How can I get a c: prompt? Safe Mode won't work

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XP does not start, even in Safe Mode or Last Known Good Config. The splash screen appears but ends up with the 'Blue Screen of Death' with a stop message

My Restore CD does not run. The restore screen blinks on then disappears and the Safe Mode selection screen is displayed. None of the methods works

How can I get a c: prompt from the Safe Mode Selection Screen? I try F8 and only get to the same Safe Mode Selection Screen. My next move is to get the 6 floppy boot disks and try them.
 
Perplexed in XP Land bashed at the keyboard and said :
XP does not start, even in Safe Mode or Last Known Good Config. The
splash screen appears but ends up with the 'Blue Screen of Death'
with a stop message.

My Restore CD does not run. The restore screen blinks on then
disappears and the Safe Mode selection screen is displayed. None of
the methods works.

How can I get a c: prompt from the Safe Mode Selection Screen? I try
F8 and only get to the same Safe Mode Selection Screen. My next move
is to get the 6 floppy boot disks and try them.
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Not to sure what you are getting at but.... if you need a bootdisk that will
run for XP you can get it here: http://tinyurl.com/ysdd2. This bootdisk will
get you to a DOS prompt and will allow you to run XP setup.

The setup file on your XP cd is in the folder I386 The file to start the
install is winnt.exe

HTH
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Hi

Could you please post the Stop Code that accompanies the BSOD? With that your problem could be isolated.

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| XP does not start, even in Safe Mode or Last Known Good Config. The splash screen appears but ends up with the 'Blue Screen of Death' with a stop message.
|
| My Restore CD does not run. The restore screen blinks on then disappears and the Safe Mode selection screen is displayed. None of the methods works.
|
| How can I get a c: prompt from the Safe Mode Selection Screen? I try F8 and only get to the same Safe Mode Selection Screen. My next move is to get the 6 floppy boot disks and try them.
 
Before the MVP (M$ Victim Poster) Hermes responded, Perplexed in XP
Land typed:
XP does not start, even in Safe Mode or Last Known Good Config. The
splash screen appears but ends up with the 'Blue Screen of Death'
with a stop message.

My Restore CD does not run. The restore screen blinks on then
disappears and the Safe Mode selection screen is displayed. None of
the methods works.

How can I get a c: prompt from the Safe Mode Selection Screen? I try
F8 and only get to the same Safe Mode Selection Screen. My next move
is to get the 6 floppy boot disks and try them.
Click to expand...

Whe you say that your Restore CD does not run, do you mean you cannot seem
to boot off of it? If this is what you mean, I would recommend that you
change the CDrom to the first boot device in the bios and reboot and try it
like that. Good luck.

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hermes
DRM sux! Treacherous Computing kills our virtual civil liberties!
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

Windows XP crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
 
Thanks all for the advice

Update: Went to CompUSA and got the 6 XP start-up disk set (free!). Tried them. No Go. Booted ok. Choose "R" selection. Got to C:\ prompt. DIR = error found enumerating directory. Exit=same Safe Mode screen. Tries to start but stalls with the same message on the BSOD
stop: 0X00000024 (0X001901FE, 0X80F26278, 0XC0000102, 0X00000000

Tried CHKDSK from C:\ Unable to locate AUTOCHK.EXE. Since I can't get a DIR listing, I have no idea where it is

Tried CD C:\WINDOWS Unable to locate directory

Tried to start CD ROM (OEM Restore Disk) from D:\ No Floppy or CDROM foun

Any ideas


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Before the MVP (M$ Victim Poster) Hermes responded, Perplexed in X
Land typed
XP does not start, even in Safe Mode or Last Known Good Config. Th
splash screen appears but ends up with the 'Blue Screen of Death
with a stop message
disappears and the Safe Mode selection screen is displayed. None o
the methods works
F8 and only get to the same Safe Mode Selection Screen. My next mov
is to get the 6 floppy boot disks and try them
Click to expand...

Whe you say that your Restore CD does not run, do you mean you cannot see
to boot off of it? If this is what you mean, I would recommend that yo
change the CDrom to the first boot device in the bios and reboot and try i
like that. Good luck

-
herme
DRM sux! Treacherous Computing kills our virtual civil liberties
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.htm

Windows XP crashed
I am the Blue Screen of Death
No one hears your screams

Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that
 
Thanks all for the advice

Update: Went to CompUSA and got the 6 XP start-up disk set (free!). Tried them. No Go.
Booted ok. Choose "R" selection.
Got to C:\ prompt. DIR = error found enumerating directory. Exit=same Safe Mode screen. Tries to start but stalls with the same message on the BSOD: stop: 0X00000024 (0X001901FE, 0X80F26278, 0XC0000102, 0X00000000

Tried CHKDSK from C:\ Unable to locate AUTOCHK.EXE. Since I can't get a DIR listing, I have no idea where it is

C:\BOOTCFG /LIST : There are currently no boot entries available to display

Tried CD C:\WINDOWS Unable to locate directory

Tried to start CD ROM (OEM Restore Disk) from D:\ No Floppy or CDROM foun

Any ideas
 
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