re: System Unable to Start
Monday, December 3, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by DParker
(47 messages posted)
I ran chkdsk c: /p and it worked - many thanks.
I assume I do not have to bother with the fixboot and fixmbr commands - if I'm
wrong, let me know.
Just curious, why did this error happen? Was it because the machine was turned off
via a flipped breaker?
Thank you again Rich, your help was greatly appreciated by my step-father.
On Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 6:34 pm, Rich Kurtz wrote:
>Does he have a XP CD? If so, boot it and start the Recovery Console. At the Command
>prompt, enter the following commands, rebooting after each one to see if it's fixed
>the problem:
>
>chkdsk c: /p
>
>fixboot
>
>fixmbr
>
>If he does not have a XP CD, download a CD iso image of the Recovery Console here:
>http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso.
>Note: You create a CD from the iso image, you don't burn the iso image to cd,
>then proceed as above.
> This Microsoft article gives you in depth information about the Recovery Console.
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314058
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