Help!!! partition problem and boot problem

[Lisa]

I had two drives C:\ & D:\ on the HP PC. Everytime when I turn it on
that appeared message : "Norton Antivirus can't protect C:\ Access
denied" .

So I think the C drive was infected by virus and I try to re-format the

C:\ to install a new winXP on it.

With other PC at home, it's simple -just change the boot setting in
bios and when the message " "press any key to boot from CD..." appeared
- It will boot from winxp CD, then I can delate partition and format
the c drive...


But in this HP pc I just can't delate the partition in C:\ and when I
intalled a new winXP (not repaired) in windows, the above message still

there!


Then I intalled the Winxp on D:\. and installed partitionMagic 8 on
D:\. Through partitionmagic 8, I delate the C:\ and re-format it. after

that I can't boot!


I tried to boot from a window 98 boot disk, but fdisk didn't reconize
the NTAS(can't delate the partition), and the C:\ only had 8M, it
couldn't
install a window98 on it.


Please help me!!!

Many Thanks and regards,

Lisa

 

[Rich Barry]

Lisa, best to Start Over. Using Partition Magic delete all partitions.
Then boot from your WinXP CD and create a new
C: partition and if so desired a D: partition. Then reinstall XP on C:
When you deleted and formated the C: partition you
probably also deleted the required files needed to boot XP. They are
ntldr, boot.ini and ntdetect.com.

 

[Lisa]

Hi Rich,
Thanks for your reply. the wose thing is I couldn't boot now in anyway.
- I couldn't boot from WinXP Cd, and couldn't boot from partition magic
rescue disk...

I found the "ntdetect.com" in other PC, but I couldn't find the "ntldr,
boot.ini". Can I copy those files to a disk then use it to boot the HP
PC?

Thanks and regards,
Lisa

 

[Rich Barry]

Lisa, do you have the cdrom drive selected as first boot device in the
Bios? HP Computers usually have a Recovery Disk
or Partition with a fresh image of WinXP that can be used to restore your
system. Is this true for your computer?

 

[Lisa]

Rich, I do have the cdrom drive and it has been selected as first boot
device in the bios already. I've also get a WinXP cdrom.
but when I turn on the pc, it seems doesn't go throught cdrom, and the
message "press any key to boot from CD..." never appeared.
Lisa

 

[Rich Barry]

Lisa, do you have a retail version of WinXP? If yes, and your cdrom
drive is selected as first boot device and working
properly then you should be able to boot from the CD.

 

[Lisa]

Yes, I do. but still can't boot from this PC.

 

[Lisa]

Yes, I do. but still can't boot from this PC.

 

[Lisa]

Yes, I do. but still can't boot from this PC.