Will a complete reinstall fix my hard drive issues or should I just transfer my data, forget about the hard drive, and buy a new hard drive for the computer? Community Forum Software by IP. Board Licensed to: Geeks to Go, Inc. Facebook Twitter. Javascript Disabled Detected You currently have javascript disabled. Windows cannot boot Posted 14 June - PM. Littleguimo77 Member Member 20 posts. Posted 15 June - AM. What happens if you open a command prompt and enter the expand command with no arguments?
Posted 15 June - PM. Littleguimo77 Member Topic Starter Member 20 posts. I can't even log onto Windows. I press the power button on the computer, the BIOS or whatever the first that loads is called loads up and then I get the black that has that message. I am not able to log on or navigate to the command prompt.
The only sort of "command prompt" that I can think of is the recovery console. Is that what you are talking about? Posted 16 June - AM. I'm sorry, I didn't read your post carefully enough. I understand now, but I also don't know what you'd need to do to fix it. Posted 19 June - PM.
If you have an XP CD, try these suggestions. If not, try to borrow one. It just repairs the operating system.
After running XP Repair you will need to install all Windows Updates and possibly your video card driver. Microsoft Update. What do I do after that? We may be looking at a failed hard drive. Hopefully it isn't that far yet, but is sure sounds like it. Find the matching CD for your XP version and the repair will be available. If it works, the repair will allow you to save your data. And then if I were you, I'd replace the drive. If it doesn't work, try putting the drive as a slave into another computer to recover your data.
Edited by computerwiz, 19 June - PM. I do have a small CD booklet that came with the computer with all of the Microsoft Office XP stuff in it, but nothing that has to do with Windows itself. For more naming info see: Windows volume naming. Please note! Using this with an active, unfiltered connection to the Internet may place you at high risk for malware or other unwanted viruses.
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Details required :. Cancel Submit. In reply to Decorator Bob's post on December 19, Of course you don't have one most people don't.
The Windows Setup Press 'R' to enter the Recovery Console. For a list of Recovery Console commands, enter help at the prompt. First verify the integrity of your file system using the chkdsk command. Do, or do not.
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