look for a file called fixmbr
and run it...

then reboot the pc without the
boot disk..


<creativeman313@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1167412653.875875.174560@k21g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> ok thanks!
> then I should boot up the PC with the winxp boot disks, and then what
> do I do to re-install windows back on?
> DatabaseBen wrote:
>> 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!!!!
>> >> >> >
>> >> >
>> >
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