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| Thread ID: 82731 | 2007-09-06 00:26:00 | XP wont boot - error code 701 | straka01 (310) | Press F1 |
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| 588404 | 2007-09-06 00:26:00 | When I went to boot up my PC can not find C drive. When I put the Partition Magic boot disks in, it comes up with error 701 - can't seem to access or boot from primary C drive. D drive with all my data is still viisble in PM - but C drive is there but can not fix it. Up until now, been running well, haven't loaded any new programs or hardware, but did just get the home network operating. 2 PC's only..... |
straka01 (310) | ||
| 588405 | 2007-09-06 00:37:00 | Try this (service1.symantec.com) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 588406 | 2007-09-06 00:47:00 | Tried CHKDSK.EXE - ut it didn't repair it as it just eternally reboots up to the stage where it's starting XP then repeats rebooting again. How do I know if the system has a caching HDD controller - & if it has how do I access the menu & make changes? SMART is disabled - well so it says in boot up. Funny, but I can't see any controll in the BIOS to enable/disable SMART so don't know where it's turned off from? I don't use Drive Image..... It's really annoying because I've just spent the last month getting this new system running properly & finally getting our home network operating - now this! |
straka01 (310) | ||
| 588407 | 2007-09-06 00:52:00 | The option to turn smart on or off SHOULD be under the entry for the IDE / SATA hdd. Press enter on the secondary/primary entry for the hdd.. Whatever this hdd is connected to (Primary master/slave or secondary master/slave). |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 588408 | 2007-09-06 01:04:00 | I'll check that in a moment. I'm just doing an IDE scan in DOS & it keeps reporting and ECC Error on the drive? What does this mean? I guess it's all part of the same problem? |
straka01 (310) | ||
| 588409 | 2007-09-06 03:27:00 | Ok....have booted to XP It is as slow as a wet week. Seems to think it has 2 operating systems - Windows and Windows XP How can I reconfigure or rewrite the BootINI file, so that it boots straight to XP. As I think this is part of the problem..... thanks |
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| 588410 | 2007-09-06 04:00:00 | Copy and paste whats in boot.ini, so we can see whats in it. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 588411 | 2007-09-06 05:16:00 | Here it is.... [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect C:\ = "Microsoft Windows" |
straka01 (310) | ||
| 588412 | 2007-09-06 05:18:00 | Delete the bottom line. C:\ = "Microsoft Windows" Save then reboot. That should fix it. This default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S <-- should be WINDOWS - one word. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 588413 | 2007-09-09 05:22:00 | Thanks SG - that worked fine. Now it boots up nice and fast but two minor iritations have now manifested themselves... you may have some ideas about how to sort them. Often when I boot up and open OE to check my emails, then try to open a browser window - everything stalls (except OE). I can't open anything even Task Manager. The only way I can get around it is to reset/reboot the PC and try again. It's usually (not always) OK on the second time. Another thing that really is a pest. When I go to open Word or Publisher or other programs, or when I try to get pictures for these from my HDD, the PC scans the network for AGESSSSSS before I can carry on. It doesn't just do it once but every time I go to get another photo or such for the same open program - it does it again and I may as well go & have a cuppa..... Maybe there's a setting I've got wrong so I can stop this happening. It never used to happen whan I had the two PCs networked with win98. And this one's not short on capacity - WinXP pro with Pentium 2.66Ghz processer & 2.5gb RAM. Any ideas or suggestions most welcome. Thanks |
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