| When you press the power button on your | | | | perform thefollowing. |
| computer and it just sitthere with none of | | | | |
| those clicking and beeping sounds along | | | | Place a blank formatted floppy disk in your |
| withthe monitor still having that blank | | | | floppy drive and goto My Computer in Windows |
| screen,you know that you'regoing to have a | | | | XP.Click the hard drive icon and onthe |
| bad day. | | | | toolbar, click Tools, Folder Options, and |
| | | | then click the |
| A computer that fails to boot can be one of | | | | |
| the most painstaking things that can happen | | | | View Tab. |
| to a pc user.And in most cases,the user don't | | | | |
| have a clue as to what procedures they can | | | | And scroll down and check "Show hidden files |
| taketo get the PC up and running again. | | | | and folders" andjust below uncheck "Hide |
| | | | protected operating system files |
| When you do experience pc bootup failure, | | | | |
| always start yourtroubleshooting by checking | | | | (recommended). Now we're getting a little |
| the obvious.It the cord plugged intothe wall | | | | slower. |
| outlet and is the other end securely plugged | | | | |
| in therear of the system unit. | | | | Take note of this process and as you become |
| | | | more familiar withthis task, you'll be able |
| In many cases the cause is a corrupted | | | | to make a boot disk for others in notime and |
| startup file whichprevent the computer from | | | | help them save on down time. |
| going through the bootup from start | | | | |
| tofinish.In this case, an easy way to start | | | | After unchecking "Hide protected operating |
| your PC is to have anemergency boot disk | | | | system files, click |
| handy. | | | | |
| | | | OK.Some grayed out files will now be visible |
| A Boot Disk contain copies of critical files | | | | in the drivewindow.These files are protected |
| needed for startupthat you should have made | | | | system files. |
| earlier.To use the floppy disk, allyou need | | | | |
| do is to place it in the floppy drive and | | | | Now you're ready to select the boot, the |
| reboot thecomputer. | | | | NTDETECT, and the ntldrfiles.Now right-click, |
| | | | click Send To, and select Floppy ( A: |
| As the computer start the boot process, | | | | |
| Windows will use thegood files to get itself | | | | ).When you have copied all files to the |
| going.The Windows XP boot disk willenable | | | | floppy, you now have a |
| you to resolve a corrupt Ntbootdd.sys driver, | | | | |
| missing orcorrupt Ntdr or files. | | | | Windows XP boot disk. |
| | | | |
| These files are used by Windows XP and are | | | | You should make two or more boot disks and |
| crucial to itsstartup and configuration.The | | | | place them in a safeplace away from any type |
| boot disk have also repair adamaged MBR or | | | | of magnetic or static charges.Beforeputting |
| Master Boot Record. | | | | them away don't forget to label your life |
| | | | saving floppydisks. |
| The MBR is a small program executed when the | | | | |
| PC boots andresides on the first sector of | | | | Should you be unfortunate enough to have to |
| the hard driveIt looks up thepartition on the | | | | put one of your bootfloppies to use, remember |
| hard drive.You can create a MBR with the | | | | to replace the startup files on thehard drive |
| FDISK | | | | with the ones on the floppy. |
| | | | |
| /MBR coomand | | | | If you overlook this critical step, you'll |
| | | | have the same bootup problem every time.Take |
| A damaged boot sector can also be corrected | | | | your time as you copy the files andbe sure |
| with the bootdisk.Your Windows XP boot disk | | | | not to reverse the copy procedure. |
| will be a life saver when youhave pc bootup | | | | |
| failure and you need that file for your | | | | This is why its important to make two or more |
| nextinterview. | | | | boot disks. Thisway should you have an |
| | | | accident with one disk, so what, you |
| A sector is the smallest unit that can be | | | | paidattention here and made several copies. |
| accessed on adisk.When a disk is low level | | | | |
| formatted, it will be dividedtracks and | | | | You've done it.You're now armed with a repair |
| sectors | | | | tool should your |
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| When making a boot disk make a mental note of | | | | XP computer fail to boot.All Windows 98, |
| the files beingcopied.This will give you | | | | 2000, and Me users alsohave the resources to |
| added knowledge when you will need tohelp in | | | | create a book disk. |
| making their boot disk.To make a boot disk, | | | | |