Restore From Hard Drive "F11 Option " is Gone.
I Goofed,
Working on a Gateway Laptop MX6436 that was stuck at a dead end. Could not boot in any mode or even run Recovery Console without a Blue Screen or corrupt file message. Put in a new memory chip and at least had the option to use recovery console from XP disk or at boot could hit F11 and go to restore options on the D: parttition of the drive.
While trying to save C: before wiping his info I ran CHKDSK which found and fixed errors, but not enough. Then I ran recovery console again and tried "fixboot" and thats were i think i goofed because I no longer have the "F11" restore option. Any backup of the boot.ini? I can access the D: partion but see no "startup" or "Menu " file to run.?
The error message I get on any boot is " Proces1_Inititialization_F
I'm going to attempt a repair install and see what happens..
Working on a Gateway Laptop MX6436 that was stuck at a dead end. Could not boot in any mode or even run Recovery Console without a Blue Screen or corrupt file message. Put in a new memory chip and at least had the option to use recovery console from XP disk or at boot could hit F11 and go to restore options on the D: parttition of the drive.
While trying to save C: before wiping his info I ran CHKDSK which found and fixed errors, but not enough. Then I ran recovery console again and tried "fixboot" and thats were i think i goofed because I no longer have the "F11" restore option. Any backup of the boot.ini? I can access the D: partion but see no "startup" or "Menu " file to run.?
The error message I get on any boot is " Proces1_Inititialization_F
I'm going to attempt a repair install and see what happens..
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Yes.... put in brand new chip yesterday, because before that could not boot to anything!
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Just finished testing with memtest86 and new memory tested fine with no errors.
Took out new and put in old.....nothing but "RED"...failures, so the new memory is definately a step in the right direction. If the L1 & L2 cache were bad would it show or just post the numbers? Quite a difference?
Took out new and put in old.....nothing but "RED"...failures, so the new memory is definately a step in the right direction. If the L1 & L2 cache were bad would it show or just post the numbers? Quite a difference?
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Can not do a repair install.....goes through 100 % then screnn changes to : Page_Fault_IIn_Nonpaged_Ar
Would like to format c: and do a clean install,but first copy to the C:Windows\sminst\ contents to D:.
When I try to MD in D:, I get access Denied. I can do dir of D: and see files and also MD in C: partion of drive but denied access when trying to make directory in D:....any ideas?
Would like to format c: and do a clean install,but first copy to the C:Windows\sminst\ contents to D:.
When I try to MD in D:, I get access Denied. I can do dir of D: and see files and also MD in C: partion of drive but denied access when trying to make directory in D:....any ideas?
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I am trying to copy the restore file commands to the D: recovery partition, but when I try to make directory under the D: partition it says Access Denied ? I can make directory under c: with no problem.
If I can copy the restore directory to d: then I would reformat C: and do a clean install,then copy the restore files back to C: and hopefully teach them how to create Restore Cds.
Why is access denied and how can I change that?
If I can copy the restore directory to d: then I would reformat C: and do a clean install,then copy the restore files back to C: and hopefully teach them how to create Restore Cds.
Why is access denied and how can I change that?
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I finaly gave up trying to save it. I formatted the C: partition of the HD and insralled a fresh copy of XP.
So I guess I solved my own problem but would like to split the points amongst the people who I feel took a little time and trouble to help me. Not sure how to do this?
So I guess I solved my own problem but would like to split the points amongst the people who I feel took a little time and trouble to help me. Not sure how to do this?
It's running ok now?
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Yes , everything is fine now. I managed to slave the drive and save his Grandkids Pics. He was just happy to get it back working!
Thanks Again! :-)
Thanks Again! :-)
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Lesson Learned= Do not use "fixboot" when you the "system recovery" on another partition of the harddrive! Thanks!
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But now I'm thinking bad cache memory onboard or something. Tried twice to repair from disk and getting PAGE_Fault_In_Nonpaged_ Area error 0X00000050 (0Xffff3ff8,etc,
No options in bios to disable.