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When i start my system it says A disk read error occurred. Press CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart.my operating system is windows xp
Started by bala3569 on
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Save your data, replace ....
Your options are:
Take the disk out and connect it to another computer, save your data, reformat, then reinstall Windows.
I hope that your important data is all backed up .
Your hard disk is most probably failing.
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I'm fixing an IBM Thinkpad laptop running XP Pro which doesn't boot all the way (It gets past the XP logo boot screen, a movable mouse cursor appears, and it doesn't get any further, even in safe mode) after being bumped a bit.
I'd like to do a repair...
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I'm not sure if Service Packs (installed SP2, but CD only has the original or SP1) will also affect... .
Your assumption is correct, even if its XP Home versus XP Pro.
The repair option should be on the same screen as the Parition list.
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Hi,
My netbook (running on XP) recently encountered "NTLDR is missing" problem. However, since I don't have an external dvd, I need to create a USB boot-up disk to re-install XP. Unfortunately, my other laptop is running Vista.
Is it possible to create...
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To do so, type:
sudo ms-sys -m /dev/sda
You’ll want Windows installation disk..
We want to fix the MBR on /dev/sda.
Want to repair.
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Hi all, I'm a bit of a noob and this is my first post here. Here's my problem:
I have an Acer Travelmate 6293 and have been dual-booting XP and 7 (on separate partitions) for about a year. Suddenly today, when I tried to boot up my laptop into XP, I got...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at pchelpforum):
Try TestDisk and see.
Not able to repair it with the win 7 DVD while the drive is still in the RAW format.
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OMG I'm running into a huge trouble which I cannot explain. So sorry if this post is a bit long.
Around a week ago I sometimes had trouble brining up Windows XP profile (so it would boot into a temp profile directory). I ran chkdsk three days ago on boot...
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It can also be used....
It costs $89 but comes with Satisfaction Guaranteed to repair and recover Apple Macintosh and Tivo hard drives by temporarily moving them into an Intel-based PC.
Technology that can resuscitate bad hard disk sectors.
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Due to an oversaturation of malware on the machine, I've been trying to reinstall windows xp professional over the old installation only to be halted by a safety center malware screen. Most of the removal tutorials suggest to go through add/remove programs...
Started by Phill on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
With the right disk drivers loaded you'll.
Make it the boot drive and do a normal installation to it .
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My apologies for this long post. I would like to describe the mess I'm in then ask some questions about how to fix it:
Starting up my Windows XP SP1 machine I got the following message:
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or ...
Started by SimonTewsi on
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Only some applications were affected, most notably from c:\windows\repair....
The problem with the applications persisted.
In ..\config then my xp fails to boot (The same core problem) so i just again copied c:\windows\repair disk.
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Hello, does anyone know of a good Registry Repair download for O/S vista. I can not gain access to mine.
i might have distributed it by removing something. i erased the reg. editor i down loaded from here.
not sure of what to do now. O/S works fine i ...
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XP: Go to Start->Help and Support
in the start menu? normal after ....
System Restore
If you want to do a system restore...
I would first install this before you mess anything.
In the future i will not be repair able to repair it.
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I don't know what information I need to give, please comment to indicate what I need to tell you in order to help me.
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Partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP and this is an example of it's structure:
[boot loader] timeout=5 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1 :
To resolve this issue, ....
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On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:09:02 -0800, sammy <sammy@discussions.microsoft.com
my Dell pc came with the XP OS on disk, however, when i insert it to repair/
reinstall it will not allow, because this PC has been updated to SP 2 then SP
3. whats a girl...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 17:56:01 -0500, "JS" <@
Create a "Slipstreamed... .
Search Google
for AutoStreamer - it makes the process:C7F910A3-4933-41F1-9E35-26FCB190D302@microsoft.com...
Will then be an XP w/SP3 CD - then you do the repair install.
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