Ok, here goes...
I have windows XP Professional.
A few days ago I restarted my PC and recieved the "Non-System disk error" instead of a clean boot into windows.
If I select "Last known good configuration" I can get into windows just fine, but as soon as I reboot again I get the same error every time, and so every time I must use "Last known good configuration".
I tried Chkdsk and it didn't find anything.
I ran a system restore to a backup point long before the problem started happening but I still have the same issue.
Another strange thing is I can boot into safe mode but the screen is all distorted, almost as if it was a bad video card / video driver. But when I use last known good config it has no such graphical problems.
(I would try rolling back to a previous video driver but I can't boot into safe mode to properly roll it back, as I have heard rolling back a video driver while in standard mode can cause problems.)
I really don't want to mess around with the recovery console just yet as I know I can get into windows, it's just a hassle to select last known good config EVERY time.
The one thing I havent tried yet is running the Windows XP Pro setup CD (Booting from it) and letting attempt to do a repair installation to hopefully fix any bad system files.
Has anyone else run into this that could provide me with some assistance?
I have windows XP Professional.
A few days ago I restarted my PC and recieved the "Non-System disk error" instead of a clean boot into windows.
If I select "Last known good configuration" I can get into windows just fine, but as soon as I reboot again I get the same error every time, and so every time I must use "Last known good configuration".
I tried Chkdsk and it didn't find anything.
I ran a system restore to a backup point long before the problem started happening but I still have the same issue.
Another strange thing is I can boot into safe mode but the screen is all distorted, almost as if it was a bad video card / video driver. But when I use last known good config it has no such graphical problems.
(I would try rolling back to a previous video driver but I can't boot into safe mode to properly roll it back, as I have heard rolling back a video driver while in standard mode can cause problems.)
I really don't want to mess around with the recovery console just yet as I know I can get into windows, it's just a hassle to select last known good config EVERY time.
The one thing I havent tried yet is running the Windows XP Pro setup CD (Booting from it) and letting attempt to do a repair installation to hopefully fix any bad system files.
Has anyone else run into this that could provide me with some assistance?