Hello forum,
Hope somebody can help me . . . .
Undecided whether my problem is hardware / software related - hence posting here.
The subject message received when I insert the XP Home Edition CD.
OK onto the history . . .
H/W spec (known at the mom): 128MB RAM, 40GB HDD
S/W spec (Kwown at the mom): XP Home Edition
Repairing a 7 year old PC (no remarks on replacing it please) which involved AV scan using AVG and malwarebytes.
System was infected with Trojan.Horse BackDoor.VB.CXJ and removed successfully using Malwarebytes. (Note during the scan with Malwarebytes system kept attempting to increase virtual memory)
Rebooted system to take a clean sweep and Malwarebytes failed to run problems with line xxxx (unable to remember exact number).
At this point I replaced the 128MB RAM stick with 2 spare 256MB ram sticks and fired up the machine. Machine not booting - it takes me to the Safe Mode options including startup in normal mode, startup with networking . .etc. Select start with Normal mode system goes so far - displays a glimpse of BSOD and reoboots. The same happens for safe mode.
At this point I thought the system was rejecting the 2 sticks so I replaced them with the original 128MB stick - no difference!! Even tried to put the memory in upside down - machine did not go anywhere!!
Next step was to attempt to repair the system using the XP CD and this is where the said message appears as per the subject. :4-dontkno
Before I could get the system to run from CD had to reset bios / cmos to defaults as it was password protected. Method: remove battery for 30+ mins before reinserting and booting into bios.
The XP CD is still in machine - with CD stopped spinning - with message "Examining startup environment . . ." still displayed, circa 20mins now.
To summarise I have a machine which I am unable to repair using XP CD and no ability to boot into XP.
Thinking aloud now . . . if this was a software issue I should have been able to get into the system and repair it shouldn't I using the XP CD?
dbl057311
Hope somebody can help me . . . .
Undecided whether my problem is hardware / software related - hence posting here.
The subject message received when I insert the XP Home Edition CD.
OK onto the history . . .
H/W spec (known at the mom): 128MB RAM, 40GB HDD
S/W spec (Kwown at the mom): XP Home Edition
Repairing a 7 year old PC (no remarks on replacing it please) which involved AV scan using AVG and malwarebytes.
System was infected with Trojan.Horse BackDoor.VB.CXJ and removed successfully using Malwarebytes. (Note during the scan with Malwarebytes system kept attempting to increase virtual memory)
Rebooted system to take a clean sweep and Malwarebytes failed to run problems with line xxxx (unable to remember exact number).
At this point I replaced the 128MB RAM stick with 2 spare 256MB ram sticks and fired up the machine. Machine not booting - it takes me to the Safe Mode options including startup in normal mode, startup with networking . .etc. Select start with Normal mode system goes so far - displays a glimpse of BSOD and reoboots. The same happens for safe mode.
At this point I thought the system was rejecting the 2 sticks so I replaced them with the original 128MB stick - no difference!! Even tried to put the memory in upside down - machine did not go anywhere!!
Next step was to attempt to repair the system using the XP CD and this is where the said message appears as per the subject. :4-dontkno
Before I could get the system to run from CD had to reset bios / cmos to defaults as it was password protected. Method: remove battery for 30+ mins before reinserting and booting into bios.
The XP CD is still in machine - with CD stopped spinning - with message "Examining startup environment . . ." still displayed, circa 20mins now.
To summarise I have a machine which I am unable to repair using XP CD and no ability to boot into XP.
Thinking aloud now . . . if this was a software issue I should have been able to get into the system and repair it shouldn't I using the XP CD?
dbl057311
