Of course I have a problem with the lovely blue screen I cannot boot up my Windows. I read the posts of Rick but The only thing the system wants from me is to format the whole disk and that's something I would love to avoid although I'm loosing hope now.. Sorry for my mistakes, I'm not English. Hello and welcome to Techspot. You are obviously missing the part that shows you how to start the repair process.
Boot from your Windows cd and when you get to the first blue panel press the enter key. With the second blue panel press the F8 key. And finally with the third blue panel press the R key. Regards Howard :wave: :wave:. Dear Howard Thank you very much for your post. Unfortunately, I think I've tried to do that properly. The problem is, my first screen that appears is totally different, as it tells me to choose the partition I want to format I have only one what means that I would loose everything I've already talked to some friends and they told me that only XP proffesional has the possibility that Rick was wtriting about and that the HOME edition is not able to do so.
So, is there any other way? Any ideas? I also have Windows XP home edition and have never had a problem doing a repair install. Regards Howard. Thank you very much, then. I don't know either why that problem occures I'd love to have it fixed but don't know what else to do To create a Windows startup disk, insert a floppy disk into the drive of a similarly configured, working Windows XP system, launch My Computer, right-click the floppy disk icon, and select the Format command from the context menu.
When you see the Format dialog box, leave all the default settings as they are and click the Start button. Once the format operation is complete, close the Format dialog box to return to My Computer, double-click the drive C icon to access the root directory, and copy the following three files to the floppy disk:.
After you create the Windows startup disk, insert it into the floppy drive on the afflicted system and press [Ctrl][Alt][Delete] to reboot the computer. When you boot from the Windows startup disk, the computer will bypass the active partition and boot files on the hard disk and attempt to start Windows XP normally. You can also try to boot the operating system with the Last Known Good Configuration feature.
This feature will allow you to undo any changes that caused problems in the CurrentControlSet registry key, which defines hardware and driver settings. The Last Known Good Configuration feature replaces the contents of the CurrentControlSet registry key with a backup copy that was last used to successfully start up the operating system.
When you see the message Please select the operating system to start or hear the single beep, press [F8] to display the Windows Advanced Options menu.
Keep in mind that you get only one shot with the Last Known Good Configuration feature. In other words, if it fails to revive your Windows XP on the first attempt, the backup copy is also corrupt. System Restore runs in the background as a service and continually monitors system-critical components for changes.
When it detects an impending change, System Restore immediately makes backup copies, called restore points, of these critical components before the change occurs. In addition, System Restore is configured by default to create restore points every 24 hours. Now, select the Safe Mode item from the menu and press [Enter]. Then, follow along with the wizard to select a restore point and begin the restoration procedure.
When a Windows XP boot problem is severe, you'll need to use a more drastic approach. So if there's a problem rooted in the Boot. If you suspect that Windows XP won't boot because Boot. The partition boot sector is a small section of the hard disk partition that contains information about the operating system's file system NTFS or FAT32 , as well as a very small machine language program that is crucial in assisting the operating system as it loads.
Status Not open for further replies. Hello and welcome to Techspot. A little more info would help. What is it you want to reset? Regards Howard :wave: :wave:. Sounds to me like you need to run your recovery disks and format everything back to default status.
Just put in your disks and go. Click to expand I have the recovery CD XP Home and I agree there is not a way to reset to factory settings, it saves my settings and I need to reset, how? Most PC's sold within the last couple of years have a recovery utility built in that allows you to revert the system back to manufacturer settings - that means wiping the drive s and reinstalling the default software that was included with the system.
If this is what you are trying to do, check your Start menu. For Gateway, it's called the Gateway Recovery Center.
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