Boot Failure

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I'm running XP Professional. Recently, I loaded a new priner driver. After
doing so, the operating system wouldn't boot. It went through several steps
- I got the loading Windows XP screen, then it just stoped. The light on the
CD-Rom went on just prior to the system freezing as if it was looking for
some information from a CD. I started Windows in the safe mode and removed
the printer drivers which i had just loaded. The operating system started
normally. Thinking I had the problem solved, I shut down the computer. I
haven't been able to boot it since. I can start it in the safe mode but when
I try to start it normally, it runs through several steps until the CD-Rom
light goes on, then stops when it can't find the information it's looking
for. System restore also does't work - it gets hung up in the same spot.
Any help would be most appreciated
 
John said:
I'm running XP Professional. Recently, I loaded a new priner driver.
After doing so, the operating system wouldn't boot. It went through
several steps - I got the loading Windows XP screen, then it just
stoped. The light on the CD-Rom went on just prior to the system
freezing as if it was looking for some information from a CD. I
started Windows in the safe mode and removed the printer drivers
which i had just loaded. The operating system started normally.
Thinking I had the problem solved, I shut down the computer. I
haven't been able to boot it since. I can start it in the safe mode
but when I try to start it normally, it runs through several steps until
the CD-Rom light goes on, then stops when it can't find the
information it's looking for. System restore also does't work - it
gets hung up in the same spot.
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Have you tried resetting the BIOS so that it tries first to boot
from a hard drive instead of from a CD?

*TimDaniels*
 
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