shkip Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 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 windowsinstallation 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 AcerThe volume serial no is 320d-190eDirectory of c:\windows\system32\configAn error occurred duirng the directory enumerationi 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 :(Any help on this would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Welcome to the Windows Forum.I have never been in your situation, so I have no past experience. But if I were, I would start looking through http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058 for all the commands that are available in the Recovery Console.Maybe FIXBOOT or FIXMBR could resolve the situation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seshomaru Samma Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 hiif its an MBR problem you can fix it with an Ubuntu CD here is how (Ubuntu is a live Linux CD , you can download it from here)this should work with any Linux live cdyou can also use the CD to back up important files from your unbootable Windows partition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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