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| Thread ID: 93653 | 2008-09-26 03:17:00 | Acer XC5651 not starting up | WayneMiddy (14028) | Press F1 |
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| 707932 | 2008-09-26 03:17:00 | This Acer desktop failing to start up comes up with missing Config file have tried Alt F10 does not boot into Recovery Console, has XP home on HDD I believe ? Did not come with any CD as was brought from Cash Convertors 6 months ago Thanks for any help in advance Wayne |
WayneMiddy (14028) | ||
| 707933 | 2008-09-26 05:51:00 | Sounds like someone has reloaded XP Home from scratch (Cash Converters perhaps) but in the process has deleted the recovery partition, that's why it won't load when you press ALT+F10. Know anyone who has an XP Home CD? Your XP Home license should be on a sticker somewhere on the machine. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 707934 | 2008-09-26 06:44:00 | Has the PC been running Ok up till this problem ? Also whats the full error message, Would it be - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM BTW - Welcome to PF1 |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 707935 | 2008-09-26 08:34:00 | Yes wainuitech missing C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM and yes its been running great, I dont have it here at the moment but i can pull the HDD and piggyback on my laptop if i need to.She only paid $300 for it would they reload XP on a $300 machine. Thanks for the help guys Wayne PS thanks for the welcome wainuitech but what is BTW? |
WayneMiddy (14028) | ||
| 707936 | 2008-09-26 08:45:00 | BTW - By the way | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 707937 | 2008-09-26 09:01:00 | What you can try, as a lot of the so called suggestions on the net relating to transferring certain files dont work - I had to do this yesterday as my media center spat the dummy with the exact same problem, and I needed it in a hurry (short version - the Mrs would have been pissed if I didn't record a certain program) - only problem is you may need a XP CD, unless the laptop you have has the I386 folder in it. Download Ultimate Boot CD 4 Windows (www.ubcd4win.com/) - its quite large - 239MB - install it on a working XP computer, make a bootable CD - boot from it, and follow the path as shown here (http:) - it will load the windows System Restore,( can provide more in depth instructions if you want tomorrow) - wind the system back to the latest restore point it made, and reboot - hopefully you'll have a working system - while this may seem a little long winded this CD is priceless in saving other wise stuffed OS's. She only paid $300 for it would they reload XP on a $300 machine. Depends on who / how it was done - imaging a OS back can take as little as 10 minutes. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 707938 | 2008-09-26 10:53:00 | Have downloaded UBCD onto my laptop ( has XP pro) and Nero more instructions tomorrow would be great thanks. As in do i copy UBCD exe file into nero window to create a bootable CD, do i need to install UBCD on this Laptop first, Cheers Wayne |
WayneMiddy (14028) | ||
| 707939 | 2008-09-26 19:57:00 | I see from looking at the UBCD website i have to burn the fie as an iso to the cd, not sure how to do that. Cheers Wayne |
WayneMiddy (14028) | ||
| 707940 | 2008-09-26 20:00:00 | If Nero is installed, double click on the ISO, it may open Nero (if its the default program for ISO's). If it is, click on burn to burn it to a blank cd Then put the cd in reboot / change the bootdisk in the BIOS to the cd, / save the settings in the BIOS / reboot, and let it boot from the cd |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 707941 | 2008-09-26 20:36:00 | Thanks but i only have the exe file on my hdd (245mb) UBCD4winV320 Cheers Wayne |
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