Solve : Windows will not start - need help to format??

1.	Solve : Windows will not start - need help to format??
Answer» Hello, not sure how to explain this. I run Windows XP, and one day my computer restarted after inserting a CD (probably with some viruses), and won't start up again. The system files are corrupted, and when I tried to start it told me to press "R" to initiate some kind of repair sequence. I've done everything I can till this point. I really need help. Basically, I want to format my C: without the use of a boot disk (because we have to floppy disks). How can I do this? Please help, as I've tried everything. Thank you very much in advance for any answer.The "R" stands for the Recovery Console built into XP... If you want to entirely wipe C:\ ( you will lose all your DATA ) just insert the WinXP CD, re-boot and there will be the option of doing so. Press any key to boot from CD will come up and just follow the prompts to install XP. patio. 8-)There are lots of options for erasing hard drives. Have a rummage around the software FAQ (see the link in my signature). Linux Live Boot CDs are frequently recommended here, for good reasons.thanks for the inpit guys, I really appriciate it. but I have had the Win XP CD in all the time - and the option doesn't seem to be there, I only get the options with Safe Modus, etc. How can I make it APPEAR? Sorry for being so clueless. The error I get is: Windows cannot start because the following file is EITHER missing or damaged: system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys Then it tells me to press "r" at the startup. Could it be that my CD player has been disabled? How do I check and evt. fix this in the boot menu? Edit: Now I got to start it from my CD, and it's in the blue screen to install Windows. But when it goes along, and starts to load drivers I get this error: The file setupdd.sys cannot be loaded. Error message is 4. the installation cannot continue. Please press a key to continue. What to do know? =/Is this an original MS CD or a copy/slipstream?If it's not a really good copy, then it's a real I believe =/ Why? Doesn't copies start properly? Quote If it's not a really good copy, then it's a real I believe =/ Why? Doesn't copies start properly? Does yours? I mean really it is a copy or it isn't. Does it say MICROSOFT all over it? If not, it's a copy. Fenzark: Microsoft suggests it is a hardware problem: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330181 Did you recently add a new expansion card or CD-RW drive, or something? If not, then some device is no longer functioning. DocSorry about being UNCLEAR - it was just a figure of speech, a bad one. But it is my own Windows XP CD, which I bought along with my computer. I have a proper CD-key and all that with it. Edit: No, nothing new hardware I'm afraid =/If you are installing Windows XP for the first time, it is likely one of the hardware devices in your computer is not compatible with the new operating system. You will need to figure out which one is causing the problem and remove or replace it. Doc <--- Bets the problem is a hardware device inside the computer that is not in the Windows Catalog.

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Hello, not sure how to explain this. I run Windows XP, and one day my computer restarted after inserting a CD (probably with some viruses), and won't start up again. The system files are corrupted, and when I tried to start it told me to press "R" to initiate some kind of repair sequence. I've done everything I can till this point. I really need help.

Basically, I want to format my C: without the use of a boot disk (because we have to floppy disks). How can I do this? Please help, as I've tried everything. Thank you very much in advance for any answer.The "R" stands for the Recovery Console built into XP...

If you want to entirely wipe C:\ ( you will lose all your DATA ) just insert the WinXP CD, re-boot and there will be the option of doing so. Press any key to boot from CD will come up and just follow the prompts to install XP.

patio. 8-)There are lots of options for erasing hard drives. Have a rummage around the software FAQ (see the link in my signature). Linux Live Boot CDs are frequently recommended here, for good reasons.thanks for the inpit guys, I really appriciate it.

but I have had the Win XP CD in all the time - and the option doesn't seem to be there, I only get the options with Safe Modus, etc.

How can I make it APPEAR? Sorry for being so clueless.

The error I get is:

Windows cannot start because the following file is EITHER missing or damaged:
system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys

Then it tells me to press "r" at the startup.

Could it be that my CD player has been disabled? How do I check and evt. fix this in the boot menu?

Edit: Now I got to start it from my CD, and it's in the blue screen to install Windows. But when it goes along, and starts to load drivers I get this error:

The file setupdd.sys cannot be loaded.
Error message is 4.

the installation cannot continue. Please press a key to continue.

What to do know? =/Is this an original MS CD or a copy/slipstream?If it's not a really good copy, then it's a real I believe =/ Why? Doesn't copies start properly? Quote

If it's not a really good copy, then it's a real I believe =/ Why? Doesn't copies start properly?

Does yours? I mean really it is a copy or it isn't. Does it say MICROSOFT all over it? If not, it's a copy. Fenzark:

Microsoft suggests it is a hardware problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330181

Did you recently add a new expansion card or CD-RW drive, or something? If not, then some device is no longer functioning.

DocSorry about being UNCLEAR - it was just a figure of speech, a bad one. But it is my own Windows XP CD, which I bought along with my computer. I have a proper CD-key and all that with it.

Edit: No, nothing new hardware I'm afraid =/If you are installing Windows XP for the first time, it is likely one of the hardware devices in your computer is not compatible with the new operating system. You will need to figure out which one is causing the problem and remove or replace it.

Doc

<--- Bets the problem is a hardware device inside the computer that is not in the Windows Catalog.

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