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HELP!!! Dual boot install failed, can't get into computer
Hi:
Please help me if you can. I had win98se on my computer. I tried to install winxp on an empty hard drive, but the install failed. When I turned the computer on, i would get a dual-boot screen screen letting me choose winxp or win98. If I chose winxp, a message comes up saying the system was halted due to an error. So I tried going into win98se. I was able to do it. I noticed that a bunch of new files were on my C drive, including boot.ini, ntldr, and some others. I decided I wanted to get rid of this whole failed XP dual boot setup, so I went through and renamed all the new files, putting an "xxx" in front of their names. For instance, boot.ini now became xxxboot.ini. I did this to all the new files. I thought that would get rid of the dual-boot screen that didn't work. Well, I really screwed things up. Now the computer won't boot at all. I even put in a win98se boot floppy that has always worked in the past. I am able to get the black dos-like screen that shaows c:\, but I can't get any further. Can someone please help me. I know I screwed up big-time, but is there a way out of this. If I can get back to win98se, I'll never touch that damned xp again!! Thank you. dave |
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HELP!!! Dual boot install failed, can't get into computer
Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create a new
boot floppy. Use it to start the computer, type "sys c:" and press "Enter". Then remove the floppy and restart. Ben wrote in message = ... Hi: =20 Please help me if you can. =20 I had win98se on my computer. I tried to install winxp on an empty hard drive, but the install failed. When I turned the computer on, i would get a dual-boot screen screen letting me choose winxp or win98. If I chose winxp, a message comes up saying the system was halted due to an error. =20 So I tried going into win98se. I was able to do it.=20 I noticed that a bunch of new files were on my C drive, including boot.ini, ntldr, and some others. =20 I decided I wanted to get rid of this whole failed XP dual boot setup, so I went through and renamed all the new files, putting an "xxx" in front of their names. For instance, boot.ini now became xxxboot.ini. =20 I did this to all the new files. I thought that would get rid of the dual-boot screen that didn't work. =20 Well, I really screwed things up. =20 Now the computer won't boot at all. I even put in a win98se boot floppy that has always worked in the past. =20 I am able to get the black dos-like screen that shaows c:\, but I can't get any further. =20 Can someone please help me. I know I screwed up big-time, but is there a way out of this. =20 If I can get back to win98se, I'll never touch that damned xp again!! =20 Thank you. =20 dave |
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HELP!!! Dual boot install failed, can't get into computer
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:36:22 -0700, hawk wrote:
You will have to rename the files back to what they were. If you can get to DOS, you should be able to do that. Then the question is why did your XP installation fail? hawk (snip) Unfortunately, I never wrote down the original names of the files, and some of them were over 8 letters, so they don't show up properly in dos. (Damn, I was in too much of a hurry. Normally I would have written them down, and even backed them up, like I usually do. But I assumed that the dual-boot xp process would go smoothly.) Also, one file, named boot.ini (that I changed to xxxboot.ini) has completely disappeared. If you, or anyone else reading this, has used the XP dual-boot method, could you please let me know what the original files names in the win98 "c" drive are. Also, does anyone know what the contents of the "boot.ini" file are? (I'm hoping thatit is a standard file that is always used in this winxp dual-boot process. If it is, and I can recreate it, that might help.) _____Any_______ help/info you, or anyone else, could give me will be tremendously appreciated. I had a huge, 4 hard-drive setup, with over 35 games, and dozens and dozens of other programs. Looking through dos, everything still appears to be there, but I just can't access it. I think I'd rather die than have to rebuild my entire setup. dave ps: as far as why it failed, I don't know, and at this point I don't care. Damned xp; I'll never touch it again!! |
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HELP!!! Dual boot install failed, can't get into computer
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:53:09 -0400, "Ben Myers"
wrote: Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create a new boot floppy. Use it to start the computer, type "sys c:" and press "Enter". Then remove the floppy and restart. Ben Hi Ben: I tried that. It doesn't work. I get a message saying that my vfat info is missing or corrupted or unavailable. However, looking through my dos screen, all my files & folders appear to be intact. Something is just misplaced, or set wrong, or something. Damn! I've got over 500GB on 4 large hard drives. And right now I can't reach any of it, and I'm terrified of screwing up even more and losing it completely. That damned xp dual-boot process did something to my setup, and I don't know what. If you, or anyone who reads this, is an expert with how this xp dual-boot process works, PLEASE help me. ron |
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HELP!!! Dual boot install failed, can't get into computer
Make sure the computer has a valid "c:\msdos.sys" file,
something like this: [Paths] WinDir=3DC:\WINDOWS WinBootDir=3DC:\WINDOWS HostWinBootDrv=3DC [Options] BootGUI=3D1 ;end Ben wrote in message = ... On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:53:09 -0400, "Ben Myers" wrote: =20 Go to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and create a new boot floppy. Use it to start the computer, type "sys c:" and press "Enter". Then remove the floppy and restart. Ben Hi Ben: =20 I tried that. It doesn't work. I get a message saying that my vfat info is missing or corrupted or unavailable. =20 However, looking through my dos screen, all my files & folders appear to be intact. =20 Something is just misplaced, or set wrong, or something. =20 Damn! I've got over 500GB on 4 large hard drives. And right now I can't reach any of it, and I'm terrified of screwing up even more and losing it completely. =20 That damned xp dual-boot process did something to my setup, and I don't know what. =20 If you, or anyone who reads this, is an expert with how this xp dual-boot process works, PLEASE help me. =20 ron =20 =20 =20 |
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HELP!!! Dual boot install failed, can't get into computer
wrote in message ... Hi: Please help me if you can. I had win98se on my computer. I tried to install winxp on an empty hard drive, but the install failed. When I turned the computer on, i would get a dual-boot screen screen letting me choose winxp or win98. If I chose winxp, a message comes up saying the system was halted due to an error. So I tried going into win98se. I was able to do it. I noticed that a bunch of new files were on my C drive, including boot.ini, ntldr, and some others. I decided I wanted to get rid of this whole failed XP dual boot setup, so I went through and renamed all the new files, putting an "xxx" in front of their names. For instance, boot.ini now became xxxboot.ini. I did this to all the new files. I thought that would get rid of the dual-boot screen that didn't work. Well, I really screwed things up. Now the computer won't boot at all. I even put in a win98se boot floppy that has always worked in the past. I am able to get the black dos-like screen that shaows c:\, but I can't get any further. Type dir XXX*.* Rename each file back to what it was, removing the XXX, then reboot Can someone please help me. I know I screwed up big-time, but is there a way out of this. If I can get back to win98se, I'll never touch that damned xp again!! Thank you. dave |
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HELP!!! Dual boot install failed, can't get into computer
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:44:23 GMT, wrote:
Hi: Please help me if you can. Problem solved, thanks to "Fanman_UK" : ) : ) dave |
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