Ican't get windows to start because of a Blue Screen Error Message. I boothe from the XP cd but i DON"T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW. Im at the screen that says c:/windows
2006-07-16 17:46:16 · 8 answers · asked by Marissa 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I am at the point where I am in recovery mode on the xp cd. I dont know what command to type after c:\windows to get it to startup.
2006-07-16 17:55:09 · update #1
Just adding, make sure your windows XP cd is a bootable windows XP cd (they will put the label in the front/back cover) otherwise even if you start the computer 1000 times with the advice above it wouldn't boot from the cd
2006-07-16 17:56:42 · answer #1 · answered by Tingkatan3 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Dear Soul,
This is because you have automatically booted into Command prompt to change it just press F8 while booting which will show many booting options just select BOOT Normaly using arrow keys and press enter and Presto you have booted perfect !!!
If you want the answer to how to boot from X P CD :
Step 1: when you switch on the system press DEL button which
will take you to BIOS
Step 2: select boot options in your BIOS [the name may very as
the compaines vary]
Step 3: Select boot device as CD and exit saying save options .
Step 4: pop in your X P CD
Step 5: Reboot and now you have Booted from CD
you will be heard if you have any question Heh heh.................
Sram
2006-07-16 18:03:16 · answer #2 · answered by Sram 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go into the BIOS by pressing the DELETE key or F2 key (depending on your system) when the computer begins to boot up. Go into the Boot option and change how you want the computer to boot up. Make the CD-ROM the first option. Restart the computer and as it is booting up put the XP CD in..
2006-07-16 17:52:21 · answer #3 · answered by crazyhumans2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that if you just hit "Enter" at c:/windows it will boot.
That is, in essence, a DOS command to run the program "windows".
That may not solve your problem, but if you can get the system up, you can run Startup Problems Troubleshooting.
Good Luck
2006-07-16 17:53:35 · answer #4 · answered by fredshelp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the blue screen it should reference a program, if thats the problem. In the recovery console type "disable PROGRAMNAME" and it should disable the service thats killing you. Also try safe mode (of course) and if that doesnt work, boot with BartPE (http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ ) back up your data, and do a format reinstall.
Feel free to email at paintballgod99@gmail.com
2006-07-16 18:04:18 · answer #5 · answered by paintball_god99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do as mrpurrfect said, exept put the disc in your disc drive and set your bios to boot from disc in the order of boot dirves. sorry mrpurrfect, was just correting you spelling a little bit. no harm intended. now that i read this, my spelling aint so great either, just dont have the energy to go back and fix it. and ive got carpel tunnel syndrome goin on too.
2006-07-16 18:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by bunghole 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You put it in the disk drive and turn the computer on.
If it fails to boot like that you will have to go into your bios settings and tell the computer to check the disk drive first.
2006-07-16 17:48:45 · answer #7 · answered by MrPurrfect 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I refer to that as the blue screen of death. Time to upgrade.
2006-07-16 17:51:03 · answer #8 · answered by mellottcc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋