NTLDR , press cntl alt del to reboot at bootup blackscreen...uh oh

[Guest]

So I downloaded Windows XP Home Edition SP2 floppy boot disk utility and
wrote the floppys but the installation stopped on the second Floppy Disk.
What could be wrong...I've been looking a wee bit to find out what I can do
but I'm tired and I just have to go to bed. Any sort of hint as to what to do
will be much appreciated...somehow...thankyou...I will look back in about 12
hours...nightie night...yawn...

About 5 minutes ago I realised most of what I have written below is mainly
what I remembered what hppened before the NTLDR message on the black scren at
bootup so if you want to read go ahead...

....I was experimenting with Nero BackItUp and made a backup series of DVD
for a 2 Sata harddrive computer. The whole restore process took about 5 or 6
hours and stopped at the Windows XP Home Edition SP2 Welcome screen and I
left it that way for 15 minutes, maybe longer, I'm not sure now, then I gave
up on it and tried to reinstall Windows. I think that restore process left
some sort of boot files on the hardddrive or maybe I thought the change from
the RAID setup I had going ok for quite a while remained on the harddrive, or
both or...???.
I think the harddrive was corrupted. I also have Farstones Virtual DrivePro
11.5 and all its files were not loaded into a single folder in drive C where
I installed it to. They were scattered through C: drive.
Rather than try to figure where to put each of the files I tried to
uninstall VDPro 11.5 and that is when all the files seemed to disappear.,
initially from the desktop.
Then Windows gave me the opportunity to replace certain KB's but I sort of
panicked and closed that window...wrong move huh...Windows neds to replace
....files...message.

 

[Guest]

Toss the xp floppy disks out the window...1st,xp does not copy very well with
its security software.2nd, you'll never get a RAID set to copy to or from
another
hd (IDE or other RAID set).Copy youre user files by running FTW from the xp
cd
then put on a cd,rerun FTW after new install.As far as xp OS set-up goes,boot
to xp cd,press F6 to install RAID drivers,then continue on with installation.

 

[Guest]

....that post may have appeared to long, which is why put the"5 minutes
ago..." bit in it.
Anyhow, I had downloaded Seagates DiskWizard a week ago onto another
computr which does work, and DiskWizard allows burning itself to a CD which I
did and I could boot from a CD.
So now I'm doing a thorough format, a seagate harddrive totally thorough
harddrive wipe nonetheless, and I will do both harddrives in that computer
then I will reinstall Windows XP Home Edition SP2...thankyou...you are
welcome...

 

[Guest]

....no replies 'til now and...gidday Andrew. I have done away with the Sata
Raid, I didn't try any copying of a Sata Raid set...I think I didn't...I had
2 Sata harddrives as 2 single harddrives.
I'm just about sold on the Disk Wizard, it seems to be ding an incredibly
thorough job...I hope it is, I want to try a full backup and restore later
though I am a bit unsure I want to try the restore just yet.

 

[Guest]

Andrew...what does FTW mean?

 

[Guest]

file transfer wizard..oh...Windows did ask for the CD just when the icons
began disappearing from the desktop. I feel I have done a good thing now
anyway by doing a complete harddrive wipe with Seagate Disk Wizard. It seems
to me if a harddrive is going to keep loads of old junk on it no matter what
you do to it gving it a total wipe for hours on end is got to be good for it.

 

[umwhat]

GREAT! ...a successful format of 9 hours...by gee it must have been
thorough, and the computer is faster than ever before.

May I recommend Seagates

Disk Wizard.