nope....

you need to get the right stuff for
the right job...

so work only with
winxp stuff to fix winxp problems....

go to "any" pc with winxp on it
and make new boot disks....


<creativeman313@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1167409911.182671.319620@k21g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I have a boot disk for winME. how do I access the HD using this? what
> buttons should I press?
>
> DatabaseBen wrote:
>> well there isn't much you can do
>> since the machine is incapacitated except
>> for floppies...
>>
>> it seems that if you can access this newsgroup
>> then maybe you can access the parent website
>> to the pc and check out what features you have
>> on it, like hidden partitions or how to restore
>> your pc with the cds you have.
>>
>> othewise, you can probably get onto the hd
>> via emergency boot up
>> disks off any other pc.
>>
>> once inside you might check around for
>> an i386 folder and initiate winnt32.exe
>> and if im not mistaken you can launch the
>> revocery console by using the /cmdcons
>> switch with the above executiable.
>>
>> If nothing seems to help,
>> then you might have to use someone elses winxp setup
>> disk and repair your o.s. or reinstall the o.s. with it. then
>> later you can change the keys...
>>
>> <creativeman313@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1167345220.456649.123860@n51g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
>> >I can't get passed this message, though. I can boot floppys, but the
>> > laptop I am on now does not have a floppy drive, so I cannot download
>> > the start-up disks...
>> >
>> > DatabaseBen wrote:
>> >> this sounds like an issue
>> >> required to be addressed by
>> >> the pc maker...
>> >>
>> >> check out the parent website
>> >> for faq's or technical support .
>> >>
>> >> you might have a hidden
>> >> partition with the installation files.
>> >>
>> >> <creativeman313@aol.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1167340069.678542.52510@42g2000cwt.googlegrou ps.com...
>> >> > HI, I was just doing a system recovery on my C drive on my XP
>> >> > desktop.
>> >> > After using CD 1, I put in CD2 like it asked, then it came up with
>> >> > an
>> >> > error like: disk not compatable or something like the disk won't
>> >> > work
>> >> > (even though it was the correct disk!). Now when I boot up my
>> >> > desktop,
>> >> > it tells me that there is No Operating System found. PLEASE help in
>> >> > this problem- I would like to re-install Windows XP, but I do not
>> >> > have
>> >> > XP install disks because the computer came loaded with XP.
>> >> > *BTW- the computer has a D drive, I'm not sure if there are windows
>> >> > backup files on it, but C is the OS drive. THANK YOU!!!!
>> >> >
>> >
>