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XP system files
- Thread starter Smizack
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Place your origina XP CD in the CD ROM and boot from it. You will be given an option to repair your system. It won't fix everything, but it's a good start.
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Log into the recovery console, and at the prompt, type:
fixboot
fixmbr
exit
This'll fix your bootrecord. Because it won't load the NT kernel thingy, that says to me that you've hosed your bootrecord.
fixboot
fixmbr
exit
This'll fix your bootrecord. Because it won't load the NT kernel thingy, that says to me that you've hosed your bootrecord.
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You should get an imaging program and image the partition windows is installed on. A program such as Power Quest DriveImage will allow you to restore it to the exact state it was in when you created the partition in just a few minutes time
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Oni said:
Nope. Fixing the bootrecord automatically makes it look for the original ntoskrnl.exe by default. I didn't hose my bootrecord anyway, I simply modified the ntoskrnl and saved it incorectly.
The only way to make it not use the loading (ntoskrnl) screen that I'm aware of is under msconfig>Boot.ini>No gui boot.
BUT, I coudn't get into Windows to change that.
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You can use the Bootcfg command from the Recovery Console to edit the Boot.ini. The following MSKB article discusses the Bootcfg command and it's uses...
A Discussion About the Bootcfg Command and Its Uses
A Discussion About the Bootcfg Command and Its Uses
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