Hi

I also have the exact same problem. Even when I press 'R' it won't repair. Any other advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Can I make a boot disc from an OEM recovery cd? thanks

Thanks ill give this a try.

Moonriaz,
Have you fiquered out how to fix your "XP not starting even in Safe mode problem?"

When I start my computer(windows xp os), it displays 1) safe mode 2) last confi.. 3) mormally..
when i choose any option, no response only start again and same screen:

Hi moonriaz... i have the same problem today... and no matter which option on safe mode i use... it comes back to the safe mode screen.. did you receive any suggestions that actually worked without having the cd to repair it?? please advise!!!!!! plz!!!

darkangel_beauty2@yahoo.com

Hi there moonriaz my name is aman and for the last week I've also been having the same issue. But upon investigating I discovered that it is probably a bad update from Microsoft dose your comp also says press escape to not load stpd.sys. That's the indication that it is a bad update. but go to allbootdisks.com and download the xp boot disk if you already don't have it.

Hi im having a similar problem,
windows wont start going to screen windows did not start correctly however cant move arrows to select safe mode so is just staying on start windows normally and going round in a loop, keyboard IS working and is letting me enter setup. I have the XP disc and have used link above to try to repair/install. ive changed the first boot device in BIOS to CDROM however it is now sayin press any key to boot from CD, which im doin, but is then going back to same old windows couldnt start properly choose from safe mode... last known config.....blah blah and goin round in a loop again

Aaaaah can anyone help???

Thank you
Jan x

Have you ever fixed your computer? what did you do? I had exact problem, after installing updates from windows, computer won't start in an way, and recovery CD won't show up either. I am even worse, I could not back up my data, I guess unless I hook hard disk to another operational computer.

Let me know, I would really appreciate it.

thanks!

Spring

This is garbage. I have the same problem. I installed a windows update and now I can't get into Windows! I get the black screen after the Windows Title (Loading) screen. What's worse, I got this computer from a friend and I don't have the Disks for windows. Got to love Microsoft, they give us an update that trashes our computer and then charge us $ for costumer support!

Have you try changing your boot screen using programs like BootSkin or the similar before the incident?

I did recently had the same problem and cannot boot into WinXP, not even in safemode or any other option.
Then, it took me two days to recall that I did install BootSkin and try to change the boot screen. So, I tried to
find ntoskrnl.exe from the original CD to replace in one in System32 folder, but it doesn't help. Luckily, I did
made a backup copy of the file. After replacing it, I can now boot into safemode, but not other options.

After that I remove BootSkin and try restarting into normal mode but it still does not work. So, I guess there is something wrong with ntoskrnl.exe, but I don't know how to fix it anyway. However, I used to try TuneUp Styler and it seems to be the safest program to help changing the boot skin or other part of windows. So, I installed the trial version and reset the boot screen to default. And now I can boot in to WinXP normally.

/Rati

Helo Mixergirl

i have downloaded UBCD4Win now could u tel me how to repair windows xp s2 using this bootalble cd..
i dont want lost my files and imporrtant documents...

PROBLEM
my pc just restart after windows load and it appears a list of option like run in the safe mode or using command prompt and last good configuration..... i tried to go in safe mode also but i cant then i trie d using last good configuration but the same problem occurs after windows loads system restart automaticaaly....
I always appreciate your help......PLX reply soon

I m having the same problem

If all methods above fail, this is one last (more advanced) method to repair your Windows XP boot.ini file or to backup your files before formatting and reinstalling your Windows XP ;)

First you need to get a version of Backtrack (Live Boot version) and write it on a CD.
You can get backtrack here:

http://remote-exploit.org/backtrack_download.­html</code>



Once you have a Backtrack Live Boot CD/USB, insert it in the corrupt machine.

Boot Backtrack and login if necessary.



Open a kernel and type:

cd /mnt

You should now be working in the mnt dir



Now type:

ls

Now you should see a lot of other directories, but you should select sda1. (This may be sda0 or other, depending on your system.)



So to go to the sda1 dir, type:

cd /sda1



Now type:

ls

This command lists all your files in the working directory.

You should see your hard drive, with all the directories ;)



Now if you want to recover files from your hard drive, just open them with BackTrack and copy them to your USB or external HD.



Now if you want to edit your boot.ini file, you just open it in BT and adjust the content.

This is an example for Windows XP Home Edition (on partition 1 of your harddrive, if you have partitions)

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect

After you have edited your boot.ini, just save it and reboot Windows XP without BT.



I hope this was helpfull ;)