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Verifying DMI Pool Data.....

Asked by: shawngilbert

This is a far as my boot sequence proceeds.
I attempted to reinstall XP, but still receive the same results.
What is this and what does it mean?  Is there a way around it?

I have removed non-essential hardware, limited items in BIOS, but it still hangs at this point.
This is an eMachine desktop.

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2006-01-20 at 18:05:33ID21704851
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Answers

 

by: compfixer101Posted on 2006-01-20 at 18:26:36ID: 15754436

try resetting you BIOS or CMOS

cf101

 

by: tfjeffPosted on 2006-01-20 at 19:48:06ID: 15754665

remove any recently installed hardware, disconnect unnecessary external devices from the back of the computer

 

by: nobusPosted on 2006-01-21 at 01:14:07ID: 15755355

>>  I have removed non-essential hardware, limited items in BIOS  <<   then you have a bad mobo, or cpu.
If possible, try another cpu, or test it in another board.

 

by: lidskyPosted on 2006-01-21 at 03:48:01ID: 15755596

>>"I attempted to reinstall XP, but still receive the same results."<<

Does that mean you were able to boot from the CD?

If so, then the MBR on the hard drive is probably corrupt and will have to be rewritten.

 

by: shawngilbertPosted on 2006-01-21 at 09:56:16ID: 15756932

I put another hard drive, from another computer in there, and it started to at least boot up, but then rebooted, presumably because of some differences in the system configuration.
The MBR may be by problem with this system.  How do I rewrite it?  
It has a valid copy of XP Home under C:\Windows and my recent attempt (step 1) to reinstall a parallel version in C:\WinXP

 

by: lidskyPosted on 2006-01-21 at 14:30:26ID: 15758146

 

by: shawngilbertPosted on 2006-01-21 at 16:26:46ID: 15758495

It asks for the Administrator account, but refuses to take anything for a password.  I tried blank as well.

 

by: nobusPosted on 2006-01-21 at 23:55:09ID: 15759595

do you need data from that disk ? if not, erase it with dban or any other tool. Then install xp.
For the password ; look here :    http://8help.osu.edu/878.html
here the ERD locksmith :   http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=305

 

by: shawngilbertPosted on 2006-01-22 at 06:38:43ID: 15760302

Yes I do need data from the disk.
I got into recovery console and ran fixmbr, fixboot and chkdsk /r, but it still does not boot properly from the hard drive.

 

by: nobusPosted on 2006-01-22 at 06:47:46ID: 15760329

did you try the locksmith ?

 

by: shawngilbertPosted on 2006-01-22 at 10:41:58ID: 15761315

I do not need locksmith as I was able to log on.  I logged on to the new version of Windows, though on the same partition so undoubtedly the MBR is the same.  But it still will not proceed to boot from this drive.

 

by: nobusPosted on 2006-01-23 at 00:05:51ID: 15764212

if this is XP, your boot.ini file should look like this :

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

 

by: compfixer101Posted on 2006-01-23 at 10:48:46ID: 15769178

>>>It asks for the Administrator account<<<
like the TRUE windows XP admin account not a account that has the priviledges?

hmm odd?

hit F8 during the intial start of the bootup of windows to bring up the startup options and then run it into safe mode  and you should see a new account on the account list called Adminastrator and log on to that account it isn't password protected and then you can change things in windows like passwords ETC.

cf101

 

by: shawngilbertPosted on 2006-01-23 at 10:59:05ID: 15769270

I can get logged on now.
I installed another copy of XP home on a very small drive 1.2Gb
If I then set my boot loader to boot off of the other drive, it works.
It just does not seem to work if the second drive is not present.

I have another question open in regards to this problem, as I would like to make the bigger/original drive as C and the new install as something else higher so that any future installs would go to C and I could at least get the system booted off of this small drive.

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