Dell dimension 8400 recovery partition windows xp

When I try to boot Windows xp on my Dimension , the following message shows up: "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:. I followed the restoring steps as given by the instruction messages, but I see the following message: "Setup did not find any hard disk drive installed in your computer". Yes, it is in the hard drive which works perfectly. Yes, it is ON. This booting dificulty happened suddenly after I have used my 2 years old Dim. How do I solve my rebooting problem on my computer?

All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies 9. Post the issue in the appropriate Board, where they will be answered. I tried both option, but I could not boot. I hope this answers to your question. RoHe 8 Krypton. Does the version of XP on the hard drive match what's on the CD? There are a number of good tutorials on the web for preparing a slip-streamed CD with SP2. Save the change and exit setup. Personal files and any software you installed will be lost, so backup is essential before you begin.

Reboot and press Ctrl-F11 before XP starts to load. Follow the prompts. Then reinstall any additional software and personal files you need. Thank you for your detail instruction. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:". Browse Community. Windows General. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.

Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by tampinc Unsolved. Khaytsus 2 Bronze. XP Recovery Console Administration password unknown. At work here we get computers from various places, Dell being a large supplier, but we immediately save the base image that is on the system using a disk imaging program, and then install our own base images of whatever operating system we will be working with.

However, we also need to use the factory base image for testing, and this is where the problem starts. After deleting the first small partition and setting up various other operating systems, I am unable to boot back into the base factory XP image because of a HAL. DLL error. I read that this is because the boot. Problem, I can't get into the XP recovery console. I have tried a blank password, admin, administrator, and a few other choice things to no avail.

Is there a preset Administrator password on these machines? If so how do I go about getting this information so I can get in and fix the boot. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Remember Me? Advanced Search. Results 1 to 8 of 8. December 11th, , PM 1. Join Date Dec Posts 3. I have tried the ctrl-F11 restore but when it completes windows still won't boot blue screen. I did a check disk and it has bad sectors preventing windows from booting. Since I didn't create recovery disks when I initially received the dell oops , I have pulled the ghost image from the hidden partition of the original and bought a new HDD.

I have followed the directions below to restore the image to the new drive but when I try to boot with it I receive: Loading PBR signature for descriptor Bad PBR signature Any tips on how to correct this? I tried with a single partition on the new drive and with the Dell Utility partition as the first one and recovered to a second partition to try to emulate the original drive. Here is the guide I used to pull the ghost image.

December 11th, , PM 2. Did you try with 3 partitions and use ptedit to set them as DE, 07 an DB? December 11th, , PM 3. Actaully re-reading your post: 1.