System won't reboot without user help
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mountaineer 62
, Jun 28 2006 05:07 PM
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 06:09 PM
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 06:25 PM
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LOL....Great attitude!
Do you have an XP installation cd or a floppy drive?
Do you have an XP installation cd or a floppy drive?
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 06:30 PM
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I have a XP pro SP2 slipstreamed disk and I have the Sony original recovery DVD installation disk (Media Edition). 2 different disks total.
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 06:46 PM
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The post before my last one was meant to be a joke.
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 07:08 PM
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Which OS is installed on the machine?
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 07:10 PM
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Sony Media Edition 2005
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 07:11 PM
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The Media Edition is actually 2 DVD ROM disks. The XP PRO slipstream disk is a single disk.
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 07:22 PM
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Let's try to boot from the Sony cd and see if Recovery Console can be accessed. If it tries to do a format, cancel out. If it gives the option to enter Recovery Console by pressing "R", do so and let me know.
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 07:36 PM
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I'm unable to boot from the Sony disk. I get the original problem -- non-system disk, press any key, etc. and then bootup continues to completion at the desk top.
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 07:40 PM
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It just seems like this machine is trying to boot from a device that it can't find. Let's look in the BIOS setup yet again. Look at the boot priority and list all the displayed options for me.
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 07:53 PM
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Under boot priority I have:
1st device PM-WDC WD2000BB
2nd " SM- Plextor DVDR
3rd " 1st Floppy Drive
I have tried changing the device order in the past but nothing seems to help the problem.
1st device PM-WDC WD2000BB
2nd " SM- Plextor DVDR
3rd " 1st Floppy Drive
I have tried changing the device order in the past but nothing seems to help the problem.
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 07:59 PM
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According to that, the machine shouldn't even be looking elsewhere for boot instructions. Please copy/paste the complete boot.ini file contents here for me.
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 08:04 PM
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[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
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multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 11:47 AM
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Boot into Windows, open Control Panel and double click on the System icon. Under the "Advanced" tab, in the "Startup and Recovery" section, click on the "Settings" button...what is shown in the "Default operating system" dropdown field?
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 01:19 PM
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"Windows XP Media Center Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
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