Solve : weird, sudden issue.?

1.	Solve : weird, sudden issue.?
Answer» This is more about my roommate's machine than mine. This morning it was working fine, he tried to run a system scan with iolo System Mechanic, discovered that SM's anti-virus was DISABLED and that he had Windows update to install. After enabling the anti-virus and installing the updates, the machine boots to a black screen, as if F8 had been pressed, but no matter what option is selected, the machine restarts itself.If u have or can barrow a Win XP cd. Try doing a check disk /p and /r from the Recovery Console. IfWrite back and let us know if it WORKED. Don't think that's an option. I think the only discs he has are the restore discs.You can download a recovery console .iso (http://forums.pcpitstop.com/index.php?showtopic=150212) and burn it to cd then boot to the cd and get to the recovery console. The one command you want to run is chkdsk /rok, now I show my stupidity, or maybe just too many times hitting asphalt at high speeds.... how does one boot to a CD? OK, here's what I get whenever I try to restart this machine. Windows Advance Options Menu Please select an option Safe Mode Safe Mode with Networking Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Enable Boot Logging. Enable VGA Mode Last know good configuration (your most recent settings that worked.)Directory Services Restore Mode (Windows domain controllers only) Debugging mode Disable automatic restart on system failure. Start Windows normally. Reboot Return to OS choices menu use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice. so far, NOTHING I have tried has allowed me to get this machine to start normally.Disable auto-restart and see what happens. If you get a "blue screen of death", that's ok, just write down all the info on the screen and post it here. Quote he tried to run a system scan with iolo System Mechanic It was said here 1,000,000 times, NOT to use idiotic tools like System Mechanic, but no, people will still use it and then cry about not bootable COMPUTER. If you have Windows CD...(if you don't have Windows CD, scroll down) 1. Insert your Windows XP CD into your CD and assure that your CD-ROM drive is capable of booting the CD. 2. Once you have booted from CD, do NOT select the option that states: Press F2 to initiate the Automated System Recovery (ASR) tool. You’re going to proceed until you see the following screen, at which point you will press the “R” key to enter the recovery console: 3. After you have selected the appropriate option from step two, you will be prompted to select a valid Windows installation (typically number 1). Select the installation number, and hit Enter. If there is an administrator password for the administrator account, enter it and hit Enter (if asked for the password, and you don't know it, you're out of luck). You will be greeted with this screen, which indicates a recovery console at the ready: 4. There are eight commands you must enter in sequence to repair your problem.. NOTE. Make sure, you press Enter after each command. Make sure, all commands are exact, including "spaces". These commands are as follows: CD.. ATTRIB -H C:\boot.ini ATTRIB -S C:\boot.ini ATTRIB -R C:\boot.ini del boot.ini BOOTCFG /Rebuild Note about the above command. BOOTCFG /REBUILD command which searches for pre-existing installations of Windows XP and rebuilds sundry essential components of the Windows operating system, recompiles the BOOT.INI file and corrects a litany of common Windows errors. It is very important that you do one or both of the following two things: A.) Every Windows XP owner must use /FASTDETECT as OS Load Option when the rebuild process is finalizing. B.) If you are the owner of a CPU featuring Intel’s XD or AMD’s NX buffer OVERFLOW protection, you must also use /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN as an OS Load Option. For the Enter Load Identifier portion of this command, you should enter the name of the operating system you have installed. If, for example, you are using Windows XP Home, you could type Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition for the identifier (it's not CRUCIAL, however what the name is, as long, as it's meaningful). Here is your computer screen: 5. Following command verifies the integrity of the hard drive containing the Windows XP installation. While this step is not an essential function in our process, it’s still good to be sure that the drive is physically capable of running windows, in that it contains no bad sectors or other corruptions that might be the culprit: CHKDSK /R 6. This last command writes a new boot sector to the hard drive and cleans up all the loose ends we created by rebuilding the BOOT.INI file and the system files. When the Windows Recovery Console asks you if you are Sure you want to write a new bootsector to the partition C: ? just hit “Y”, then Enter to confirm your decision: FIXBOOT 7. It’s time to reboot your PC by typing EXIT and pressing Enter. With any luck, your PC will boot successfully into Windows XP as if your various DLL, Hive, EXE and NTLDR errors never existed. If you don't have Windows CD... Download Windows Recovery Console: http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso Download, and install free Imgburn: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download Using Imgburn, burn rc.iso to a CD. Boot to the CD...let it finish loading. When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console. Then, follow instructions from Step #3 above.Quote from: Broni on November 14, 2009, 09:13:29 PM It was said here 1,000,000 times, NOT to use idiotic tools like System Mechanic, but no, people will still use it and then cry about not bootable computer. ok...pretend I didn't find this site by searching for help. I didn't use System Mechanic. Out of curiosity, what's wrong with System Mechanic? Now, as to what I got when I disabled auto restart: A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. IO1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps. Chekc to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any Windows updates you might need. If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode. Technical information: *** STOP: 0X00000069 (0X00000000, 0X00000000, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)

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This is more about my roommate's machine than mine.

This morning it was working fine, he tried to run a system scan with iolo System Mechanic, discovered that SM's anti-virus was DISABLED and that he had Windows update to install.

After enabling the anti-virus and installing the updates, the machine boots to a black screen, as if F8 had been pressed, but no matter what option is selected, the machine restarts itself.If u have or can barrow a Win XP cd. Try doing a check disk /p and /r from the Recovery Console. IfWrite back and let us know if it WORKED. Don't think that's an option. I think the only discs he has are the restore discs.You can download a recovery console .iso (http://forums.pcpitstop.com/index.php?showtopic=150212) and burn it to cd then boot to the cd and get to the recovery console. The one command you want to run is chkdsk /rok, now I show my stupidity, or maybe just too many times hitting asphalt at high speeds....

how does one boot to a CD? OK, here's what I get whenever I try to restart this machine.

Windows Advance Options Menu

Please select an option

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

Enable Boot Logging.
Enable VGA Mode
Last know good configuration (your most recent settings that worked.)Directory Services Restore Mode (Windows domain controllers only)
Debugging mode
Disable automatic restart on system failure.

Start Windows normally.
Reboot
Return to OS choices menu

use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice.

so far, NOTHING I have tried has allowed me to get this machine to start normally.Disable auto-restart and see what happens. If you get a "blue screen of death", that's ok, just write down all the info on the screen and post it here. Quote

he tried to run a system scan with iolo System Mechanic

It was said here 1,000,000 times, NOT to use idiotic tools like System Mechanic, but no, people will still use it and then cry about not bootable COMPUTER.

If you have Windows CD...(if you don't have Windows CD, scroll down)

1. Insert your Windows XP CD into your CD and assure that your CD-ROM drive is capable of booting the CD.
2. Once you have booted from CD, do NOT select the option that states: Press F2 to initiate the Automated System Recovery (ASR) tool.
You’re going to proceed until you see the following screen, at which point you will press the “R” key to enter the recovery console:

3. After you have selected the appropriate option from step two, you will be prompted to select a valid Windows installation (typically number 1).
Select the installation number, and hit Enter.
If there is an administrator password for the administrator account, enter it and hit Enter (if asked for the password, and you don't know it, you're out of luck).
You will be greeted with this screen, which indicates a recovery console at the ready:

4. There are eight commands you must enter in sequence to repair your problem..
NOTE. Make sure, you press Enter after each command. Make sure, all commands are exact, including "spaces".
These commands are as follows:

CD..
ATTRIB -H C:\boot.ini
ATTRIB -S C:\boot.ini
ATTRIB -R C:\boot.ini
del boot.ini
BOOTCFG /Rebuild

Note about the above command.
BOOTCFG /REBUILD command which searches for pre-existing installations of Windows XP and rebuilds sundry essential components of the Windows operating system, recompiles the BOOT.INI file and corrects a litany of common Windows errors.
It is very important that you do one or both of the following two things:
A.) Every Windows XP owner must use /FASTDETECT as OS Load Option when the rebuild process is finalizing.
B.) If you are the owner of a CPU featuring Intel’s XD or AMD’s NX buffer OVERFLOW protection, you must also use /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN as an OS Load Option.
For the Enter Load Identifier portion of this command, you should enter the name of the operating system you have installed.
If, for example, you are using Windows XP Home, you could type Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition for the identifier (it's not CRUCIAL, however what the name is, as long, as it's meaningful).
Here is your computer screen:

5. Following command verifies the integrity of the hard drive containing the Windows XP installation. While this step is not an essential function in our process, it’s still good to be sure that the drive is physically capable of running windows, in that it contains no bad sectors or other corruptions that might be the culprit:

CHKDSK /R

6. This last command writes a new boot sector to the hard drive and cleans up all the loose ends we created by rebuilding the BOOT.INI file and the system files. When the Windows Recovery Console asks you if you are Sure you want to write a new bootsector to the partition C: ? just hit “Y”, then Enter to confirm your decision:

FIXBOOT

7. It’s time to reboot your PC by typing
EXIT
and pressing Enter.

With any luck, your PC will boot successfully into Windows XP as if your various DLL, Hive, EXE and NTLDR errors never existed.

If you don't have Windows CD...
Download Windows Recovery Console: http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso
Download, and install free Imgburn: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
Using Imgburn, burn rc.iso to a CD.
Boot to the CD...let it finish loading.
When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.
Then, follow instructions from Step #3 above.Quote from: Broni on November 14, 2009, 09:13:29 PM

It was said here 1,000,000 times, NOT to use idiotic tools like System Mechanic, but no, people will still use it and then cry about not bootable computer.

ok...pretend I didn't find this site by searching for help. I didn't use System Mechanic.

Out of curiosity, what's wrong with System Mechanic?

Now, as to what I got when I disabled auto restart:

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

IO1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps.

Chekc to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any Windows updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.

Technical information:
*** STOP: 0X00000069 (0X00000000, 0X00000000, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)

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