Laptop With Windows 2000 Will No Longer Boot Up

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Dave Patrick said:
Yes, boot from the CD-Rom. This should start the installation process. If it
continues to start to old windows then you might not be fast enough or
possibly the CD-Rom drive may have failed.

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You deserve a big prize for your seemingly unlimited amount of patience and
degree of tolerance!
 
I'm sorry - I guess it must be me and I'm really trying to understand.

I thought I mentioned a few different times that when I tried to boot from
the Windows CD it goes through a setup and eventually ends with an error
message that says 'the file pci.sys is corrupted'. I think I'm fast enough as
you termed it because it is asking me if I want to boot from the CD and to
hit any key. What am I missing here? is there some "F" key I'm supposed to
hit to get to this "bootdisk" that you are referring to? I don't want to
frustrate you, I'm just trying to understand. I guess I am not making myself
clear. I really appreciate you trying to help.

Dave Patrick said:
Yes, boot from the CD-Rom. This should start the installation process. If it
continues to start to old windows then you might not be fast enough or
possibly the CD-Rom drive may have failed.


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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Frank said:
I'm even more confused now. I mentioned in a previous post that I cannot
boot
up normally with my Windows CD. That is the reason for all thses emails.
What
I think I might be hearing from you is that I can change to the \bootdisk
directory on the CD-Rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or
makebt32.exe
(from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.." I do not know how to do this. Can
you provide some detailed instruction? Here's what I know.. My laptop is
off.
I will turn it on and pop in the Windows 2000 CD.. I get a message that
says
something like - press any key if you want to boot up with this CD. I do
that
and it runs through some set up commands and then eventually brings me to
an
error that I included in this post a couple days ago. So, how do I by-pass
that and get to the boot disk directory? I need more detail. Do I need to
hit
some "F" key?? I'm sorry if some of this may seem trivial to you, but I
just
don't understand and need some additional detail. Thanks for helping me.

Frank
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If you select "boot from CD" and it does not then the cdrom drive may have
failed.



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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Creating the boot disks was only if you can't boot from the cd-rom so you
can disregard that part but also note that they wouldn't help if the cd-rom
drive is bad.



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Regards,

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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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Frank said:
I'm sorry - I guess it must be me and I'm really trying to understand.
I thought I mentioned a few different times that when I tried to boot from
the Windows CD it goes through a setup and eventually ends with an error
message that says 'the file pci.sys is corrupted'.
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See if this is helpful.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319136

Also, you might try cleaning the Windows 2000 CD.

Ben
 
When you boot from the Windows CD and get a file corrupted error, that
means you have some kind of hardware problem, possibly the laptop
system memory or CD drive. Try running memtest86+.

I'm sorry - I guess it must be me and I'm really trying to understand.

I thought I mentioned a few different times that when I tried to boot from
the Windows CD it goes through a setup and eventually ends with an error
message that says 'the file pci.sys is corrupted'. I think I'm fast enough as
you termed it because it is asking me if I want to boot from the CD and to
hit any key. What am I missing here? is there some "F" key I'm supposed to
hit to get to this "bootdisk" that you are referring to? I don't want to
frustrate you, I'm just trying to understand. I guess I am not making myself
clear. I really appreciate you trying to help.

Dave Patrick said:
Yes, boot from the CD-Rom. This should start the installation process. If it
continues to start to old windows then you might not be fast enough or
possibly the CD-Rom drive may have failed.


--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


Frank said:
I'm even more confused now. I mentioned in a previous post that I cannot
boot
up normally with my Windows CD. That is the reason for all thses emails.
What
I think I might be hearing from you is that I can change to the \bootdisk
directory on the CD-Rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or
makebt32.exe
(from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.." I do not know how to do this. Can
you provide some detailed instruction? Here's what I know.. My laptop is
off.
I will turn it on and pop in the Windows 2000 CD.. I get a message that
says
something like - press any key if you want to boot up with this CD. I do
that
and it runs through some set up commands and then eventually brings me to
an
error that I included in this post a couple days ago. So, how do I by-pass
that and get to the boot disk directory? I need more detail. Do I need to
hit
some "F" key?? I'm sorry if some of this may seem trivial to you, but I
just
don't understand and need some additional detail. Thanks for helping me.

Frank
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Thank you - but how do I run memtest86+ ?? I need some instructions. Remember
- the machine won't boot up. Do I need to hit some kind "F" key at startup to
get me into a screen to be able to perform this?

Andy said:
When you boot from the Windows CD and get a file corrupted error, that
means you have some kind of hardware problem, possibly the laptop
system memory or CD drive. Try running memtest86+.

I'm sorry - I guess it must be me and I'm really trying to understand.

I thought I mentioned a few different times that when I tried to boot from
the Windows CD it goes through a setup and eventually ends with an error
message that says 'the file pci.sys is corrupted'. I think I'm fast enough as
you termed it because it is asking me if I want to boot from the CD and to
hit any key. What am I missing here? is there some "F" key I'm supposed to
hit to get to this "bootdisk" that you are referring to? I don't want to
frustrate you, I'm just trying to understand. I guess I am not making myself
clear. I really appreciate you trying to help.

Dave Patrick said:
Yes, boot from the CD-Rom. This should start the installation process. If it
continues to start to old windows then you might not be fast enough or
possibly the CD-Rom drive may have failed.


--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
I'm even more confused now. I mentioned in a previous post that I cannot
boot
up normally with my Windows CD. That is the reason for all thses emails.
What
I think I might be hearing from you is that I can change to the \bootdisk
directory on the CD-Rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or
makebt32.exe
(from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.." I do not know how to do this. Can
you provide some detailed instruction? Here's what I know.. My laptop is
off.
I will turn it on and pop in the Windows 2000 CD.. I get a message that
says
something like - press any key if you want to boot up with this CD. I do
that
and it runs through some set up commands and then eventually brings me to
an
error that I included in this post a couple days ago. So, how do I by-pass
that and get to the boot disk directory? I need more detail. Do I need to
hit
some "F" key?? I'm sorry if some of this may seem trivial to you, but I
just
don't understand and need some additional detail. Thanks for helping me.

Frank
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