[higashi]

i have this new laptop. Pls.take note that my laptop have no cd-rom)the hdd have 2 partitions.one C: FAT32 where the win2000(japanese) resides and one D: NTFS with newly installed Winxp(english) ..i decided to format the win2000 os in dos because i thought i won't need it.after i did a restart it says invalid system disk..what can i do to boot xp? pls help..thank you!

 

[Elvandil]

You will need to reinstall XP from the CD or run the Recovery Console from the CD. You deleted your boot files when you formatted the 2000 partition.

If you have no CD-ROM, you will need to get one that belongs to the laptop (an external will only boot if it is supported by your BIOS), or you will need to put it in another machine, with an adapter if it is not an identical machine.

It is possible that you may be able to boot from this floppy:

XP Sysboot:

http://www.svrops.com/svrops/downloads/zipfiles/xpprobt.exe (bootable floppy)
http://users.adelphia.net/~abraxas/dl/xpprobt.iso (bootable CD image)

or try booting with that floppy after installing this boot manager to your hard drive and using it to boot with the XP sysboot floppy in the drive:

http://gag.sourceforge.net

 

[higashi]

i tried using this
http://www.svrops.com/svrops/downlo...les/xpprobt.exe (bootable floppy)

but after the selection menu
message appears
saying that"windows could not start because the file is missing or corrupt!
c:\system32\ hal.dll

other than formatting my drive...do you have any other idea?thank you for the reply!

 

[Elvandil]

How would formatting the drive help? If you have no way of reinstalling an operating system, you would be left with a blank drive.

If you have a method of reinstalling, you could use it to effect a repair.

 

[higashi]

ok thanks for the help..maybe i'll just get the drive off and install OS to other pc..ur help is much appreciated...

 

[Michichael]

well its saying windows was installed on drive C, however you isntalled your xp on drive D. see if you can reassign the drive letters or swap the IDE (HEY I REMEMBERED WAHT TEH CABLES ARE CALLED!) cables within the laptop.

 

[higashi]

hey michichael,thanks for the post but i don't think it would work,i have only one drive with two partitions..thanks anyway..

 

[Elvandil]

If you have no CD-ROM, how did you install 2000 and XP to begin with?

 

[Michichael]

oh crap one HD with 2 partitions.

ok i know how to fix this, do you have a windows 98 bootup floppy?