Gday guys. 2 days ago i had a computer crash and since then have been unable to boot. It just hangs on a black screen after the bios settings screen loads (in between where it scans your harddrives etc and where the windows screen should say its loading, i guess)
Since then have tried a number of things:
-used windows xp cd to try do a repair install -> however, it doesnt give me the repair option when i get to the install screen, only shows the partition of C and how much space there is etc. and for me to do a full install (and hence reformat)
-replaced ntldr and ntdetect.com from xp cd to see if it would make windows appear on the ^ so i could repair, it didnt
-tried bootcfg /rebuild -->
this says its scanning for windows, then fails, then gives me an error ... so i guessed that there was some sort of problem locating any windows
installation despite the fact that upon initializing the recovery console, I am presented with the option "1. C:\windows" and i can roam around the c:\windows\ directory. cant use any bootcfg commands here like add etc
- decided to check out system32/config and was attempting to backup the files when i notice that none of the files were copying, returned some error which i guess suggest they werent there. then proceeded to try to /dir the config directory but it gives me an error:
The volume in drive C is Acer
The volume serial no is 320d-190e
Directory of c:\windows\system32\config
An error occurred duirng the directory enumeration
i guess this is where my problem lies? this is where i am completely stumped though and have no idea what to do next ? should i get the system32 files from the xp cd and put them in? i really hope im not screwed because i have so many important files on my computer sad.gif
Any help on this would be great.
Since then have tried a number of things:
-used windows xp cd to try do a repair install -> however, it doesnt give me the repair option when i get to the install screen, only shows the partition of C and how much space there is etc. and for me to do a full install (and hence reformat)
-replaced ntldr and ntdetect.com from xp cd to see if it would make windows appear on the ^ so i could repair, it didnt
-tried bootcfg /rebuild -->
this says its scanning for windows, then fails, then gives me an error ... so i guessed that there was some sort of problem locating any windows
installation despite the fact that upon initializing the recovery console, I am presented with the option "1. C:\windows" and i can roam around the c:\windows\ directory. cant use any bootcfg commands here like add etc
- decided to check out system32/config and was attempting to backup the files when i notice that none of the files were copying, returned some error which i guess suggest they werent there. then proceeded to try to /dir the config directory but it gives me an error:
The volume in drive C is Acer
The volume serial no is 320d-190e
Directory of c:\windows\system32\config
An error occurred duirng the directory enumeration
i guess this is where my problem lies? this is where i am completely stumped though and have no idea what to do next ? should i get the system32 files from the xp cd and put them in? i really hope im not screwed because i have so many important files on my computer sad.gif
Any help on this would be great.