xp wont load, wont repair, wont reinstall.. help!
Posted:
Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:39 amby dearde4n
i have laptop compaq presario cq40 that wont do anything when try to reinstall it'll end up with blue screen with something 'chckdsk" related issue... when insert xp cd, it just preparing file when it comes to load windows it will be fail...
Re: xp wont load, wont repair, wont reinstall.. help!
Posted:
Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:36 amby Gecko
dearde4n,
It sounds like you might have a problem with your hard drive.
Boot the system with your windows xp cd
At the Windows Setup screen, press R to enter the Recovery Console.
You will be asked to choose which Windows installation you would like to log into. Most users will only have one choice type 1 and press enter.
You will be prompted to enter the administrator password. This is the password set for the user Administrator. You may have set this password when you first were configuring your computer. If you are uncertain what password to enter here, try leaving the line blank and just pressing ENTER.
You will be presented with a C: prompt.
Type chkdsk /r (note the space betwenn k and /) and press ENTER .
Checkdisk will now run. The scan may run for several hours.