There are cases when you fire up your computer and find out that your favorite OS i.e. Windows XP has experienced some problem and fails to boot because of various reasons.
Greg Shultz at TechRepublic has listed some great points which can help you in coming out of these situations. Check out 10 things you can do when Windows XP won’t boot. Here’s the summary of the points mentioned, for explanation visit the above mentioned link :
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- Use Windows Startup Disk.
- Use Last known Good Configuration.
- Use System Restore.
- Use Recovery Console.
- Fix a Corrupt Boot.ini file
- Fix a Corrupt Partition Boot Sector.
- Fix a Corrupt Master Boot Record (MBR).
- Disable Automatic Restart.
- Restore from a Backup.
- Perform an In-Place Upgrade.
Well, while working at HP’s Technical support we (me and my colleagues) used to make use of these techniques and believe me they did work.
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I have come across such problems, but in the end, all I did was re-installed my Windows :(. But now I won’t have to :D . Thanks a lot for sharing these great tips!
Thanks a lot for sharing! I’ve gone into such situations when it doesn’t boot, I’ve used the ‘Last Known Good Configuration’ option quite often :D
@ Haris : I’m glad that you liked the link :)
@ Shankar : As I said that these tips did work a lot when I used to apply them while working at HP’s tech support centre.
i get to the end user agreement page and nothing happens…it says click f8 if i agree…i do so and nada