I cannot reinstall XP home

[starfish]

Hello all,

I`d appreciate any help greatly about the following problem. I am
stuck. I can only partially get through reinstallation of Windows
Home XP and I can`t get into windows normal or safe mode.

A few days ago my computer (Toshiba Satellite A60) froze. I turned
it off and got some kind of disk error.
I got a message saying the computer had stopped to protect itself from
damage and If I see this message again I should follow certain steps.
I don`t believe there was any infection, but some programs had been
slow or not responding.

I decided to reinstall to "Out of Box state" using recovery CD.

It started up OK and began recovery. But then I got an error message
and a prompt - "Press finish to try again".
I have tried many times, but I always get an error.

If I turn on computer with no CD in CD-ROM I get a message saying
there is no CD in the drive.

So I cannot enter windows. Also I cannot enter safe mode (F8 key)

I have tried cleaning the CD but it made no difference. In fact now I
am geting errors during the "delete petitions" phase of recovery.

1. Does anyone know how I could get into safe mode or recovery
console or Windows ?

2. Does anyone have any advice ?

It`d be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Starfish

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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Carey Frisch
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Windows XP - Shell/User
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| Hello all,
|
| I`d appreciate any help greatly about the following problem. I am
| stuck. I can only partially get through reinstallation of Windows
| Home XP and I can`t get into windows normal or safe mode.
|
| A few days ago my computer (Toshiba Satellite A60) froze. I turned
| it off and got some kind of disk error.
| I got a message saying the computer had stopped to protect itself from
| damage and If I see this message again I should follow certain steps.
| I don`t believe there was any infection, but some programs had been
| slow or not responding.
|
| I decided to reinstall to "Out of Box state" using recovery CD.
|
| It started up OK and began recovery. But then I got an error message
| and a prompt - "Press finish to try again".
| I have tried many times, but I always get an error.
|
| If I turn on computer with no CD in CD-ROM I get a message saying
| there is no CD in the drive.
|
| So I cannot enter windows. Also I cannot enter safe mode (F8 key)
|
| I have tried cleaning the CD but it made no difference. In fact now I
| am geting errors during the "delete petitions" phase of recovery.
|
| 1. Does anyone know how I could get into safe mode or recovery
| console or Windows ?
|
| 2. Does anyone have any advice ?
|
| It`d be greatly appreciated.
|
| Cheers
| Starfish