Windows won't start, attempted Repair Install

[uradunce]

I started my computer this morning and got an error on a blue screen in
the natre of "Stop Unknown Hard Error"

So I tried to repair install using the following method:
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Start the operating system from the CD-ROM,

When the computer starts from the CD, the system checks your hardware

and then prompts you to select one of the following options:

To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

Press ENTER.

Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.

A box lists your current Windows XP installation, and then the system

prompts you to select one of the following options:

To repair the selected Windows XP installation, press R.

To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing,
press ESC.

Press R to start the automatic repair process.
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The problem I have now run into is after I hit F8 to accept teh License
Agreement it does not detect my Windows XP Pro at all. So I don't know
how I can repair it.

Please help!



Andrew

 

[WB]

I started my computer this morning and got an error on a blue screen in
the natre of "Stop Unknown Hard Error"

So I tried to repair install using the following method:
-------------------------------------
Start the operating system from the CD-ROM,

When the computer starts from the CD, the system checks your hardware

and then prompts you to select one of the following options:

To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

Press ENTER.

Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.

A box lists your current Windows XP installation, and then the system

prompts you to select one of the following options:

To repair the selected Windows XP installation, press R.

To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing,
press ESC.

Press R to start the automatic repair process.
---------------------------------


The problem I have now run into is after I hit F8 to accept teh License
Agreement it does not detect my Windows XP Pro at all. So I don't know
how I can repair it.

Please help!



Andrew

Repair option not available
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm#warning2

 

[ram_swarnam]

When the PC starts up, do you see the HDD in the BIOS?

Or press the del to go into the BIOS

Open up the casing and check whether the ribbon cable is intact?

If it is said no HDD found, check the HDD and see whether it has been
set to slave?

Set it to master and remove the cables of all other devices like CD ROM
and floppy drive/s

This should help to narrow down the exact problem