.

My copy of XP PRO does not have a " R " option when the CD is used.

I have a copy of XP Home can I use that to fix the mbr ??????????????????

What can I do folks ?????????????? Apart from the usual of course.

 

[Waynos_Face]

Sounds more like Hard Drive or a corrupted XP install than Motherboard!

 

[Abarbarian]

I realise that . Thats why I was asking for info on how to fix the Master Boot Record = mbr.

 

[Urmas]

Penguin fix: install Linux -- OK, dual boot if you must. Problem solved.

 

[Madxgraphics]

Hi Abarbarian

Take a little look here for help on reparing MBR/recovery console etc...And to answer your question, yes you can fix Master boot Record using an XP Home CD..

 

[Abarbarian]

Thanks fer the info it will come in useful.

Up and running again but don't know for how long. I'm doing a new install on Betty Blue so I'm not too fussed as long as this poor old pc can hang on for a few more days.

After I left the pc switched of for a few hours it started again but did a check disk on drive C: and then booted into windows. I could not log into the site for a few hours but I think thats another problem.

I'll definitly be installing the recovery console and making some copies of the MBR. Hopefully as I am going to use Acronis I will be able to make a full drive C: backup once I have the thing set up right. Then it should be easy to do a full re-install with a clean os and all me software instaled and set up.