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pizzaboy
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« on: August 21, 2010, 09:59:07 AM »
ok booted up a laptop in the office....and realised the reason why its been sat in a corner is because it has a problem

problem is when you start up and it comes to the screen where it displays windows xp with the bar underneath with the blue light that goes round and round before it eventually boots into windows..well mine is stuck in a loop..goes round and round and round but does nothing..any suggestions...
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« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2010, 10:22:15 AM »
can you go into safemode also try last known good configuration
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« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2010, 10:30:17 AM »
i can select safe mode..same problem though...

last known good config...same problem.....
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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2010, 10:49:39 AM »
i think the best thing to do is do a repair install
http://www.briteccomputers.co.uk/forum/tutorials-and-how-to/how-to-perform-a-windows-xp-repair-install
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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2010, 11:21:35 AM »
i was thinking this..i have important data so i cant afford to loose it..
i was thinking would it be possible to press R option on the xp disk .......and trying some  of the repair options..
i can rewrite the MBR from there etc...
or do a chkdsk........

what do you think...or could it make the situation worse.....
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« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2010, 11:25:29 AM »
To recover the data i would use ubcd4win you can try the chkdsk i dont think it would be the MBR
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« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2010, 11:49:20 AM »
thanks for your help....that program you mentioned..ubcd4win.....that looks amazing..
am i right in thinking that you burn the downloaded ISO to disk....it then becomes a bootable disk which you can boot from cd before windows boots...
from there you can select a listed programs from here http://www.ubcd4win.com/contents.htm which i assume there will be a back up program of some descrption.....
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« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2010, 11:57:34 AM »
Yes but you will need a windows xp disc to build  it if you have a portable hard drive you can back up your data on to that this video might help you on
building it
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho_EQHkvcxM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho_EQHkvcxM</a>
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« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2010, 01:03:26 AM »
excellent vid...im going to build a xp disk today using that software....looks good...and in my office envoirment that could be a god send.....thanks matey...

and thanks brian....for the vid You Rock
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« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2010, 02:42:43 AM »
Quote from: pizzaboy on August 21, 2010, 11:49:20 AM
thanks for your help....that program you mentioned..ubcd4win.....that looks amazing..
am i right in thinking that you burn the downloaded ISO to disk....it then becomes a bootable disk which you can boot from cd before windows boots...
from there you can select a listed programs from here http://www.ubcd4win.com/contents.htm which i assume there will be a back up program of some descrption.....


Yes you want Photo rec
under Hdd
then data recovary
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