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Sorry For The Inconvience Screen

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Pathebest, 2009/06/10.

  1. 2009/06/10
    Pathebest

    Pathebest Inactive Thread Starter

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    Ok when i turn my computer on i get the sorry for the inconvience windows did not start succesfully etc. (this is on my compaq) now i have tried the safe mode safe mode with networking last known good configuration and even start normally none will work the Windows xp logo shows up it starts to load stops loading halfway through then the screen blinks blue with white words very fast (to fast to tell what it is) and then it starts all over again with the sorry for the inconvience its so annoying

    This all happened when someone unplugged the computer when it froze (not smart at all)
     
  2. 2009/06/10
    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Most likely, some system files got messed up.

    If you have Windows CD...

    1. Insert your Windows XP CD into your CD and assure that your CD-ROM drive is capable of booting the CD.
    2. Once you have booted from CD, do NOT select the option that states: Press F2 to initiate the Automated System Recovery (ASR) tool.
    You’re going to proceed until you see the following screen, at which point you will press the “R†key to enter the recovery console:

    [​IMG]

    3. After you have selected the appropriate option from step two, you will be prompted to select a valid Windows installation (typically number “1″).
    Select the installation number, and hit Enter.
    If there is an administrator password for the administrator account, enter it and hit Enter (if asked for the password, and you don't know it, you're out of luck).
    You will be greeted with this screen, which indicates a recovery console at the ready:

    [​IMG]

    4. There are eight commands you must enter in sequence to repair any of the issues I noted in the opening of this guide.
    I will introduce them here, and then show the results graphically in the next six steps.
    NOTE. Make sure, you press Enter after each command. Make sure, all commands are exact, including "spaces ".
    These commands are as follows:

    CD..
    ATTRIB -H C:\\boot.ini
    ATTRIB -S C:\\boot.ini
    ATRIB -R C:\\boot.ini
    del boot.ini
    BOOTCFG /Rebuild


    Note about the above command.
    BOOTCFG /REBUILD command which searches for pre-existing installations of Windows XP and rebuilds sundry essential components of the Windows operating system, recompiles the BOOT.INI file and corrects a litany of common Windows errors.
    It is very important that you do one or both of the following two things:
    A.) Every Windows XP owner must use /FASTDETECT as OS Load Option when the rebuild process is finalizing.
    B.) If you are the owner of a CPU featuring Intel’s XD or AMD’s NX buffer overflow protection, you must also use /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN as an OS Load Option.
    For the Enter Load Identifier portion of this command, you should enter the name of the operating system you have installed.
    If, for example, you are using Windows XP Home, you could type Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition for the identifier (it's not crucial, however what the name is, as long, as it's meaningful).
    Here is your computer screen:

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    5. Following command verifies the integrity of the hard drive containing the Windows XP installation. While this step is not an essential function in our process, it’s still good to be sure that the drive is physically capable of running windows, in that it contains no bad sectors or other corruptions that might be the culprit:

    CHKDSK /R /F

    6. This last command writes a new boot sector to the hard drive and cleans up all the loose ends we created by rebuilding the BOOT.INI file and the system files. When the Windows Recovery Console asks you if you are Sure you want to write a new bootsector to the partition C: ? just hit “Yâ€, then Enter to confirm your decision:

    FIXBOOT

    7. It’s time to reboot your PC by typing
    EXIT
    and pressing Enter.

    With any luck, your PC will boot successfully into Windows XP as if your various DLL, Hive, EXE and NTLDR errors never existed.



    2. If you don't have Windows CD...
    Download Windows Recovery Console: http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso
    Download, and install free Imgburn: http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
    Using Imgburn, burn rc.iso to a CD.
    Boot to the CD...let it finish loading.
    When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.
    Then, follow instructions from Step #3 above.
     

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  4. 2009/06/10
    surferdude2

    surferdude2 Inactive

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    There is no /f switch available for chkdsk in the Recovery Console and you will get an error message if you attempt to use it. Just run chkdsk /r.
     
  5. 2009/06/10
    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Thanks surferdude2 :)
    I need to update my canned...
     

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