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I have a dell Inspiron 6000 running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. I let someone use it and it got a virus and now it won't boot from the OS (operating system). I don't have the original disc with the program which I need to repair the problem. I need an alternate solution because I was going to try to get the info off the hard drive and put it on an external drive and then wipe the drive and maybe upgrade to a newer version but the drive didn't fit in the enclosure that i have. Any suggestions?
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Re: Laptop will not boot from Operating System
Posted 10 August 2011 - 06:20 AM
You could download a live CD of a linux variant which should give you access to the files. Haven't messed with it for a while but I'm sure if you do some searching you can find a bootable version that will allow you to fix your boot problem with FixMBR or FixBoot etc...
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Re: Laptop will not boot from Operating System
Posted 10 August 2011 - 09:16 PM
Boot from another Windows Disc, be it home or pro or media centre. Use the recovery console as said above to Fixboot /Fixmbr. If you have your original discs you could even try a repair install.
if you lack a Windows disc, go to your local computer repair shop, ask them to burn you one and they will probably charge you a couple bucks. (disclaimer: this is not illegal, using windows without a proper license is.)
if you lack a Windows disc, go to your local computer repair shop, ask them to burn you one and they will probably charge you a couple bucks. (disclaimer: this is not illegal, using windows without a proper license is.)
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