[Scott109]

Mate, i applaude your enthusiasm !.....


Booting from cdrom, into setup, try repair, L to locate ERD/Installation.
same error, need ERD to repair.

Should i run the chkdsk /r again ?

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ah there we go...visual references for me to base my responses on
http://www.windows20...airno/index.htm are you seeing all of those screens?

[dsenette]

ah there we go...visual references for me to base my responses on
http://www.windows20...airno/index.htm are you seeing all of those screens?

[Scott109]

Yep, all of those until i press L to locate, and then it says Setup cannot find a Windows 2000 installation to repair.

[dsenette]

go back to the recovery console and type fixmbr

[Scott109]

ok, ran that ok.

the bootmanager screen at the beginning has gone now.

i'm going back into setup to run repair and L to locate....

i'll edit in a min with the results...........gulp!





Nope, still same.
cant find win2k installation to repair.

Edited by Scott109, 20 July 2006 - 01:40 PM.

[dsenette]

sonofamonkey...apparently without the ERD this ain't gonna jive...the windows install seems to be too badly corrupted...two options

take the drive out and hook it up as a slave in the machine you're posting from, copy off all your data (music, pictures, documents)...format the drive and start from scratch..

OR

do a parallel install and remove the corrupted one...

[Scott109]

Yeah, i hear you.

guessed it would end up this way.

Would like to thank you for your help and time.
Makes the Internet a usefull thing.

I think i'll have to completly re install !!
As i cant take the drive out , and connect to this laptop.

I'll let you know how i get on.

Again Cheers me old China, as we say in London,England.

[dsenette]

http://www.windows20...stall/index.htm
in case you need instructions