XP - error loading operating system

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  1. aqol45

    aqol45 Member

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    Hi Guys

    Got the blue screen of death after this recent MS update & therefore unable to login - SAFE MODE neither

    Trying to install recovery console using Recovery CD that came with PC

    Went into boot menu & booted from CD - PC went striaght into SET UP mode (no option to get into recovery mode??!!)& started to install files,....just when it said formatting HD I quickly turned off
    Turned PC on again to try again.

    How when it boots i get 'error loading operating system' !!!

    Am i buggered & will hI ave to reinstall XP ?

    Please tell me there is way out else my wife will be stringing my bits up to lampost for losing all her data ?

    Yours desperatley
    Andre
     
    aqol45, Feb 13, 2010
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  2. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    take the drive out of the computer & put into another pc as a slave so can hopefully save the data. put the drive back into the original computer & redo the system recovery.
     
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    davexnet, Feb 13, 2010
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