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bigworld005

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bigworld005

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March 30th, 2008 14:00

can't come into windows

hi, my latitude CPX with XP Pro and SP2. after an attempt to restart, it shows that last time XP is not restarted  properly. then it shows seevral choice  like :  safe mode, safe mode with network, last known  configuration,  and  start windows normally.

  I select " start windows normally", it will show the "windows xp " welcome page, the black background image  with windows in the middle and a bar below. but it will stay there a couple seconds, then it reboot again.

   if I select the safe mode, it will reboot too. 

 

do I need to reinstall XP?

 

thanks,

t.z. 

  • bigworld005

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    Posted March 30th, 2008 14:00

    yes, I tried to boot from my XP CD.   I select to repair an XP system. it finally come into a DOS like interface. like C:\, I tried to Dir, but it retruns with an error like:" an error occured during directory enumberation".

     

     

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    Posted March 30th, 2008 14:00

    this time I boot from HDD but with CD in my ce-rom. it came into the same page: "windows didn't start successfully, Safe mode, Safe mode with net working, start windows normally".  if you select start normally, it will show the windows starting image, then automatically reboot.

     

    now I don't know what to do. 

  • Otiss

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    Posted March 30th, 2008 14:00

    no not off the cd I just wanted you to boot from the HDD with the cd in teh cd drive.

     

    anyways, for repair you need to do this:

    xp repair step by step

  • Otiss

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    Posted March 30th, 2008 14:00

    try an xp repair but follow the guide I gave you
  • Otiss

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    Posted March 30th, 2008 14:00

    put in your xp cd and then try to boot off your HDD and see if that helps
  • bigworld005

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    Posted March 30th, 2008 15:00

    the shows the messge like :

    caustion

     

    "this computor appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot record.

     

    Fixmbr may damage your partition tables if you proceeded.

     

    this could cause all the partitions on the current hard disk to become inaccessible.

     

    are you sure you want to write a new MBR?"

     

    this looks very risky? should I stop? 

     

     

     

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    Posted March 30th, 2008 15:00

    I tried to repair, but after I push enter button, and agree the license. it would not show " to repair the selection windows system", instead it shows that

    1 to set up windows xp on the selected item

    2 to create a new partion on the unpartion part of the selected item

    3 delete the selected partion.

     

    does this mean I can't repair my windows XP?

     

     

     

  • Otiss

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    Posted March 30th, 2008 15:00

    it not seein it, boot to recovery counsole instead and try fixmbr
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    Posted March 30th, 2008 15:00

     yes I boot to recovery counsole instead, it came into Prompt command ( the DOS like stuff), what I should do now?
    what is "fixmbr"?
  • Otiss

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    Posted March 30th, 2008 15:00

    type

     

    fixmbr

     

    then press enter

     

    we are trying to fix your boot sectors