Prev: LAN not working
Next: COM+ Re-install
From: Mark Adams on 16 Feb 2010 11:55


"ANGELKISSES420" wrote:

> Its funny,, people say it wasnt the update. the update wouldnt cause the
> problem that i couldnt boot from disk unless i was infected. but its funny,
> because no matter what xp disk i tried to boot from, it would not boot... but
> yet i put vista or 7 in, and it would boot. so therefore it wasnt a hardware
> issue, it wasnt me not having my bios settings correct. im a very careful
> person, i have antivirus, and programs to check for malware & spyware &
> adware, and i run multiple scans daily, yet there was nothing there. im still
> pretty convinced that it was a bad update, and am going to be. considering i
> know alot of people personally that have this problem.
>

Well, at this point if you haven't installed Vista or 7; slave the drive
into another computer or put it in a USB enclosure and copy the data off.
Then use the hard drive maker's utilities to check the condition of the
drive, and then copy the entire drive to zeros. Try booting the XP disk
again. If it still won't boot, but the Vista and 7 disks do, the problem is
in the optical drive and/or the XP CD itself. Also, you never answered the
question someone else posted whether or not the machine would boot the XP CD
without a hard drive installed; that would certainly answer a lot.
First  |  Prev  | 
Pages: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Prev: LAN not working
Next: COM+ Re-install