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04-24-2008, 12:52 PM
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| winxp-insert boot disk and press any key this started a couple of weeks ago. on startup, i get the message "insert boot disk and press any key." repeated re-boot will sometimes get success without having to F4 or F8. i have re-installed winxp and it will work fine and reboot on re-start but error on a cold start. sometimes it will ask where to boot from, winxp or windows. i have ran my norton 360 and it found nothing. any help on where to look would be greatly appreciated. |
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04-24-2008, 12:58 PM
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| Re: winxp-insert boot disk and press any key Did this problem occur before or after you installed 360 ? JK Well,maybe not. Sounds like a file or files are corrupt or missing. Have you tried running scan disc?
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04-24-2008, 01:04 PM
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| Re: winxp-insert boot disk and press any key yes ,ran scan disk. no, it happened long after install of n360. nothing new done when problem started. i was also getting mess. ,windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe, but that stopped after winxp re-install |
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04-24-2008, 01:14 PM
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| Re: winxp-insert boot disk and press any key Maybe the HD is failing? If you know what HD it is you may be able to get a utility from the mfg's website. Also have you tried running memtest ? You might also want to try a different AV and spyware program like AVG and spybot.
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04-24-2008, 01:18 PM
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| Re: winxp-insert boot disk and press any key i also use ad-aware. thankx, i'll try western digital website |
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04-24-2008, 01:24 PM
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| Re: winxp-insert boot disk and press any key You should run Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool also. just to eliminate that as a problem. AVG is a free virus scanner
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04-24-2008, 03:44 PM
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| Re: winxp-insert boot disk and press any key A hard drive cable will do that, try a new one.. I've had a few sata ones go bad lately... I'm not impressed with the design at all..
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04-24-2008, 03:51 PM
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| Re: winxp-insert boot disk and press any key thanks, i hope, but that would be too easy! i have extras i can try. |
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04-24-2008, 11:12 PM
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| Re: winxp-insert boot disk and press any key ok, i guess i'm a pig. really dusty inside. here's what it's doing now. screen says "please select operating system to start" "windows xp media edition" or "windows." if win xp media ed. is chosen, it boots right up. if windows is chosen, eror message "windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt" <windows root>\system 32\hal.dll is there a way to set windows xp media edition as the default or should i re-install the missing or corrupt file? i am just trying to shorten the startup process. the current default is windows. |
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04-25-2008, 12:18 PM
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| Re: winxp-insert boot disk and press any key Just go the the root of C and open your boot.ini file. First right click on it and uncheck the Read Only box. With the boot.ini open in notepad, just highlight and delete the line referring to the OS you don't want. Save your changes, put the Read Only attribute back on and you should be good to go.
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