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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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 Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:14 pm Post subject: WinXP pro HELP!!!!+ beer and pizza to who can solve it first |
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Ok so here's the deal- fix this problem and I'll buy you beer and pizza. A contest of the elite- but everyone has a shot.
Sooo, I'm running Windows XP pro (eglish) on my fast little computer. On one dark and rediculously cold day (yesterday) I get an error message on reboot "system32 is corrupted or missing, insert windows disk and press r". That sounds easy enough, but I don't have an winxp disk- having bought the computer here. Sooo, is there a workaround, or mayhaps does someone have a winxp disk (english only, though media editon would be okay) that they wouldn't mind helping me out with.
So there you have it, who can solve this conundrum. Remeber beer and pizza for the winner- and hell, even some "Cheetos". |
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Try downloading SP1 Setup disks and booting from your floppy drive. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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SP1 disks= no go, didn't work
And the thing is, I could do a systme restore, but it doesn't even try to load windows- and I can't get into dos either. I WOULD BT windows, but I can't find a place where I can burn it or a PC bang that would gladly let me BT.
Thank you all for your help, please keep ideas coming!!! |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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*details of the illegal software trade in Shinyongsan Tunnel deleted by Lemon on Feb 7 2005 to head off controversy*
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Lemon, do you think he'll have it in English? |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Lemon, do you think he'll have it in English? |
Yes.
Hypothetically, of course. |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Well old man, I'll had doen there later and notify you of your winnings on sunday |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| Ok, so I have the disk, and I put ti in to start-up, same message nothing happens. What do I do? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| As the computer is booting up hit F8 and set the first boot device to the CD Rom drive. Then reboot and the computer should boot off the CD. Then you can do a repair installation. |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:16 am Post subject: |
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| Pardon my stupidity, but when I F8 I get many options on how to start windows, but none say "boot of disk" , what do I choose? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| Demonicat wrote: |
| Pardon my stupidity, but when I F8 I get many options on how to start windows, but none say "boot of disk" , what do I choose? |
Look around. I think it's under advanced bios features and you choose first and second boot devices. Make the first the CD rom.
Oh, and it's best if you have everything backed up. I've never lost anything with a repair but you never know. |
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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Location: not there yet...
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:28 am Post subject: |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
| Demonicat wrote: |
| Pardon my stupidity, but when I F8 I get many options on how to start windows, but none say "boot of disk" , what do I choose? |
Look around. I think it's under advanced bios features and you choose first and second boot devices. Make the first the CD rom.
Oh, and it's best if you have everything backed up. I've never lost anything with a repair but you never know. |
When you get to the screen witht he options look along the menus at the top. You'll see one that says Boot or something similar. Use your keyboard arrow keys to get there. When you do you'll see instructions on how to move around the screen with the keyboard on the right. Use these to change the boot order of the hard disk, cd and floppy. Make sure that the CD drive is listed at the top. Insert your Windows CD once you've done this, press F10 to quit and save your changes and away you go.
Know though, that this will reinstall Windows for you and, unless you know what I mean when I say 'partition' you are most likely to lose your data too. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:57 am Post subject: |
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Respect massive and cruel goes out to the beaver and the illustrious mr Lemon. Unfortunatly saint was a little late, but the info was spot on. In my opinion, I cannot decalre any ONE of you the winner, therefore I declare all of you the winner. Pizza and beer to be granted at a time convienent to all. Simply email me ([email protected]) or post here.
ITS ALIVE! ITS ALIIIIIIVE!!!! |
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