Solve : XP Boot Issues NEED BIG HELP PLEASE HELP?

1.	Solve : XP Boot Issues NEED BIG HELP PLEASE HELP?
Answer» Hey guys and galls, My computer crashed because I was pushing it a little to hard so I did a hard shut-down. When I tried to REBOOT it found XP and loaded through the XP splash screen and i got the blue screen of death telling me it could not read/write/access/ or FIND a registry key located in "system/system32/windows' or something like that (it didn't occur to write it down exactly, yes i know stupid) anyway I thought ok. I then tried to boot into last known good config and safe mode as well as another just normal boot and this time after the XP splash screen the screen just went black and the system restarted, and in safe mode with the last line saying"......../windows/system32/drivers/Mup.sys" it failed and went to a black screen and restarted. I then booted into recovery counsel and ran chkdsk and it said it found one or more errors, I then ran an chkdsk c: /r which is the HP version of chkdsk c:/f . After it finished fixing I tried to boot again and same old same old. It get through the splash screen and then goes to black and restarts. This si the computer I use every day and need as much help as I can get to get it back up and running. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated thanks for the help. Okay, two things.. First explain to us exactly what you meant by "pushing it a little too hard." What'd you do that made you decide rebooting was the coolest thing to do? Second, in all probability you have erased block 0 (or part of it anyway) of your machine's BAM. What happens when you load the last Restore file? Quote from: Lupua on December 23, 2007, 09:21:08 AM Okay, two things.. First explain to us exactly what you meant by "pushing it a little too hard." What's you do that made you decide rebooting was the coolest thing to do I was running a video editing program and it was rendering a file (major CPU usage) and then another task started in the backround and maxed out my CPU "freezing" my computer. This has happened before and I have let it sit there for hours in the past and the only way to fix it is a hard shutdown. Quote from: Lupua on December 23, 2007, 09:21:08 AM Okay, two things.. Second, in all probability you have erased block 0 (or part of it anyway) of your machine's BAM. What happens when you load the last Restore file? I'm not to sure what you are saying what is "bam", what is "block 0", and what "restore file" ThanksTry booting back into the Recovery Console and type these 2 commands: fixboot fixmbr Do them one at a time...should I use any modifiers and I don't think it is a boot record issue because the computer boots its when it loads the OS it fails. Right now I am looking at this article on tec-net: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545 I think this may solve the issue because I ORIGINALLY had an issue on boot with the blue screen of death telling me it couldn't access, modify, read, or Waite to a registry key as I said before. What is your advice on going through with this?If your problem matches exactly what that page describes, and I mean not just sounds a bit like it, then I would follow the procedures Microsoft has outlined there. But do pay particular attention to this section from that page: Quote This article describes how to recover a Windows XP system that does not start because of corruption in the registry. This procedure does not guarantee full recovery of the system to a previous state; however, you should be able to recover data when you use this procedure. Warning Do not use the procedure that is described in this article if your computer has an OEM-installed operating system. The system hive on OEM installations creates passwords and user accounts that did not exist previously. If you use the procedure that is described in this article, you may not be able to log back into the recovery console to restore the original registry hives. What kind of XP install are you using?Im using XP Media Center 200"?" I think 2 or 3. It is an oem install, BUT when recovery consoule starts it prompts me for administrative password I just leave it blank and hit enter sience the defult one for an HP is nothing. Is this the same thing as they say in the artical? If this is the OEM install that came with your HP computer, that's exactly what they're talking about. Check HP's website or the computer's documentation or contact their support DEPARTMENT for the best way to proceed with restoring the registry.What does this mean exactly? Quote Warning Do not use the procedure that is described in this article if your computer has an OEM-installed operating system. The system hive on OEM installations creates passwords and user accounts that did not exist previously. If you use the procedure that is described in this article, you may not be able to log back into the recovery console to restore the original registry hives. I know the admin password to recovery consul if that is what they are asking, but I really don't want to call HP because it cost me $50 bucks just to get through to someone who may be able to help and then there are no grantees. Quote from: patio on December 23, 2007, 10:34:05 AM Try booting back into the Recovery Console and type these 2 commands: fixboot fixmbr Do them one at a time... Tried fixboot and fixmbr ans no luck any other ideas?i have had problems like this before and tried everything to get the boot up seqence up and running the quickest way to fix the problem i found was to buy a new hard drive install a new operating system on it(your origianl oem one will do). then once you have an operating computer turn your original hard drive into a slave and back up all your data to the new hard drive you will have to activate your copy of windows but if you do it on the phone and the automated responses request you talk to an operator just explain to them what happened and they should give you the activation code no worries bartrob

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Hey guys and galls,

My computer crashed because I was pushing it a little to hard so I did a hard shut-down. When I tried to REBOOT it found XP and loaded through the XP splash screen and i got the blue screen of death telling me it could not read/write/access/ or FIND a registry key located in "system/system32/windows' or something like that (it didn't occur to write it down exactly, yes i know stupid) anyway I thought ok. I then tried to boot into last known good config and safe mode as well as another just normal boot and this time after the XP splash screen the screen just went black and the system restarted, and in safe mode with the last line saying"......../windows/system32/drivers/Mup.sys" it failed and went to a black screen and restarted. I then booted into recovery counsel and ran chkdsk and it said it found one or more errors, I then ran an chkdsk c: /r which is the HP version of chkdsk c:/f . After it finished fixing I tried to boot again and same old same old. It get through the splash screen and then goes to black and restarts.

This si the computer I use every day and need as much help as I can get to get it back up and running. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated thanks for the help.
Okay, two things..

First explain to us exactly what you meant by "pushing it a little too hard." What'd you do that made you decide rebooting was the coolest thing to do?

Second, in all probability you have erased block 0 (or part of it anyway) of your machine's BAM. What happens when you load the last Restore file?
Quote from: Lupua on December 23, 2007, 09:21:08 AM

Okay, two things..

First explain to us exactly what you meant by "pushing it a little too hard." What's you do that made you decide rebooting was the coolest thing to do

I was running a video editing program and it was rendering a file (major CPU usage) and then another task started in the backround and maxed out my CPU "freezing" my computer. This has happened before and I have let it sit there for hours in the past and the only way to fix it is a hard shutdown.

Quote from: Lupua on December 23, 2007, 09:21:08 AM

Okay, two things..

Second, in all probability you have erased block 0 (or part of it anyway) of your machine's BAM. What happens when you load the last Restore file?

I'm not to sure what you are saying what is "bam", what is "block 0", and what "restore file"

ThanksTry booting back into the Recovery Console and type these 2 commands:
fixboot
fixmbr

Do them one at a time...should I use any modifiers and I don't think it is a boot record issue because the computer boots its when it loads the OS it fails.

Right now I am looking at this article on tec-net:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545

I think this may solve the issue because I ORIGINALLY had an issue on boot with the blue screen of death telling me it couldn't access, modify, read, or Waite to a registry key as I said before.

What is your advice on going through with this?If your problem matches exactly what that page describes, and I mean not just sounds a bit like it, then I would follow the procedures Microsoft has outlined there.

But do pay particular attention to this section from that page:
Quote

This article describes how to recover a Windows XP system that does not start because of corruption in the registry. This procedure does not guarantee full recovery of the system to a previous state; however, you should be able to recover data when you use this procedure.

Warning Do not use the procedure that is described in this article if your computer has an OEM-installed operating system. The system hive on OEM installations creates passwords and user accounts that did not exist previously. If you use the procedure that is described in this article, you may not be able to log back into the recovery console to restore the original registry hives.

What kind of XP install are you using?Im using XP Media Center 200"?" I think 2 or 3. It is an oem install, BUT when recovery consoule starts it prompts me for administrative password I just leave it blank and hit enter sience the defult one for an HP is nothing. Is this the same thing as they say in the artical? If this is the OEM install that came with your HP computer, that's exactly what they're talking about. Check HP's website or the computer's documentation or contact their support DEPARTMENT for the best way to proceed with restoring the registry.What does this mean exactly?

Quote

Warning Do not use the procedure that is described in this article if your computer has an OEM-installed operating system. The system hive on OEM installations creates passwords and user accounts that did not exist previously. If you use the procedure that is described in this article, you may not be able to log back into the recovery console to restore the original registry hives.

I know the admin password to recovery consul if that is what they are asking, but I really don't want to call HP because it cost me $50 bucks just to get through to someone who may be able to help and then there are no grantees.

Quote from: patio on December 23, 2007, 10:34:05 AM

Try booting back into the Recovery Console and type these 2 commands:
fixboot
fixmbr

Do them one at a time...

Tried fixboot and fixmbr ans no luck any other ideas?i have had problems like this before and tried everything to get the boot up seqence up and running the quickest way to fix the problem i found was to buy a new hard drive install a new operating system on it(your origianl oem one will do). then once you have an operating computer turn your original hard drive into a slave and back up all your data to the new hard drive

you will have to activate your copy of windows but if you do it on the phone and the automated responses request you talk to an operator just explain to them what happened and they should give you the activation code no worries

bartrob

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