This just occurred recently: when I turn on my computer it loads up to the boot from atapi cd room:not found screen and sits there for a few minutes then it will proceed to the windows me logo screen and stay there for the remainder of the time(until comp is turned off). The only things i can do is enter the bios, and on the boot cdrom screen i can press the F7 or F8 (forgot which one it is) and eventually the computer will allow me to chose regular boot or safe mode etc. but then it will still get stuck at the logo screen. What should I do? My computer never came with any cd's other than the microsoft works cds. Any help or insight is greatly appreciated. Cory

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Hi Cory.






On Friday, November 2, 2007 at 8:18 pm, Cory wrote:
|This just occurred recently: when I turn on my computer it loads up to the
|boot from atapi cd rom

But why would you need to boot from the CD Rom first?

Just change the boot sequence in the BIOS to Floppy then Hard Drive.
 

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I believe it the BIOS was set like that from the factory to boot from the cdrom first and then the HDD, I just changed the BIOS to do floppy first then HDD but either way its the HDD that is seems to be reading for a really long time, extremely long. What should my plan of action be? It was a great computer, my parents only use it to go on the internet to read and write emails to family and friends, they really dont surf the internet at all or use any programs on it, so I would really just like to fix this computer for them. Thanks

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1. TEST FOR A HARDWARE FAULT

Sounds like a hardware fault. Switch off. Then unplug all peripheral devices (printer, modem, scanner, mouse, etc), leaving only the keyboard attached. Then boot normally.


2. REVERT TO A REGISTRY BACKUP

If the above does not solve the problem, boot to DOS (using a bootable floppy disk, e.g. from http://www.bootdisk.com) and type the following at the C:\ prompt -

SCANREG /RESTORE

Note the space before the forward slash in this command.

Follow the on-screen instructions, and try to restore the *oldest* backup of the registry (they're listed by date) as that's the one with the best chance of being from before the problem arose.

By default Windows keeps 5 backup copies of the Windows Registry, so that you can go back to before the problem arose.

When an on-screen message tells you that the registry has been successfully restored, restart the computer normally.


3. USE SYSTEM RESTORE

If the above hasn't solved the problem, use Win ME's "system restore" function to return the system to a point before the problem arose, if you have System Restore enabled in your computer.

For details, do a google search on the phrase "System Restore in Windows ME" at http://www.google.com -

http://www.google.co.uk/search?as_q=%22System+Restore+in+Windows+ME%22


4. HOW TO REINSTALL Windows ME WITHOUT AN INSTALLATION CD

If nothing else works, you can reinstall Windows ME even if you have no installation CD, by following the instructions in this post:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/1081893868

This is the "nuclear" option though. You will lose all your settings, and will therefore have to reinstall all of your PC's hardware and all programs. You *must* have the original setup disks and CDs to hand in order to do this.

You *must* also have your "product key" (serial number) to hand. The Product Key is stored (in plain text, unencrypted) in the Windows Registry at -

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

To obtain the product key at the DOS prompt, type the following commands at the C:> prompt, one command per line, press enter after typing each line -

PATH=A:;C:;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
FIND "ProductKey" C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT > C:\ProductKey.txt

You might want to post here again for further suggestions before reinstalling Windows, as that is a bit of a drastic solution (and doesn't always work).

Ed




On Friday, November 2, 2007 at 8:18 pm, Cory wrote:
>This just occurred recently: when I turn on my computer it loads up to the boot from
>atapi cd room:not found screen and sits there for a few minutes then it will proceed
>to the windows me logo screen and stay there for the remainder of the time(until
>comp is turned off). The only things i can do is enter the bios, and on the boot
>cdrom screen i can press the F7 or F8 (forgot which one it is) and eventually the
>computer will allow me to chose regular boot or safe mode etc. but then it will still
>get stuck at the logo screen. What should I do? My computer never came with any cd's
>other than the microsoft works cds. Any help or insight is greatly appreciated. Cory

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Accessing System Restore without Windows Explorer -

You could try using Program Manager (Progman.exe) rather than Windows Explorer to access System Restore. See Microsoft Knowledge Base article 279736 at Knowledge Base article 279736.

Start your computer by using a Windows ME Startup disk. At the Startup menu, choose "Minimum Boot". At the command prompt, type this and then press ENTER -

edit c:\windows\system.ini

Edit the shell= line so that it looks like this:

shell=progman.exe

Press ALT+F, then press S to save the changes to the System.ini file. Press ALT+F, then press X. Remove your Windows Me Startup disk, then restart your computer.

When your computer restarts, Program Manager should start. On the File menu, click on RUN and then type MSCONFIG in the Command Line box, then press ENTER. Click on "Launch System Restore" to begin restoring your computer to a previous, functional state.

NOTE: You can start the System Restore tool by typing the following at a command prompt, and then pressing ENTER -

c:\windows\system\restore\rstrui.exe

WARNING: If you use System Restore you will LOSE all the work you have done, and all the files you have either created, modified or downloaded, since the last Restore point was created.

Ed




On Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 8:24 am, Ed wrote:
>1. TEST FOR A HARDWARE FAULT
>
>Sounds like a hardware fault. Switch off. Then unplug all peripheral devices (printer,
>modem, scanner, mouse, etc), leaving only the keyboard attached. Then boot normally.
>
>
>2. REVERT TO A REGISTRY BACKUP
>
>If the above does not solve the problem, boot to DOS (using a bootable floppy disk,
>e.g. from http://www.bootdisk.com)
>and type the following at the C:\ prompt -
>
>SCANREG /RESTORE
>
>Note the space before the forward slash in this command.
>
>Follow the on-screen instructions, and try to restore the *oldest* backup of the
>registry (they're listed by date) as that's the one with the best chance of being
>from before the problem arose.
>
>By default Windows keeps 5 backup copies of the Windows Registry, so that you can
>go back to before the problem arose.
>
>When an on-screen message tells you that the registry has been successfully restored,
>restart the computer normally.
>
>
>3. USE SYSTEM RESTORE
>
>If the above hasn't solved the problem, use Win ME's "system restore" function to
>return the system to a point before the problem arose, if you have System Restore
>enabled in your computer.
>
>For details, do a google search on the phrase "System Restore in Windows ME" at http://www.google.com
>-
>
> >target=_blank>http://www.google.co.uk/search?as_q=%22System+Restore+in+Windows+ME%22
>
>
>4. HOW TO REINSTALL Windows ME WITHOUT AN INSTALLATION CD
>
>If nothing else works, you can reinstall Windows ME even if you have no installation
>CD, by following the instructions in this post:
>
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/1081893868
>
>This is the "nuclear" option though. You will lose all your settings, and will therefore
>have to reinstall all of your PC's hardware and all programs. You *must* have the
>original setup disks and CDs to hand in order to do this.
>
>You *must* also have your "product key" (serial number) to hand. The Product Key
>is stored (in plain text, unencrypted) in the Windows Registry at -
>
> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
>
>To obtain the product key at the DOS prompt, type the following commands at the C:>
>prompt, one command per line, press enter after typing each line -
>
>PATH=A:;C:;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
>FIND "ProductKey" C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT > C:\ProductKey.txt
>
>You might want to post here again for further suggestions before reinstalling Windows,
>as that is a bit of a drastic solution (and doesn't always work).
>
>Ed
>
>
>
>

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Another possibility -

CREATE A NEW SYSTEM.INI FILE

Alternatively, create a new system.ini file by following the instructions on the following Micro$oft page:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140441

Ed




On Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 9:05 am, Ed wrote:
>Accessing System Restore without Windows Explorer -
>
>You could try using Program Manager (Progman.exe) rather than Windows Explorer to
>access System Restore. See Microsoft Knowledge Base article 279736 at >href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=279736">Knowledge Base article 279736.
>
>Start your computer by using a Windows ME Startup disk. At the Startup menu, choose
>"Minimum Boot". At the command prompt, type this and then press ENTER -
>
> edit c:\windows\system.ini
>
>Edit the shell= line so that it looks like this:
>
> shell=progman.exe
>
>Press ALT+F, then press S to save the changes to the System.ini file. Press ALT+F,
>then press X. Remove your Windows Me Startup disk, then restart your computer.
>


>When your computer restarts, Program Manager should start. On the File menu, click
>on RUN and then type MSCONFIG in the Command Line box, then press ENTER. Click on
>"Launch System Restore" to begin restoring your computer to a previous, functional
>state.
>
>NOTE: You can start the System Restore tool by typing the following at a command
>prompt, and then pressing ENTER -
>
> c:\windows\system\restore\rstrui.exe
>
>WARNING: If you use System Restore you will LOSE all the work you have done, and
>all the files you have either created, modified or downloaded, since the last Restore
>point was created.
>
>Ed
>
>
>
>

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Thanks for your help, I found a pair of system restore cds and just took that route. The computer works great now except it cannot find the driver for the D-Link PCI card(Ethernet) . This puzzles me because, the card was installed in the system originally from the factory so why would the driver not be on the driver cd. It asked me to specify a location of a driver and I made it search the CD however it came up empty handed. Now my only option is choose one of the 15 preloaded drivers for this card and hope it works I guess.

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Ok here is bascially where I am stuck: I took out the ethernet card the model is a DFE-530 TX+ REV F1. My computer only have the preloaded drivers for the Rev A and the Rev B of this model card. I tried each one and neither work. I am assuming that I definately need to have the Rev F1 driver in order for it to work correctly. Anyone know where I can find that, I did a google search and really didnt have any success.

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I bought a new ethernet card for $10

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I advise you to start a new thread, with a subject line descriptive of your new problem. You will get more replies that way.

I do not use ethernet and cannot help with an ethernet problem.

Ed




On Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 11:36 am, Cory wrote:
>Ok here is bascially where I am stuck:
>I took out the ethernet card the model is a DFE-530 TX+ REV F1. My computer only
>have the preloaded drivers for the Rev A and the Rev B of this model card. I tried
>each one and neither work. I am assuming that I definately need to have the Rev F1
>driver in order for it to work correctly. Anyone know where I can find that, I did
>a google search and really didnt have any success.

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