System Won't Boot

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Mike J

After running Win2K successfully for the last year, I
decided to install XP Pro. This was a mistake. I now
cannot get past post. On occasion, I get a Boot Failure
and have tried everything to resolve that. Even tried
reinstalling Win2K, but nothing.

From the BIOS, and from the OS installer, I can see the
two HD's that are installed. Just can't get to any boot
options. HELP!!! How can I reverse this?
 
Mike J said:
After running Win2K successfully for the last year, I
decided to install XP Pro. This was a mistake. I now
cannot get past post. On occasion, I get a Boot Failure
and have tried everything to resolve that. Even tried
reinstalling Win2K, but nothing.

From the BIOS, and from the OS installer, I can see the
two HD's that are installed. Just can't get to any boot
options. HELP!!! How can I reverse this?
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Try booting from the XP Pro CD.

Choose the Repair (Recovery Console) option first and when it stops at
the command prompt enter the following command:

FIXBOOT

Then reboot from the hard drive and see if the problem is resolved.

If not then try doing a Repair Install of Windows XP as per the
instructions at http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm


Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
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