Getting XP Pro laptop to boot normally again

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One laptop stopped booting normally recently. So we used the XP-Boot floppy
(created earlier) to boot the unit.

How can one now get the normal boot working again?

TIA

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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

One laptop stopped booting normally recently. So we used the XP-Boot
floppy
(created earlier) to boot the unit.

How can one now get the normal boot working again?

TIA

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You need to report in detail what happens when you boot
the machine without the floppy disk. Remember - we cannot
see your machine!

 

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You need to report in detail what happens when you boot
the machine without the floppy disk. Remember - we cannot
see your machine!

Sorry! After the motherboard boot posts there would be a blinking cursor
upper left corner. The boot floppy used had the ntloader, ntdetect and
boot.ini files on it as recommended in a MS KB article.

Thanks.

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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Sorry! After the motherboard boot posts there would be a blinking cursor
upper left corner. The boot floppy used had the ntloader, ntdetect and
boot.ini files on it as recommended in a MS KB article.

Thanks.

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The blinking cursor is often the result of your boot partition
not being marked active. You need to run diskmgmt.msc to
mark it active.

 

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My response at the bottom:

The blinking cursor is often the result of your boot partition
not being marked active. You need to run diskmgmt.msc to
mark it active.

Thanks very much - that actually did the trick! Couldn't believe that is
what it was!
Regards and appreciation for the help!

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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Thanks very much - that actually did the trick! Couldn't believe that is
what it was!
Regards and appreciation for the help!

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Thanks for the feedback.