Bootup Error ....

External Since: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 1

Western Digital SATA hard drive.. WD2000JD 200GIG
Asus motherboard P4P800SE bios 1007

I have mcafee virus scan..
the motherboard has a virus detection in it.. that is disabled..
The Hd is only 1 Partition.. NTSF

"boot sector virus checking was turned off in
BIOS Setup?"
Yes that is disabled too

As for SP2, that I downloaded from windows update

Thanks

George Macdonald Wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:49:46 +0000, mikeylbl
> mikeylbl.1jkrvm.DeleteThis@news.computerbanter.com wrote:
> -
>
> Hey there, I just installed a brand new WD SATA HD.. installed windows
> xp pro...
> I did SP2 as well.. everything was set up fine..
> then.. when I shutdown my computer completely and do a power back on..
> I get an error msg when it boots.. it would show the windows xp pro
> screen then I get a black screen saying "windows could not start
> because of the following file is missing or corrupt:
> windows\system32\config\system
>
> why is this?? It was a fresh install of xp pro.. I formatted my hd
> too..
> Any ideas??-
>
> What did you use to format it?... any partitioning?... FAT32 or NTFS?
> Was
> SP2 added on or slipstreamed in? Any anti-virus software, which acts
> badly
> with SP2? I've had trouble with XP with drives formatted with the
> drive
> mfr's diag tool. Try booting from the XP install CD to the repair
> utility
> to see what it makes of the drive.
>
> Tell us more about the mbrd/SATA controller, drive size and BIOS
> settings.
> E.g. did you make sure any boot sector virus checking was turned off
> in
> BIOS Setup?
>
> --
> Rgds, George Macdonald

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mikeylbl

External Since: Sep 09, 2004 Posts: 829

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:58:19 +0000, mikeylbl
<mikeylbl.1jlp7m RemoveThis @news.computerbanter.com> wrote:

>
>Western Digital SATA hard drive.. WD2000JD 200GIG
>Asus motherboard P4P800SE bios 1007
>
>I have mcafee virus scan..
>the motherboard has a virus detection in it.. that is disabled..
>The Hd is only 1 Partition.. NTSF
>
>"boot sector virus checking was turned off in
>BIOS Setup?"
>Yes that is disabled too
>
>As for SP2, that I downloaded from windows update

I'm confused about what has and has not worked so far - if SP2 was applied
separately, then was the system shutting down and powering back on OK
*before* SP2 was applied? Is this a new system or just a new hard disk?
Which CPU, mbrd etc.? SP2 *does* react badly with several anti-virus progs
and this can result in file corruption.

>George Macdonald Wrote:
  >> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:49:46 +0000, mikeylbl
  >> mikeylbl.1jkrvm RemoveThis @news.computerbanter.com wrote:
  >> -
  >>
  >> Hey there, I just installed a brand new WD SATA HD.. installed windows
  >> xp pro...
  >> I did SP2 as well.. everything was set up fine..
  >> then.. when I shutdown my computer completely and do a power back on..
  >> I get an error msg when it boots.. it would show the windows xp pro
  >> screen then I get a black screen saying "windows could not start
  >> because of the following file is missing or corrupt:
  >> windows\system32\config\system
  >>
  >> why is this?? It was a fresh install of xp pro.. I formatted my hd
  >> too..
  >> Any ideas??-
  >>
  >> What did you use to format it?... any partitioning?... FAT32 or NTFS?
  >> Was
  >> SP2 added on or slipstreamed in? Any anti-virus software, which acts
  >> badly
  >> with SP2? I've had trouble with XP with drives formatted with the
  >> drive
  >> mfr's diag tool. Try booting from the XP install CD to the repair
  >> utility
  >> to see what it makes of the drive.
  >>
  >> Tell us more about the mbrd/SATA controller, drive size and BIOS
  >> settings.
  >> E.g. did you make sure any boot sector virus checking was turned off
  >> in
  >> BIOS Setup?
  >>
  >> --
  >> Rgds, George Macdonald
>
>
>--
>mikeylbl

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Rgds, George Macdonald