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fakru

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    boot media test failure
    « on: May 14, 2013, 04:49:58 AM »
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    patio

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    Re: boot media test failure
    « Reply #1 on: May 14, 2013, 06:03:40 AM »
    I'll go out on a limb here and guess we're gonna need alot more info...
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    Re: boot media test failure
    « Reply #2 on: May 14, 2013, 07:53:10 AM »
    Quote from: patio on May 14, 2013, 06:03:40 AM
    I'll go out on a limb here and guess we're gonna need alot more info...
    Well, he says  he is a beginner e d has XP.
    Is that a paradox?
    That message comes from  a hard drive that does not do the boot  sequence.
    The OP may wish to  read this. He must have the XP CD to get to the recovery console.
    http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000627.htm
    Odd, but I have had to do that a number of times. Strange. Most often I had to use the two commands
    FIXMBR
    FIXBOOT


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    Re: boot media test failure
    « Reply #3 on: May 14, 2013, 08:25:47 AM »
    Being a beginner is fine...we've all been there.
    Posting a 4 word question and expecting people to figure things out and reply is not.
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    Re: boot media test failure
    « Reply #4 on: May 14, 2013, 08:38:52 AM »
    Quote from: patio on May 14, 2013, 08:25:47 AM
    Being a beginner is fine...we've all been there.
    Posting a 4 word question and expecting people to figure things out and reply is not.
    Right.
    The OP could have said:
    A. It is a laptop, not a desktop.
    B. He was trying to boot from USB. *
    C. It is not his computer.

    On something to narrow down the possibilities.

    * Ffor testing purpose, a USB flash can be used to boot a computer when the hard drive does not work right.

    How to create a bootable Windows USB drive. - Computer Hope
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