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