Please help! Eurgant!

Reece_H · 08-20-2009, 01:18 AM

I followed the guide on the stickie "Sticky: Optimising Your System For Games" and now i'm kinda screwed >.< not blaming anyone it was my fault lol...well i done everything on the guide..but when it came to the edit the boot.ini i got a message saying it couldn't find the boot.ini create it now? and i clicked yes and then copied and pasted the "what it should like" from the guide to the notepad file and saved it.. and then i rebooted and now get an error message every time i boot saying:

Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.
Could not read from the selected bot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware.
Please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information

Now it wont go past that whatever i do >.< someone please help

I REALLY don't wanna format the whole computer again but will do if i have absolutely no choice lol ^^

PLEASE HELP!!!

**Aus_Karlos** · 08-20-2009, 01:36 AM

First thing you shouldn't of done is directly copied that particular boot file.
This section in particular [default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS] This states that his windows is located on HDD 0 on Partition 2. If yours is a standard boot layout it would of been on partition 0 and not 2.

To fix this without formatting you will need to pop-in your XP installation CD.
1) When your PC asks to boot from disk press anykey to accept.
2) Wait for the setup section to complete (IE blue screen that setups XP)
3) Now you need to be careful here, Select the location of where XP is installed. The setup should detect that XP is already installed on your HDD and will highlight it. Now down the bottom of the screen should be a legend. If it says R - Repair or R - Recovery Console then you need to press R.

4) It may take a while but your screen will go black (looks like DOS), It will then ask you to select what windows you wan to repair. There should only be one so you press 1 then Enter.
If you have a administrator password it will prompt you to type it in. If you dont have one leave it blank and press Enter.

Now type the following FIXBOOT (will warn you about what you are doing) press Y followed by Enter. This will only take a second.

Now once it has successfully written a new boot file type in EXIT and your PC will restart. Take out the CD and Windows should boot normally.

*Note if it doesn't boot follow the same steps but type in FIXMBR press Y followed by Enter.

Also im recalling this all from memory so if it says something like does not recognize command it could be BOOTFIX. If that still doesn't work type HELP and it will give you a list of commands.

Reece_H · 08-20-2009, 01:55 AM

I have a packard bell lol..so it's weired to the normal xp instal..in ran from disk andi got a menu that looks like this

1. Standard System Restore

2.Advanced Options -
:-Windows and SmartRestore only

3.Tools -
:-Edit
:-Fdisk
:-Master CD/DVD[s] check

4. Cancel and return to DOS

Sod it -.- i'll just do system restore lol and just praise god i had my work backed up xD lol and my game saves saved to disk O.o if not i'm scewed xD lol anyways thanks bro ^^ lol

08-20-2009, 01:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
Reece_H Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: England - Essex Posts: 2 OS: WinXP	Please help! Eurgant! I followed the guide on the stickie "Sticky: Optimising Your System For Games" and now i'm kinda screwed >.< not blaming anyone it was my fault lol...well i done everything on the guide..but when it came to the edit the boot.ini i got a message saying it couldn't find the boot.ini create it now? and i clicked yes and then copied and pasted the "what it should like" from the guide to the notepad file and saved it.. and then i rebooted and now get an error message every time i boot saying: Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem. Could not read from the selected bot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information Now it wont go past that whatever i do >.< someone please help I REALLY don't wanna format the whole computer again but will do if i have absolutely no choice lol ^^ PLEASE HELP!!!

08-20-2009, 01:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,447 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: Please help! Eurgant! First thing you shouldn't of done is directly copied that particular boot file. This section in particular [default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS] This states that his windows is located on HDD 0 on Partition 2. If yours is a standard boot layout it would of been on partition 0 and not 2. To fix this without formatting you will need to pop-in your XP installation CD. 1) When your PC asks to boot from disk press anykey to accept. 2) Wait for the setup section to complete (IE blue screen that setups XP) 3) Now you need to be careful here, Select the location of where XP is installed. The setup should detect that XP is already installed on your HDD and will highlight it. Now down the bottom of the screen should be a legend. If it says R - Repair or R - Recovery Console then you need to press R. 4) It may take a while but your screen will go black (looks like DOS), It will then ask you to select what windows you wan to repair. There should only be one so you press 1 then Enter. If you have a administrator password it will prompt you to type it in. If you dont have one leave it blank and press Enter. Now type the following FIXBOOT (will warn you about what you are doing) press Y followed by Enter. This will only take a second. Now once it has successfully written a new boot file type in EXIT and your PC will restart. Take out the CD and Windows should boot normally. Note if it doesn't boot follow the same steps but type in FIXMBR press Y followed by Enter. Also im recalling this all from memory so if it says something like does not recognize command it could be BOOTFIX. If that still doesn't work type HELP and it will give you a list of commands. __________________ MemTest86* / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home Last edited by Aus_Karlos; 08-20-2009 at 01:39 AM.

08-20-2009, 01:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
Reece_H Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: England - Essex Posts: 2 OS: WinXP	Re: Please help! Eurgant! I have a packard bell lol..so it's weired to the normal xp instal..in ran from disk andi got a menu that looks like this 1. Standard System Restore 2.Advanced Options - :-Windows and SmartRestore only 3.Tools - :-Edit :-Fdisk :-Master CD/DVD[s] check 4. Cancel and return to DOS Sod it -.- i'll just do system restore lol and just praise god i had my work backed up xD lol and my game saves saved to disk O.o if not i'm scewed xD lol anyways thanks bro ^^ lol Last edited by Reece_H; 08-20-2009 at 02:09 AM.