windows xp

[Guest]

my computer is unable to boot up. the screen just says
disk boot error, insert system disk and press enter.

 

[Einstein]

is your HD visable from bios setup ?

 

[MSN]

I am having similar problem. Only happen this time installation after
completed. System unable to boot accordingly. Have to change CMOS CD drive
becomes 1st booting, and let it read from CD. Once takeaway XP installation
disk, then it read as read error, cant find..........

Someone told me copy i386 from CD to C:\windows..... Tried impossible.
Change the boot.ini also not work as [operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=C:\WINDOWS .

Please advice.

Frankie
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Dark Xale]

Push out diskettes out form diskette drives, and CDs from CD-Rom trays.


-Xale

 

[MSN]

Regarding the matter "unable to boot", I got a solution. Use the following
procedure to create this disk:
1.. Place a blank floppy disk in drive A, and format the disk by using
Windows XP.
2.. From the root folder of the system partition of your hard disk drive
(for example, C:\-), copy the following files to the floppy disk:
Boot.ini
NTLDR
Ntdetect.com


You may have to remove the hidden, system, and read-only attributes from
the files.

3.. Restore the hidden, system, and read-only attributes to the files on
your hard disk if you removed these attributes.
4.. If either the Bootsect.dos or the Ntbootdd.sys file resides in the
system partition, also use the procedure that is described in steps 2
through 4 to copy these files to the boot disk.
If you format a floppy disk in Windows XP, the boot record points to the
NTLDR file. When NTLDR runs, it loads the available operating system
selections from the Boot.ini file. If you select Windows, NTLDR runs
Ntdetect.com, and then passes control to Osloader.exe. If you select MS-DOS
or OS/2, NTLDR loads Bootsect.dos.

Chong