Have you tried asking in a Windows XP newsgroup? This is Vista.
| Please can someone help. I have had similar problems as another user (see
| attached post below) and I can't get
| into windows at all. Only the blue screen with technical jargon and the
| options to edit Bios etc. I do not unfortnately have the windows XP disk
| (or any other XP disks) and wonder if it is possible to somehow download
this
| (via another computer, onto a disk) and do the necessary repairs.
|
| Urgent help required!!!
|
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| "Dev" wrote:
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| > Lately I had to do a manual power down and restart, only when I
restarted and
| > reached the 'windows failed to shut down/start properly...' screen i
found I
| > could no longer get to the desktop. Starting in safe mode populates a
list of
| > several drivers from the system32 folder, says 'press esc to cancel
loading
| > sptd.sys, then simply stops with the list displayed and eventually
resets to
| > the 'windows did not shutdown/start properly' screen.
| >
| > Starting normally or in 'last known good configuration' shows the
Windows CP
| > logo and the scrolling blue loading bar, but just shows this screen
until the
| > computer resets to the aforementioned screen.
| >
| > I attempted to use a recovery disc to fix the probolem. The recovery
| > console, after using the 'chkdsk' command, says 'the volume appears to
| > contain one or more unrecoverable errors'. Attempting to use the disc to
| > install windows XP again shows 4 'undetected' drives, and pressing any
key
| > results in a stop error:
| >
| > STOP - 0x0000008E (0XC0000005, 0XF7416F3E, 0XF7012778, 0X00000000)
| >
| > it also says:
| >
| > Setupdd.sys - address F7416F3E base at F734F2000, datestamp 3d6dd67F
| >
| > Are there any other ways to recover my system or do I need to reformat
the
| > drive, and if so, how do I reformat from the recovery console?
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