Can't boot into Win XP after Partition Magic

Sorry, I wasn't sure which sub-forum to place this in.

I tried partitioning my hard drive on the eee pc with Partition Magic which told me I had to reboot. I selected 'ok' and it rebooted. It tries to boot into Windows (the screen with the scrolling green bar) but then goes to here. I'm using an eeepc 1000h so I can't insert a Win XP CD.

I can get into BIOS though...

TIA!

 

i have a similar problem so if anybody can help us please

 

If there's a way you can make a USB drive bootable as the reinstall disc...that would work

 

Like what Waveblade said, you could then possibly do a fixboot

 

Good ole' partition magic, that software has knackered more of my Windows installations than i care to remember - keep away from it!

 

The only downside is my USB drive isn't large enough (only 2GB) for the recovery DVD.

I'll be staying away from Partition Magic heh.

 

i will too got mine working with a USB pen by the way

 

get into a recovery console.

then type
fixmbr

problem solved

 

Oooo...so confident!

 

And, precisely, how is it that you propose the OP should get into the recovery console? Especially given the fact that the machine in question has no CD or DVD drive.

Problem NOT solved!

Gary

 

Was there a guide you followed for the usb pen method?

How does one go into the recovery console?

 

OK, first off.

is pointless.

Fixmbr fixes a master boot record---the master boot record has two jobs, it reads the parition table and then passes control of the system to the partition boot record. That's it. If you see any kind of Windows activity you have passed the MBR. Furthermore, since Windows has actually tried to start, the partition boot record is functioning, so forget FIXBOOT, too,

If you had read the OP post and looked at the screen shot, his machine is well past the MBR and has even passed the partition boot record. The boot record has passed control to the windows kernel and Windows is beginning to load. The question is why is windows not loading.

What happens after this screen counts down to 0? Why did you use partition magic in the first place? What if you choose another menu option (safe mode with command prompt, for example)

Something else is going on here that is unrelated to partitions.

 

When the screen counts down to 0: windows tries to load and then loops back to the screen (in the photo)

Partition Magic: used this cause the 1000h came with a 2-80GB partition and I was trying to decrease the windows partition so I could install another OS (OSX) on the larger partition

Choosing another option: tries to start windows but loops back to the screen in the photo)

 

When trying safe mode with command prompt, at what point does it reboot? (last thing on the list on screen)

You tried last known good configuration?

This sounds like a bad/corrupt driver or more likely a damaged registry hive, probably the sytem hive. Why did this occured now? My guess would be you ran partition magic without first running a chkdsk and defragmenting.

What I would do: First try last known good configuration. If that fails, pull the drive, drop it into a second machine. Copy the registry files from a restore point in system volume information, being careful to back up current registry hives and name old ones appropriately. Reinsert drive into failing machine. Boot. Report back.

 

Fixed it by purchasing an external optical and using the provided recovery DVD.