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Josh1 Administrator |
posted September 21, 2004 04:59 PM
 
Your welcome, after you get it back from the shop let us know how they fixed it. ------------------
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katec Member |
posted September 21, 2004 12:34 PM
Thanks a million for the free advice, but for some reason when I reinstalled XP from the bootable floppy set, it goofed up the compatibility with the CD RW (refused to recognize it)or CD RW driver. I tried all conceivable jumpers-> BIOS settings, nothing. So (duh) I took it to the shop and they said I could boot from the DVD and other CD RW's work in my machine, but this one doesn't. -K IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted September 17, 2004 11:42 PM
If you do fdiskmbr then that would be redundant, because you have already, wiped out the Master Boot record when you did the fdisk, and format. Have you looked at the link I gave you? ------------------
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katec Member |
posted September 17, 2004 01:45 PM
I keep setting CD ROM as the priority in BIOS, that is why I was wondering whether I should use FDisk/ mbr to rewrite the boot sector and allow me to boot. I was also told I should try delpart.exe but that didn't work either. IP: Logged |
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wedor Moderator |
posted September 16, 2004 10:04 AM
"Error loading Operating System" means it is not booting off of the CD but rather trying to boot from the hard drive. IP: Logged |
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katec Member |
posted September 15, 2004 12:34 PM
Which does anyone recommend I try first: resetting CMOS or booting off fdisk/ mbr? IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted September 14, 2004 11:17 PM
Okay, is that the only error message you get? And when you went to rerun setup, before you did that did you turn the computer off, and try again, or did you just press the restart button? Try turning the power off to the machine after the system freezes, if that does not help then we can try other things. Such as this, http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_setup.htm Also make sure you read the announcement at the top of the Footslog website for important information. ------------------
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katec Member |
posted September 14, 2004 03:32 PM
Yes, that sequence of steps happened three times: files started loading, I accepted the User agreement and when prompted to either proceed or partition I deleted (CHOSE) the C partition and ran the installation. About halfway through the installation process it locked up. Now, when I start the computer either normally, from floppy or from the XP Pro CD (after I get "error loading operating system") in DOS and that is all. Just stumped. IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted September 13, 2004 05:58 PM
Well I believe that a low level format my not be necessary, but it is something we do not want to rule out. Do you know what kind of hard drive you have, like the name? This is hat you tried to do, you tried to boot off the cd, then the system booted off the cd, and Windows XP setup started right? It then started to load files, you were asked to accepted the license agreement, you then were asked to either partition, and format the drive or just go ahead and proceeded without the format, so you told setup to partition the drive, and then format the drive. Then the system should have rebooted, booted off the cd, and then it will copy files, now then after that happened, you had to accept the license agreement again, and then when ask to format, or just install, you selected on what drive you wanted to install XP onto, on your C drive. Then after you told setup you want to install Windows it loads files, then after it done with that step it will reboot. Then after it has rebooted, did you go into the BIOS change the boot order, back so that the hard drive will boot first, then exit and save change. Now it should load the files it has copied off the hard drive, and then it will go into setup? Have you done all these steps in this exact error? ------------------
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katec Member |
posted September 13, 2004 05:48 PM
I DO want to reformat. I would love to put the CD in the system and format it but when I put the CD in it just gives this error in DOS: "error loading operating system". What I meant was perhaps the only options for me (because of this) are either low level formatting to actually redefine the sectors on the hard drive (which I don't know how to do but will research it if necessary) or buying a new hard drive. Any suggs? IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted September 13, 2004 02:02 PM
So you do not want to reformat? I am getting confused, you reformatted the drive then that did not work so you tried to restore with the floppies, right? Well that will not work because you just formatted your hard drive, those disk will only work with an Operating System installed on the hard drive and you had none at that point. Have you tired to put the Windows XP cd in the drive and then format, and reinstall Windows? You can remove spyware with Adaware, or Spybot, and may other programs out there. A high level format will not damage the disk, but it will erase the disk, there is really no other program to perform the format command, you could go into DOS and type format C: but that is like the same thing as putting the cd in the drive and having setup doing it for you. A Low Level format will actually write to the binary code on the hard drive. ------------------
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katec Member |
posted September 13, 2004 12:45 PM
P.S.- I meant a high level format utility (other than XP pro's built in stuff) since I don't want to damage my existing hard disk. But would rather not if I don't have to. IP: Logged |
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katec Member |
posted September 13, 2004 12:37 PM
I've set the priority of the boot to CD ROM in BIOS of course. My OS files got hijacked by adware, hence the reason for the reinstall. So, as this has happened before, I set the boot to CD priority, used my Windows XP CD ROM to try to reinstall, which actually has built in disk wiping software (reformatting the hard drive clean) I got an eror as it was finishing that "this software is already installed". So then I used my bootable floppies that helped restore the missing hal.dll that i think Norton wiped the last time my system utilities were hijacked by spyware. After booting from the floppies this past second time, I set boot to CD and put in the XP pro CD. It locked up half way through the install so I pulled the cord and now whether I try to install from disk or from floppies I get "error loading operating system" in DOS, that's all, nuttin' else! I haven't had a wealth of time to research or play around with settings, hopefully someone else has. I need spamzilla! BTW, how does one go about removing spyware once its proliferated through the system utilities, particularly the restore sector? Me thought it was impossible. Kate IP: Logged |
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sweetsue Member |
posted September 13, 2004 09:38 AM
You might not be booting from the cd drive....when i have to install the new operating system from the cd drive the option of booting from cd or hdd comes up and i have to select the cd drive with the arrow keys and then press enter. Watch for this if it happens to your bootup. IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted September 10, 2004 11:31 PM
The “zeroing utilities” as you say you mean a low level format? When you boot off the cd how far does it get before you get the error message? ------------------
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katec Member |
posted September 10, 2004 11:52 AM
Now I am assuming I need a zeroing utility to get the new operating system installed, after setting the boot priority to CD-ROM, I get an "error loading operating system" error whether I try to boot from floppy or not. I guess that I just have to break down and buy some zeroing utilities. If anyone has had this problem, lemme know IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted September 08, 2004 02:17 PM
There is always an easier way to fix your spyware without having to format your drive, I know may people may have told you, just to format it, but trust me there is an easier way to get rid of that. When your computer is back up, and you have the same problem let us know before you want to format. You do not need the six floppy disks unless you do not have a cd disc, or to create a repair disk, as you have done so. Lets try this; do you know how to get into the BIOS? If not then when you first turn on your PC, you should see a message saying press this key to enter setup, it might be the del key or f10 key, whatever the key is you must press it. Then once in the BIOS, you need to go to CMOS features setup, and you need to look for boot order, you want to change that value so that your cd-rom will be the first device to boot first. Now once you change it, you want to exit but save changes first. Now make sure your Windows XP cd-rom is in the drive. Then the system will boot from the cd and then load the files, now after it has loaded the files, you will have the chance to format it, or just install XP on that partition. Lets go ahead and format the drive again, now after that happens it may need to restart your computer, go ahead and let it boot off the cd, like it did the first time, and then when it ask you, you select to install Windows. It will copy files to your hard drive, and then it will reboot, then after it reboots, go back into the BIOS-boot order, and then set your hard drive to boot first, then save and exit, and then let it go, and setup should continue. Let us know if you have any problems. ------------------
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katec Member |
posted September 08, 2004 01:16 PM
Hello, I recently reinstalled XP from the bootdisks I created and the Windows XP pro CD-Rom (due to spyware sabotage of my system utilities), things went great. Well, I forgot to load a spam blocker and the same thing happened again. This time, my OS went down in 15 seconds. This time, when I boot from the same set of 6 floppies and run the XP CD, after deleting the C partition (83,000), it says "loading XP on C partition", it locks up. ? IP: Logged |
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