[maxima00]

Xp crashes at the startup status bar right in the middle. Would using an xp disc in safe mode to repair xp help at all. If so, would doing that cause any loss of files....I don't want a reformat or anything like that, just looking to see if I would be able to repair maybe a corrupt boot up file? Thanks

 

[dai]

tap f8 when booting and from the options try
last known good configuration
run
chkdsk /r
a repair install will leave your files intact

 

[maxima00]

that fixed the status bar crash one time

as my last possible choice in repairing windows......run it in safe mode correct and what will it exactly do? No loss in any files....just can't screw it up because it's my parents computer :sigh:

 

[dai]

to run a repair you boot from the windows disk and choose install
ignore the first repair option and continue with install
when windows finds the previous installation and offers to do the repair
then do the repair

 

[maxima00]

is it ok to upgrade to xp sp2? I have the disc here.....i also have a xp disc 1

 

[dai]

slipstream sp2 into the xp disk with nlite and then do the repair with the slipstreamed disk
http://www.nliteos.com/
http://unattended.msfn.org/

 

[maxima00]

slipstream sp2 into the xp disk with nlite and then do the repair with the slipstreamed disk
http://www.nliteos.com/
http://unattended.msfn.org/

whoops...sorry...I meant I have an sp2 disc.

 

[maxima00]

....installing Sp2....hope everything works out

 

[maxima00]

I recieved this error when trying to reinstall windows at bootup

The file a866d4bue.sys could not be found

 

[maxima00]

XP (with sp2)
The file a2bvei5l.sys could not be found

XP (without sp2) install try:
The file a866d4bue.sys could not be found

 

[dai]

slipstrem it and use the slipstreamed disk

 

[maxima00]

slipstrem it and use the slipstreamed disk

i'm sorry but will when you explain how to use it, what it does and the process it takes in making it?

 

[dai]

you have everything you need in post 7 for how it works and how to do it
you need a blank cd
your windows disk
the file you wish to slipstream available on a disk or on the computer
and then it is virtually just mouse clicks

 

[maxima00]

you have everything you need in post 7 for how it works and how to do it
you need a blank cd
your windows disk
the file you wish to slipstream available on a disk or on the computer
and then it is virtually just mouse clicks

do you know where to find the file and where do I add it in the slipstream process because I am doing it now

 

[dai]

usually it is on your m/b set cd

 

[maxima00]

usually it is on your m/b set cd

m/b?

 

[dai]

motherboard

 

[maxima00]

motherboard

thought so but I don't have m/b set cd/disk to find the file. Anywhere else to get it? Thanks for all your help by the way.

 

[dai]

you will find it in the m/board makers download section for your m/board your manual will tell you the name of it,if you do not have your manual you can get it from the same place

 

[maxima00]

couldn't find the file(s) anywhere so I just did the slipstrem and made a windows xp sp2 disc so I guess we'll see if this works. If not, I'll have to find those files somewhere.