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    Windows XP not booting

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Emerican_Idiot, Sep 14, 2008.

  1. Emerican_Idiot

    Emerican_Idiot Notebook Consultant

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    So I was running Windows XP via vmware fusion and then the power adapter from my macbook pro fell out and to make things worst I took out the battery -_-. Anyways now xp won't boot up... everytime I try to boot it up I get a blue screen and it restarts. I can only boot from safe mode, tried to do a system restore but it still won't work -_-. How can i get xp to boot?
     
    Emerican_Idiot, Sep 14, 2008
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  2. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    Re-install the XP OS!

    I am not sure if it's okay to talk about this on the forum...shouldn't be a prob.

    Pop in an XP CD and re-install.
     
    makaveli72, Sep 14, 2008
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  3. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Try searching for a 'minidump' folder in XP safe mode.
     
    Andy, Sep 14, 2008
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  4. Emerican_Idiot

    Emerican_Idiot Notebook Consultant

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    Alright I found the folder what should I do with it?
     
    Emerican_Idiot, Sep 14, 2008
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    qhn Notebook User

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    only sensible way out is to re-install the XP OS as mentioned in #2

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Sep 15, 2008
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    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    If you do not want to reinstall the OS, upload the latest .dmp file in the Minidump folder.
     
    Andy, Sep 15, 2008
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