Hi,
I need assistance please. Here’s the scenario from beginning to present:-
– I cannot boot past the Windows splash screen (also cannot boot into Safe Mode);
– After several attempts, this changed to a blue screen with an error message indicating a memory location;
– I tried booting from XP CD and was told that a previous upgrade attempt was interrupted and I proceeded to complete the upgrade;
– This failed after several attemtpts with either the origial error message or ones saying that a file could not be loaded (different files at different times)
– Eventually, after booting from CD and attempting to continue the upgrade, I received the error message that the Windows directory could not be found;
– I boot into Recovery Console and I see the Windows partition;
– After giving the PC a rest to do some research, I try to boot from CD again (to attempt a “fixmbr”) and now I find that I cannot boot from CD either! I see “searching for boot record from CD” then the “Press any key to boot from CD” and when I do, the system re-boots once more;
– I disconnect the HD and attempt to boot from CD and the screen comes up garbled but I can see that it looks as if it is now booting off the disk;
– I did something (can’t recall what) and try it again and now I see that its booting of the CD without a garbled screen,
– I reconnect the HD and I’m back to square one!
I don’t have another PC to try the HD on; and I’m stuck as to how to proceed. I HAVE to rescue this HD. Has anyone ever enountered a problem like this before or has any ideas of how to proceed??
JT
