Solved Computer will not boot

[philip95]

when i switch on my widows xp comptuer befor it get to loading windows but affter it started botting from hard disk
i get to small smile face in rectangle with rounded corners
how do i fix this this is befir i can press F8

 

[marsmimar]

As soon as you power on your computer, immediately start clicking the F8 key and keep clicking until the Advanced Boot Options menu appears. Once you get into the Advanced Boot Options menu you should be able to use your up/down arrows to select (highlight) Safe Mode. Click Enter and Safe Mode should start. (You'll see the words Safe Mode on all four corners of the screen.) From Safe Mode I'd try to access System Restore and roll back your computer to a restore point before this problem first began.

How to restore Windows XP to a previous state

If a restore point doesn't fix thing, you might want to go through this article for other troubleshooting steps.

10 things you can do when Windows XP won't boot | TechRepublic

 

[philip95]

As soon as you power on your computer, immediately start clicking the F8 key and keep clicking until the Advanced Boot Options menu appears. Once you get into the Advanced Boot Options menu you should be able to use your up/down arrows to select (highlight) Safe Mode. Click Enter and Safe Mode should start. (You'll see the words Safe Mode on all four corners of the screen.) From Safe Mode I'd try to access System Restore and roll back your computer to a restore point before this problem first began.

How to restore Windows XP to a previous state

If a restore point doesn't fix thing, you might want to go through this article for other troubleshooting steps.

10 things you can do when Windows XP won't boot | TechRepublic

It is just befor you can press F8 but i try it again

 

[philip95]

As soon as you power on your computer, immediately start clicking the F8 key and keep clicking until the Advanced Boot Options menu appears. Once you get into the Advanced Boot Options menu you should be able to use your up/down arrows to select (highlight) Safe Mode. Click Enter and Safe Mode should start. (You'll see the words Safe Mode on all four corners of the screen.) From Safe Mode I'd try to access System Restore and roll back your computer to a restore point before this problem first began.

How to restore Windows XP to a previous state

If a restore point doesn't fix thing, you might want to go through this article for other troubleshooting steps.

10 things you can do when Windows XP won't boot | TechRepublic

the artical says you need to be loged on i can not boot

 

[philip95]

As soon as you power on your computer, immediately start clicking the F8 key and keep clicking until the Advanced Boot Options menu appears. Once you get into the Advanced Boot Options menu you should be able to use your up/down arrows to select (highlight) Safe Mode. Click Enter and Safe Mode should start. (You'll see the words Safe Mode on all four corners of the screen.) From Safe Mode I'd try to access System Restore and roll back your computer to a restore point before this problem first began.

How to restore Windows XP to a previous state

If a restore point doesn't fix thing, you might want to go through this article for other troubleshooting steps.

10 things you can do when Windows XP won't boot | TechRepublic

i give the 10 tips ago but at a quick like they look like they will not help

 

[marsmimar]

It is just befor you can press F8 but i try it again

There is no prompt that tells you to start clicking F8. That's why you have to start clicking it as soon as you power up the computer. Are you saying that F8 just won't work? Can you access your BIOS? As soon as you power on the computer what happens if you start clicking F2 or F12 (the usual ways to access setup?)

If you can access the BIOS you might be able to change the boot order to boot from the CD/DVD drive as the first option. Then you could insert the XP install disk and boot fom it.

 

[philip95]

It is just befor you can press F8 but i try it again

There is no prompt that tells you to start clicking F8. That's why you have to start clicking it as soon as you power up the computer. Are you saying that F8 just won't work? Can you access your BIOS? As soon as you power on the computer what happens if you start clicking F2 or F12 (the usual ways to access setup?)

If you can access the BIOS you might be able to change the boot order to boot from the CD/DVD drive as the first option. Then you could insert the XP install disk and boot fom it.

F8 dose not work
i can assces BIOS and i set it to boot from the hard disk

 

[marsmimar]

Is there no BIOS option to boot from the CD/DVD drive?

 

[philip95]

Is there no BIOS option to boot from the CD/DVD drive?

i can boot from CD/Floppy disk
no DVD drive yet

 

[gregrocker]

Boot the XP CD to run XP Repair Install

 

[philip95]

Boot the XP CD to run XP Repair Install

trired that when i boot from it it say there error or it is corrupted

 

[gregrocker]

Please post back the exact error message. Are you prompted to "Press Any Key to boot disk" first? Do you see the disk loading before the message. Is it possible it is bypassing the CD and trying to boot the HD?

You will need to be able to boot the CD to repair this.

Perhaps you can make a video or take camera snaps of this attempt to boot CD as well as the smiley-face you said you get when it attempts to boot HD. Attach the pics using paper clip in reply box, upload video to Youtube and attach link.

 

[philip95]

Please post back the exact error message. Are you prompted to "Press Any Key to boot disk" first? Do you see the disk loading before the message. Is it possible it is bypassing the CD and trying to boot the HD?

You will need to be able to boot the CD to repair this.

Perhaps you can make a video or take camera snaps of this attempt to boot CD as well as the smiley-face you said you get when it attempts to boot HD. Attach the pics using paper clip in reply box, upload video to Youtube and attach link.

yes it comes up press any key to for boot for disk.....
a i do

i get the you full error tonight

 

[philip95]

Please post back the exact error message. Are you prompted to "Press Any Key to boot disk" first? Do you see the disk loading before the message. Is it possible it is bypassing the CD and trying to boot the HD?

You will need to be able to boot the CD to repair this.

Perhaps you can make a video or take camera snaps of this attempt to boot CD as well as the smiley-face you said you get when it attempts to boot HD. Attach the pics using paper clip in reply box, upload video to Youtube and attach link.

the file aic78u2.sys is corrupted.
press any key to continue.



when a key is pressed the gry bar at the bottom it says

setup failed press any key to restart your computer

this is befor it ask you for any import





and can not take a screen shoot it is before you screen shoot

i would take pictures with my camera but it wont take pictures any more

 

[gregrocker]

The error likely means the HD (not the CD) is trying to boot and is infected.

Can you boot the CD on another PC? Is it in good condition, clean and unscratched? Do you have access to another XP CD for the same version and OEM/retail channel to try booting?

Try running Windows Defender Offline from bootable USB stick or CD, or another of the FREE Bootable AntiVirus Rescue CDs Download List .

 

[philip95]

thanks i tried one of the FREE Bootable AntiVirus Rescue CDs this did not help with this but it did help with another problem witch meant i could use floppy disk repair disk