XP Pro restarts after partial boot up
I have a computer that will boot up part of the way then go back and restart booting up. The hard drive had a virus on it so I externed it to another computer and removed the virus.This hard drive with operating system will not start on any other computer as I get the same symptoms. It starts and asks which mode I wish to start in. Any mode I choose will not allow xp to start up and the computer reboots again. All modes include "safe mode" to "last config that worked".
Best thing to is to reinstall windows XP. Dont do a format or a repartition. Just reinstall windows to the default location. You'll need to recreate your program links, but all your data should be safe. In the long run this is the easiest and safest way to get what you want.
It could also be the result of a failed device. I had a similar situation in a system that worked fine for years and then all of the sudden stopped. The actual culprit was a processor that went bad.
Hook the drive back up to the other computer then copy these files from the Windows\System32\Drivers folder to the same location on the drive you are working on.
atapi.sys, intelide.sys and pciide.sys
See if you can check the log from when you cleaned the drive for any other deleted system files.
atapi.sys, intelide.sys and pciide.sys
See if you can check the log from when you cleaned the drive for any other deleted system files.
ASKER
I have tried that particular drive in another computer with the same results
Hello
Backup your data
If you have any dedicated to this pc run a self diagnostic program to check it for hardware failures, if you do not have it try to use a standard packet of diagnostics, for example on ubcd you might find some.
If you have already a restore from image system (and a saved image of course) just use it to replace the windows installation.
If you do not have any image to restore, just reinstall windows, update it and save an image of the installation with arecursive backup system such as filezilla or savepart.
From the day in wich you will have created your system image (and you have backed up the image outside of the pc) just enjoy your mint fresh installation, backup your data regularly, and if there are new problems backup your data and restore again.
Note that as long as the system is working well you can save a new image of the system each time you implement major changements, so doing when you restore the system all your installed programs and settings will be included and ready to go.
Bye
Backup your data
If you have any dedicated to this pc run a self diagnostic program to check it for hardware failures, if you do not have it try to use a standard packet of diagnostics, for example on ubcd you might find some.
If you have already a restore from image system (and a saved image of course) just use it to replace the windows installation.
If you do not have any image to restore, just reinstall windows, update it and save an image of the installation with arecursive backup system such as filezilla or savepart.
From the day in wich you will have created your system image (and you have backed up the image outside of the pc) just enjoy your mint fresh installation, backup your data regularly, and if there are new problems backup your data and restore again.
Note that as long as the system is working well you can save a new image of the system each time you implement major changements, so doing when you restore the system all your installed programs and settings will be included and ready to go.
Bye
"I have tried that particular drive in another computer with the same results"
If you are refering to my suggestion, that is not what i meant.
I meant to connect the drive to the other computer as you did earlier to scan for viruses. Then copy the files from the working computer to that drive.
If you are refering to my suggestion, that is not what i meant.
I meant to connect the drive to the other computer as you did earlier to scan for viruses. Then copy the files from the working computer to that drive.
I would agree with "jkurzner".............. you can chase your tail forever with some of these issue. If you have the original installation software, just go for that approach and install your updates and be done with it.
As long as your data is safe, that's the easiest and surest approach, I believe.
Best of luck,
---GRIFF
As long as your data is safe, that's the easiest and surest approach, I believe.
Best of luck,
---GRIFF
I agree with this. I think it;s better to just start over.
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Or, replace the the infected drivers that were removed by the virus scan with clean copies.
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Yes, this is possible too, there is also a tool that replaces infected files in general with the clean files of the system comparing them to those found in the original installation cd, but as far as I know it works under windows itself.
Maybe is possible to do it in a PE enviroment, which is now freely avalaible from Microsoft, and in any case with a PE xp live disk might be possible to repair virtually any xp installation...
A very easy way to use the tool that check all of the crucial system files , provided from microsoft in the windows installation, is to launch it trough a nice little program which is called Virus effect remover, for example.
By the way I do suggest to non professionals to just jump over everything like that and obtain a fresh mint installation, protect the work with a recursive backup and then spend their time working, having fun, and eventuallly improve their system, instead of getting headaches going through often complicated procedures to repair a falling system.
According to my experience also for professionals is very handy to prepare a machine in this way.
Why should I waste my time trying to repair an infected or corrupted system when it is so easy to just restore it from an image?
Every day there are new viruses and malware thrown on the "market", some of them are really annoying and are able to give troubles even when a restore image is prepared in advance.
I ask myself then, why should I fight this army of dismantlers?
Let´s ignore them and jump straight to what we need, a working system in a matter of minutes or in the worst case in a few hours, and always with a sure result, no doubts or compromises.
As long as they do not infect the bios or special sectors of the hard disk, I can just consider that trash as pure trash, I wipe the hard disk and restore it, no need to give any special attention to it.
I think that all of those creating malware after the first exploits of 30 years ago have well demonstrated their abilities, much more than enough, actually they are just demonstrating their frustrations and or malignity, giving them much attention and open doors in making troubles is a loss of time and a big drawback in the society.
So that is why I suggest to anyone who did not already to adopt a recursive backup system, it is a very highly logic, basic and ancient IT procedure, which protects our work and time, but also our nerves as magically it often happens that the pc is down when we need it, maybe urgently.
I am tired of repairing computers when it is not necessary, I like my clients to grow, it is a so tedious unuseful thing to repair their system each time a little monster of malvagity enters their pc.... this is also stopping my personal growth forcing loss of times for nothing special in change (even though it is a paid time for example).
I do not have any special satisfaction in defeating a horrible dum stupid virus or malware in general, of course it is not completely true, it happens to engage a sort of fight with it, but afterall I am not a gladiator.
Normally I try to impose a recursive backup system, if the client do not want (most of the times because of the initial costs) I might even refuse the job ( in enviroments where more serious troubles can be implied) or I accept it but stating well clear that is really not wise to do it.
Very often then if their machine is fast infected they begin to suspect that the installation was not well done, and it does not matter that you repair the system, they feel unsecure and this is bad.
If the machine is not fast infected, they anyway spend the same money very soon and are still unprotected, all of this leading to discussions and NO development, NO hardware renewal, NO trust, NO Joyful computing experience and so on....
Of course if they spend much efforts and economical resources just to keep working an unsecured system, they do not have the power, nor the will to spend more money in other and much more interesting IT investments.
I got really tired of this Malware subculture, there are much better things to do in the world.
My suggestion is clear, have always updated multiple data backups, (in your pc and outside it), prepare a nice pristine installation, update it and saveit with clonezilla, savepart or the program you like, there are many beetween opensource, free to use and commercials.
Customize your system and save new images each time you add major changements, backup also all images created too.
When you have troubles just restore the system and you are ready to go.
In your case if the repair process is complicated it might be the right time to do it once for all, you will be happy with your pc until it dies or you want to change it.
Bye
Yes, this is possible too, there is also a tool that replaces infected files in general with the clean files of the system comparing them to those found in the original installation cd, but as far as I know it works under windows itself.
Maybe is possible to do it in a PE enviroment, which is now freely avalaible from Microsoft, and in any case with a PE xp live disk might be possible to repair virtually any xp installation...
A very easy way to use the tool that check all of the crucial system files , provided from microsoft in the windows installation, is to launch it trough a nice little program which is called Virus effect remover, for example.
By the way I do suggest to non professionals to just jump over everything like that and obtain a fresh mint installation, protect the work with a recursive backup and then spend their time working, having fun, and eventuallly improve their system, instead of getting headaches going through often complicated procedures to repair a falling system.
According to my experience also for professionals is very handy to prepare a machine in this way.
Why should I waste my time trying to repair an infected or corrupted system when it is so easy to just restore it from an image?
Every day there are new viruses and malware thrown on the "market", some of them are really annoying and are able to give troubles even when a restore image is prepared in advance.
I ask myself then, why should I fight this army of dismantlers?
Let´s ignore them and jump straight to what we need, a working system in a matter of minutes or in the worst case in a few hours, and always with a sure result, no doubts or compromises.
As long as they do not infect the bios or special sectors of the hard disk, I can just consider that trash as pure trash, I wipe the hard disk and restore it, no need to give any special attention to it.
I think that all of those creating malware after the first exploits of 30 years ago have well demonstrated their abilities, much more than enough, actually they are just demonstrating their frustrations and or malignity, giving them much attention and open doors in making troubles is a loss of time and a big drawback in the society.
So that is why I suggest to anyone who did not already to adopt a recursive backup system, it is a very highly logic, basic and ancient IT procedure, which protects our work and time, but also our nerves as magically it often happens that the pc is down when we need it, maybe urgently.
I am tired of repairing computers when it is not necessary, I like my clients to grow, it is a so tedious unuseful thing to repair their system each time a little monster of malvagity enters their pc.... this is also stopping my personal growth forcing loss of times for nothing special in change (even though it is a paid time for example).
I do not have any special satisfaction in defeating a horrible dum stupid virus or malware in general, of course it is not completely true, it happens to engage a sort of fight with it, but afterall I am not a gladiator.
Normally I try to impose a recursive backup system, if the client do not want (most of the times because of the initial costs) I might even refuse the job ( in enviroments where more serious troubles can be implied) or I accept it but stating well clear that is really not wise to do it.
Very often then if their machine is fast infected they begin to suspect that the installation was not well done, and it does not matter that you repair the system, they feel unsecure and this is bad.
If the machine is not fast infected, they anyway spend the same money very soon and are still unprotected, all of this leading to discussions and NO development, NO hardware renewal, NO trust, NO Joyful computing experience and so on....
Of course if they spend much efforts and economical resources just to keep working an unsecured system, they do not have the power, nor the will to spend more money in other and much more interesting IT investments.
I got really tired of this Malware subculture, there are much better things to do in the world.
My suggestion is clear, have always updated multiple data backups, (in your pc and outside it), prepare a nice pristine installation, update it and saveit with clonezilla, savepart or the program you like, there are many beetween opensource, free to use and commercials.
Customize your system and save new images each time you add major changements, backup also all images created too.
When you have troubles just restore the system and you are ready to go.
In your case if the repair process is complicated it might be the right time to do it once for all, you will be happy with your pc until it dies or you want to change it.
Bye
Just do an XP repair install.
For Windows XP see this site:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
I hope this helps !
For Windows XP see this site:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
I hope this helps !
I have a difficult time understanding how this solution has been selected as the defacto solution. All that has been offered seems to be what to do in case this should happen again (which is basic info that anyone should follow, anyhow). The actual solution was offered by many others, including myself and in far fewer words - simply reinstall or repair. The backup routine must certainly be a related but separate issue. That's my 2 cents!
Totally agree with griff4345. How did solution solve the problem?