Bootup {fatal system error}

[Guest]

On my main pc everytime i bootup it goes to the loading screen then the
screen turns light grey for a few seconds then black then grey then i get
this blue screen that says

C000021a {fatal system error}

and the rest of it runs off screen then after that it restarts. I would just
reformate but some reason this also fried my slave HDD with all my back ups.
So i really cant afford to reformate i have my graduaction project on it and
i really need this fix. Do you know how i could repair this? Also i tried to
put my xp disk to do a system repaid but it ask for a floopy disk lable
system repair wich i dont have?

 

[neil]

If you are using the full retail version of XP then boot form the CD and
follow these instructions to do a repair install

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

I think you may be choosing the wrong option if it is asking for a floppy
disk, that is the auto recovery.

Neil

 

[Guest]

If you are using the full retail version of XP then boot form the CD and
follow these instructions to do a repair install

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

I think you may be choosing the wrong option if it is asking for a floppy
disk, that is the auto recovery.

Neil

Some reason my xp disk isnt doing that, im also running off sata, i was
wandering since i cant load windows up if i get another hdd and use raid if i
can back up everything like that??

 

[neil]

If you want to recover data I wouldn't complicate things by using RAID. If
you use your current drive with another as a RAID assay it may reformat to
set it up. I think I would use another drive to set-up a clean install of
windows without your old drive connected, then after that's working connect
your new drive and see if you can locate your important files. You may need
to take ownership to read the folders of your original user name on your old
drive.

best of luck

Neil