"Brian,"
If you think you have spent far too much time on it, and that your data is
unrecoverable, then a reinstall of XP Pro is a relatively quick and painless
fix to the predicament. Gather a few things you need before you begin:
- Windows XP Professional CD, and its associated Product Key.
- Any drivers that you installed from CD or floppy for ANY possible hardware
not on the Windows XP Hardware Compatibility List:
http://www.microsoft.com/hcl, but get the driver from the manufacturer's
website.
- ISP connection username, password, and software (if necessary).
Now you are ready, but remember this:
***WARNING - You will be formatting the hard drive, so you will lose ALL
data on this drive***
***The only way to save this data is to back it up somewhere OTHER than this
drive (CD-R, floppy, etc.)***
Here is the procedure:
1. Backup all of your data by burning it on CD or copying it to another
computer or hard drive that will not be formatted (you may not have this
option).
2. Put in the Windows XP Professional Operating System CD ( make sure this
is not Windows XP Plus)
3. Restart the machine
4. Press a key when it says "Press Any Key to boot from CD..."
5. Format the drive and create a partition
6. Follow the prompts to create a new installation of the OS.
7. Once the OS installation is complete, DO NOT yet connect to the Internet.
8. Now install any Windows XP Service Packs you have on CD (I suggest you
order this from the website if you do not have it.)
8. Install the Applications that were on the machine before.
9. Now retrieve the data that you saved in step 1, and put it in the
appropriate folders on the new partition.
10. Now set up your Internet Connection.
11. Visit Windows Update, and download EVERY critical update.
12. Repeat step 11 and rebooting as required until complete.
Please write back to this thread and let us know how this goes!
Sincerely,
Pat Walters [MSFT]
"Brian" <> wrote in message
news:0B95E572-806D-4260-AE18-...
> I have went back as far as it will let me. I am thinking about
reinstalling
> XP Pro. What is your advise?
>
> "Pat Walters [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> > "Brian,"
> >
> > I do apologize that you hitting this issue. Can you go back even
further?
> > A different restore point than you have tried thus far?
> >
> > Please let us know.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Pat Walters [MSFT]
> >
> > "Brian" <> wrote in message
> > news:24DDB3F4-6C44-42DE-9385-...
> > > Pat, I tried one more restore and still have the problem when I reboot
it
> > > only goes to the safe mode screen. The system still boots to the XP
Pro
> > > screen and the blue bar looks to be starting normal but then locks up
and
> > > screen turns black and the computer stops booting. Please assist.
> > >
> > > "Pat Walters [MSFT]" wrote:
> > >
> > > > "Salena",
> > > >
> > > > Assuming you are the same person as "Update fail, unable to boot
> > normally",
> > > > if you have Windows XP, you can go back in time on your PC. Here is
how
> > you
> > > > do this:
> > > >
> > > > 1. As you boot the machine, press F8 to enter Safe Mode.
> > > > 2. Log into the local Administrator account.
> > > > 3. Click Start
> > > > 4. Click Run
> > > > 5. type: msconfig
> > > > 6. Click OK or hit the <Enter> key.
> > > > 7. When the System Configuration Utility opens, make sure you are
> > looking at
> > > > the General tab.
> > > > 8. Click the "Launch System Restore" button. This will open a
wizard.
> > > > 9. On the calendar in the wizard, select a date that was before the
day
> > of
> > > > the power outage.
> > > > 10. Click OK through the wizard and reboot. This should bring you
back
> > to a
> > > > working and stable Windows XP.
> > > >
> > > > See if that works for you, and let us know.
> > > >
> > > > Sincerely,
> > > >
> > > > Pat Walters [MSFT]
> > > >
> > > > "selena" <> wrote in message
> > > > news:863E4F0B-7820-4866-9DC5-...
> > > > > Sorry, didn't realize my number lock was off. The error message
is
> > > > 0x8007043c
> > > > >
> > > > > "Update fail, unable to boot normally" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I was installing the recommened updates this morning, and lost
> > power.
> > > > Since
> > > > > > then, then, I am only able to start in safe mode. I have tried
> > going
> > > > into
> > > > > > the update page to see if re-installing whatever updates would
help.
> > > > But I
> > > > > > am unable to open the page (error msg 0x800c). I have tried a
> > system
> > > > > > restore, and that doesn't help any. Suggestions are
appreciated, as
> > I
> > > > have
> > > > > > been at this several hours. Thanks!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
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