EDIT: I accidentally posted this in the Hardware forum because I'm new, frustrated, and wasnt thinking. Please delete that one. Thank you
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Two days ago I rebooted and got this error message:
'Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Please check the windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference for additional information.'
After spending forever trying to figure out how to fix this I did the following:
- Downloaded the 6-disk boot disk set and ran it to get into the windows setup utility (for some reason my cd-rom wouldnt load the xp cd.. never had this problem before the last dreadful reboot. What is odd is that when in the recovery console I can access the cd-rom and browse through it...)
- Chose the recovery console option (I tried to do a repair of windows, but for some reason it went straight to the format/partition page without asking which installation to repair...)
- Logged on to the drive using the admin password
- ran 'chkdsk /r' everything came out fine
- Typed 'fixboot' and pressed 'y' to confirm
- Typed 'bootcfg /rebuild' and pressed 'y' to add missing files and whatnot
- entered the identifier 'Windows XP Home Edition'
- Pressed enter at the Operating System Load Option line
- exited
This booted up and showed 3 windows options...
Windows XP Home Edition (the new one I just made)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (the one I used to use when there were only 2)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (one I never chose, dont know how to get rid of it =P)
For some reason my keyboard wouldnt let me go up or down to choose one, but I know the keyboard is working because i can numluck and watch the nm light go on and off. It just sat there for a second and then went on to the XP load screen with the blue loading bar (Im assuming it auto chose the first one because the other two didnt work post killerboot).
At this point im jumping with joy because it finally booted to Windows!!! But my joy was stopped in its tracks when after the loading screen it went to a black screen with my little cursor and stayed there.
I tried rebooting and right after the option to choose which os (still didnt let me choose, it just skipped it) it came to the screen to choose safe mode, last known good config, or load normally. I tried safe mode, but it paused as well... black screen, cursor, and safe mode text in all four corners.
Tried rebooting again... everything was the same, except now the keyboard doesnt work at the safe mode screen. It just sits there for a second then auto chooses to load normally.
So what do I do now?!!!! Perhaps I can go back into the recovery console and do something? Maybe I typed the wrong thing and the answer is a quick fix?
Please help! My whole business is on this computer and with it being down, so's my income!
Thank you
_________________________________________________________________
Two days ago I rebooted and got this error message:
'Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Please check the windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference for additional information.'
After spending forever trying to figure out how to fix this I did the following:
- Downloaded the 6-disk boot disk set and ran it to get into the windows setup utility (for some reason my cd-rom wouldnt load the xp cd.. never had this problem before the last dreadful reboot. What is odd is that when in the recovery console I can access the cd-rom and browse through it...)
- Chose the recovery console option (I tried to do a repair of windows, but for some reason it went straight to the format/partition page without asking which installation to repair...)
- Logged on to the drive using the admin password
- ran 'chkdsk /r' everything came out fine
- Typed 'fixboot' and pressed 'y' to confirm
- Typed 'bootcfg /rebuild' and pressed 'y' to add missing files and whatnot
- entered the identifier 'Windows XP Home Edition'
- Pressed enter at the Operating System Load Option line
- exited
This booted up and showed 3 windows options...
Windows XP Home Edition (the new one I just made)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (the one I used to use when there were only 2)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (one I never chose, dont know how to get rid of it =P)
For some reason my keyboard wouldnt let me go up or down to choose one, but I know the keyboard is working because i can numluck and watch the nm light go on and off. It just sat there for a second and then went on to the XP load screen with the blue loading bar (Im assuming it auto chose the first one because the other two didnt work post killerboot).
At this point im jumping with joy because it finally booted to Windows!!! But my joy was stopped in its tracks when after the loading screen it went to a black screen with my little cursor and stayed there.
I tried rebooting and right after the option to choose which os (still didnt let me choose, it just skipped it) it came to the screen to choose safe mode, last known good config, or load normally. I tried safe mode, but it paused as well... black screen, cursor, and safe mode text in all four corners.
Tried rebooting again... everything was the same, except now the keyboard doesnt work at the safe mode screen. It just sits there for a second then auto chooses to load normally.
So what do I do now?!!!! Perhaps I can go back into the recovery console and do something? Maybe I typed the wrong thing and the answer is a quick fix?
Please help! My whole business is on this computer and with it being down, so's my income!
Thank you
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