computer wont load boot.ini file.


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my comp seems lazy.

when i turn on my comp.

after the sys info and oem screen, then it showed a black screen with "_" on the top-left side.

i was wondering its because my boot file loosing, so i deleted my boot.ini to check if its the problem of booting.

but guess what. same thing hapeend again! omg. i figured that the system DIDNT LOAD the boot.ini.? why?

comp starts fine if i change a harddrive on the same mechine. and if i put that "sick harddrive" as the primary slave, my sys CAN recognize i. (thats why i can delete boot.ini)

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I had this happen with a computer before.

Either try a "repair" installation of windows (I didn't try this)

or a full wipe and re-install

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I had this happen with a computer before.

Either try a "repair" installation of windows (I didn't try this)

or a full wipe and re-install

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aww. i cant re-install my system

neither to repair, cuz my system is vista, its still in beta u know, the repair thing didnt work.

anyother ways?

btw. i know this is xp forum but vista forum is too quiet. and i belive that if it works on xp, then it must be work on vista.

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Something simalir happened to me a couple of days ago.

Her'es how i fixed the problem:

1. Boot from windows XP CD (be sure to have ana SATA drivers ready if applicable)

2. Go to the 'Repair previous installation' section

3. You will need to select an instrallation; it is usually the first one that shows up.

4. Enter the Admin password

5. Type <help> , it will give you a list of commands.

I used <BOOTCFG> , <FIXBOOT> & <FIXMBR> for good measure.

type <BOOTCFG /?> for a list of switches.

I had to re add the installation to the list and then all worked fine.

--> BOOTCFG /ADD was the command i used... i think.

It will ask you some questions, I Just guessed:

The questions were things like : 'Give a name' & some others I typed <1> if I had no idea what to do and all went well.

This being the case, i had all my important data backed up etc, so wasn't too worried if i had to reinstall.

Hope this helps.

---> Didn't see you were using Vista, i assume for the final version there will be sometyhing simalir to what i explained. The beta version though?? I am not so sure

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Something simalir happened to me a couple of days ago.

Her'es how i fixed the problem:

1. Boot from windows XP CD (be sure to have ana SATA drivers ready if applicable)

2. Go to the 'Repair previous installation' section

3. You will need to select an instrallation; it is usually the first one that shows up.

4. Enter the Admin password

5. Type <help> , it will give you a list of commands.

I used <BOOTCFG> , <FIXBOOT> & <FIXMBR> for good measure.

type <BOOTCFG /?> for a list of switches.

I had to re add the installation to the list and then all worked fine.

--> BOOTCFG /ADD  was the command i used... i think.

It will ask you some questions, I Just guessed:

The questions were things like : 'Give a name' & some others I typed <1> if I had no idea what to do and all went well.

This being the case, i had all my important data backed up etc, so wasn't too worried if i had to reinstall.

Hope this helps.

---> Didn't see you were using Vista, i assume for the final version there will be sometyhing simalir to what i explained. The beta version though?? I am not so sure

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thx buddy, but i cant find BOOTCFG at commands list.

i tried fixboot , fixmbr , its not working...ehh..

anyhow, thank u buddy

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to start Microsoft Windows XP, the computer may appear to stop responding (hang) with an empty, black screen immediately after the power-on self test (POST) is complete and before the Windows XP logo typically appears on the screen.

CAUSE

This issue may occur if one or more of the following elements are corrupted:

? Master boot record

? Partition tables

? Boot sector

? NTLDRESOLUTIONTION

1)

Boot from XP CD and start Recovery Console. Login to your Windows Administrator account.

2)

Execute following commands on

copy CDROM:\i386\ntldr C:\

copy CDROM:\i386\ntdetect.com C:\

fixboot C:

fixmbr

bootcfg /rebuild

chkdsk /p /r

/r

a)i>a) Change 'CDROM' to your CDROM/DVD drive lb)i>b) The bootcfg /rebuild process will step you through a number of steps depending upon how many operating systems you have on the computer and how the computer is setup.

? Prompt for the identified versions of Windows installed. When you receive this proys y, if the bootcfg command properly identified each of the Windows operating systems installed on the computer.

? Prompt to enter the load identifier. This is the name of the operating system for the boot.ini. For example Microsoft Windows XP Home users would enter "Microsoft Windows XP Home edition". Pro users would enter "Microsoft Windows XP Pro edition".

? Prompt to Enter OS load options. When this prompt is r/fastdetectfastdetect to automatically detect the availac)ns.

c) chkdsk checks the computers hard disk drives status for any errors with the hard disk drive. The "/r" switch locates bad sectors and recovers readable information.

When exitte exit command to reboot computer.

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to start Microsoft Windows XP, the computer may appear to stop responding (hang) with an empty, black screen immediately after the power-on self test (POST) is complete and before the Windows XP logo typically appears on the screen.

CAUSE

This issue may occur if one or more of the following elements are corrupted:

? Master boot record

? Partition tables

? Boot sector

? NTLDRESOLUTIONTION

1)

Boot from XP CD and start Recovery Console. Login to your Windows Administrator account.

2)

Execute following commands on

copy CDROM:\i386\ntldr C:\

copy CDROM:\i386\ntdetect.com C:\

fixboot C:

fixmbr

bootcfg /rebuild

chkdsk /p /r

/r

a)i>a) Change 'CDROM' to your CDROM/DVD drive lb)i>b) The bootcfg /rebuild process will step you through a number of steps depending upon how many operating systems you have on the computer and how the computer is setup.

? Prompt for the identified versions of Windows installed. When you receive this proys y, if the bootcfg command properly identified each of the Windows operating systems installed on the computer.

? Prompt to enter the load identifier. This is the name of the operating system for the boot.ini. For example Microsoft Windows XP Home users would enter "Microsoft Windows XP Home edition". Pro users would enter "Microsoft Windows XP Pro edition".

? Prompt to Enter OS load options. When this prompt is r/fastdetectfastdetect to automatically detect the availac)ns.

c) chkdsk checks the computers hard disk drives status for any errors with the hard disk drive. The "/r" switch locates bad sectors and recovers readable information.

When exitte exit command to reboot computer.

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thanks buddy, but im faild.

iv tried all u said and faild. the only one i didnt do is to make the boot floppy drive, cuz i dont have a floppy driver.

now im asking for advanced help in vista forum. https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=374043

anyhow, thanks.

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