To: Nateman
Ok, I checked again.
The computer IS checking the CD ROM drive at bootup time. It tries the diskette drive, then the CD ROM drive, then (apparently) the hard disk. Then I get the "corrupt/missing file" message.
The CD I am trying to use is purple, and is labeled "Operating System / reinstallation CD Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition". The computer and CD are from Dell.
Is this CD the right one for recovery purposes? Thanks.
9 posted on
11/11/2003 7:14:23 PM PST by
calvin sun
("Mr. Gorbachev, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL")
To: calvin sun
Have you set any "Restore Points"?
11 posted on
11/11/2003 7:16:43 PM PST by
Spruce
To: calvin sun
The boot sequence is wrong. It's got to be cdrom first. Did F1 get you in Setup? If not try Delete.
12 posted on
11/11/2003 7:25:55 PM PST by
WTSand
To: calvin sun
Could be the right CD, I don't know. But I do know this, in order to prevent the recovery disk being used as a way to put Windows onto other computers, it will only reboot onto the system that is at the original factory settings that the computer came with. If you added memory, another hard drive or just about any kind of hardware the CD reboot disk will notice the differance and prevent the boot.
13 posted on
11/11/2003 8:11:47 PM PST by
Nateman
(Socialism first, cancer second.)
To: calvin sun
Try to use a startup floppy disk.
15 posted on
11/11/2003 8:26:09 PM PST by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
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