Error loading operating system

[Guest]

I am having a huge issue with xp pro right now. the other day i ran
ad-aware, spboy, and avast like i normally do. i then reboot to finish
installing an avast update. however upon reboot windows was not able to
load. i would get the normal start sequence until it shows the screen that
has the different drives and system info, then on the bottom it says
something about searching for a floppy boot record. then i get a blank
screen except for the message "Error loading operating system" in the top
right corner. cant even load into safe mode or anything. computer will not
boot from windows xp cd either. any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Hi Juvefan,
The hard Drive when start making a grinding Noise,when it start reading the
Clusters and Partitions,so If you hear something powering up,but you should
distinguish between the Cooling Fan and the Hard Drive Noise.
in your case you looks like have a Important data,you should take It to the
Repair Centre,they will be able to hear and see if it is dead HD or Defective
Vedio Card
Good luck
nass

 

[Guest]

Review these links..
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_clean.asp
http://computeradvice.mikebinns.net/formatReinstall.php
If you can remove the affected HD and set it up as a slave drive on another
computer it may be possible to see & save your data..You could also reinstall
XP to a new (partitioned & formated) HD, with the old drive setup as a slave..
j;-j

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the tips, i do have an older hd in another computer not being
used right now. when i get home from work will try putting into current
system and installing xp on it, then try to save files, and finally reformat
malfunctioning hd. thanks all for the tips, will keep this updated.

 

[Guest]

Ok so i was able to install other hd and install xp pro on it. however i
still cannot get any access to my corrupt hd. whenever i try to access it i
get a message saying it is not ready to be used would you like to format it,
or that the file system is not recognized. any more ideas on how to access
the files there now that i have a running computer? thanks!

 

[Guest]

You may need to check the drives integrity with the HD manufacturer's
diagnostic utility.. Who makes the drive ie..Seagate, Western Digital, etc..?
Did you set the jumpers on the affected drive to the slave position, middle
cable connector, same IDE channel as the master, the first connector position
on the cable..?
Another option would be to create a boot disk and get the Active NTFS Reader
for DOS and see if you can recover your data that way..
http://www.download.com/3000-2094-10225436.html
Hope this can help..
j;-j

 

[Guest]

It is a Maxtor drive and according to their utility the drive is failing. I
have tried a couple of file recovery programs, but none have worked so far.
The failing drive is FAT32 but the new drive is NTFS, is that an issue? Is
their a program that can recover FAT32 drives and convert to NTFS?

 

[Guest]

The issue is a bad (failed) drive that evidently can't be read in windows or
in a dos environment.. What programs have you tried, that didn't work..?
Just being able to copy or move files from the affected FAT32 drive to a
NTFS drive would convert them.. You might see if you could convert the whole
FAT32 drive to the NTFS file system.. See links below and investigate..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881/EN-US/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316505/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463/EN-US/
Hope this can help..
j;-j

 

[Guest]

sorry if this posts twice, having isp issues today too.

i have tried the following programs

ActiveNTFS reader
R-Studio
GetDataBack
FileRecover
TestDisk

all have failed and all of them give the same errors, error 1 incorrect
function and error 23 cyclic redundancy check, or something similar. i also
ran DiskExplorer For FAT, it showed that there was still info on my drive,
but i was not able to access any of it. i tried to convert the drive to ntfs
but windows said it was unable to read the fat partion. i am beginning to
think i am sol. any other tips? would taking the drive to a pro data
recovery company work? or would it just be alot of wasted money?

 

[Guest]

Most professional data recovery company's only charge you for recovered data..
If the data is that valuable to you and it is indeed recoverable, you'll
have to pay the going rate for the amount of data recovered.. You will need
to checkout their individual pricing policies, as relates to data recovered.
http://www.stellarinfo.com/recovery-software.htm
http://www.google.com/search?q=data recovery
It is really your call..
Best of luck..
j;-j

 

[Guest]

I am also having a "error loading operating system" problem.
I get this after the DELL logo with no options (just F2 for setup) I have
the XP disk but I can't load it ...............Please help!

Thanks in advance

 

[Guest]

Search your model # and see if the Dell site has any FAQs for using their
install disks or for problems using install disks, etc.. See if there is a
way to repair the OS installation using their supplied setup disks..
http://support.dell.com/
http://search.dell.com/results.aspx...cs=&k=error+loading+operating+system&x=17&y=7

I have the retail version of XP and it is not exactly the same as what Dell
may provide for their computer systems, in respect to repairing the OS or
reinstalling issues they would be the ones to contact..
j;-j