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| Thread ID: 102129 | 2009-08-08 04:45:00 | Keeps recycling to blue screen | Misty (368) | Press F1 |
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| 799302 | 2009-08-08 09:11:00 | Hi Speedy However am I right in saying that you need the disc that is supposed to come with the computer to be able to access the Recovery Console ? Misty :confused: No, any CD will do. Did you burn the iso as an image rather than burning the file to the CD. DId you enter the BIOS then change the boot device to CD/DVD drive first Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 799303 | 2009-08-08 09:52:00 | No, any CD will do. Did you burn the iso as an image rather than burning the file to the CD. DId you enter the BIOS then change the boot device to CD/DVD drive first Blam Oops ! Both you and Speedy are saying that it should be burnt as an image. I did not do it correctly. Will do again properly. Also will enter BIOS now I know to do so. Have to be somewhere else right away so will do this tomorrow. Thanks to you and Speedy for keeping me on track ! Misty :) |
Misty (368) | ||
| 799304 | 2009-08-08 10:03:00 | Correct an ISO is an image. So rc.iso needs to be burned to a cd with a program, not as is, to a cd. Then you reboot, then change the bootdisk in the BIOS to that CD. Then boot from it. You could also (if you've got a flash usb drive), extract the contents of rc.iso to it. Then boot from the USB flash drive (thats if the flash drive is bootable, and your BIOS supports booting from flash drives / USB devices). Thats if rc.iso has the files (in it) to boot from it. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 799305 | 2009-08-08 10:20:00 | I came across a new bit of freeware from NirSoft called BlueScreenViewer (www.nirsoft.net) which may help out. I haven't used it though cos I haven't seen a true blue BSOD in maybe 10 years. (I actually thought that software was to relive a BSOD for memories sake.) | sal (67) | ||
| 799306 | 2009-08-08 23:43:00 | Am getting closer, but must be doing something not quite right. I did as Speedy and Blam said and (1) downloaded ImgBurn - did this to the desktop of my PC first. (2) then used Nero Express to burn a bootable disc which included a file and an image being ImgBurn.exe rc.iso (3) I tapped F2 on the laptop on booting and got the setup. Changed the boot to highlight CD/DVD drive, then pressed F10 to save. (4) restarted the laptop with the bootable CD in the CD drive. (5) Got the same screens as before. With the bootable disc should I be identifying one of the two items as the one the laptop should look for on booting ? What am I doing wrong ? Misty :confused: |
Misty (368) | ||
| 799307 | 2009-08-08 23:58:00 | Umm. You install ImgBurn...then select burn image to disc....then you select the rc.iso You can PM your ph. number if you need any help. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 799308 | 2009-08-09 00:03:00 | Yep, install and run ImgBurn, choose "Burn image to disc" and browse to and select the rc.iso file. | sal (67) | ||
| 799309 | 2009-08-09 02:58:00 | Hi Blam Many thanks for taking me through the process partly by remote. The chkdsk seemed very successful and the message at the end was that one or more sectors had been fixed (or similar words). I took out the CD from the laptop and then went back into setup and chose the option to boot from the hard disk. However have not been able to get logged on because am now getting the message The Registry cannot load the hive (file) : SystemRoot\System 32\Config\system or its log or alternative. It is corrupt, absent or not writable. Beginning dump..... Physical memory dump complete. Misty :( |
Misty (368) | ||
| 799310 | 2009-08-09 03:07:00 | You can try the solution here: www.kellys-korner-xp.com That'll restore thet registry hive from a backup... Otherwise, you'll need to do a repair install. |
Blam (54) | ||
| 799311 | 2009-08-09 03:08:00 | Something may not be compatible, or files / the hdd are knackered Follow some of the steps here (support.microsoft.com) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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