Windows wont boot after power out, hardware seems fine

[RaNDoMMAI]

I had a power out just recently. one comp ok and the other not so

The not so one will boot up and go to the screen that says, windows can not load, and lets me pick if i want last known good config, or safe mode or just start windows. i tried them all, but everytime it just takes me back to that screen.

SO then i try the windows XP cd. i enter setup windows, then i press F8 to aceept agreement, then it looks for previous window and finds one on C. so i repair it. Then it reboots and then instead of going to the screen where it asks me to select "last known config or safe mode or start windows" it just reboots again, it just keeps rebooting and rebooting.

So then i press F8 while it is rebooting to get to advance windows and try to go into safe mode. same deal, constant reboots

So then i go back to my winXp cd and instead of entering set up i press R to go to recovery
i enter fixboot and then y for yes to wrtie new boot sector.
This doesnt work either, just constant reboots.

Anyone else have any idea what to do?

Thx a bunch to whoever replys
~RaNDoM

 

[ScrapSilicon]

you could dl on your known good comp knoppixlive on CD and boot the problematical comp with knoppix to get a looksee and to check hardware..gl p.s. you have pm linkage

 

[RaNDoMMAI]

what is knoppixlive? all i see is linux stuff when i did a search for it.

thx
~RaNDoM

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: RaNDoMMAI
what is knoppixlive? all i see is linux stuff when i did a search for it.

thx
~RaNDoM

KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it.