Re: [SLUG] HELLLLLP !

From: Pete S. (linux@myraandpete.net)
Date: Tue Oct 25 2005 - 04:03:24 EDT


botteman wrote:

> OK, guys, I've done it now. Any windoze experts among you?
> Netscape 7.2 apparently hung, became non-responsive. So, we
> closed it, and the Netscape window was no longer there in the
> taskbar, implying that it was closed. The mouse pointer could
> be moved all over the desktop but when it was moved over the
> taskbar, which was visible, the pointer changed to an hourglass. I
> then noticed multiple Netscape icons in the tray, even though
> we thought the program was closed. Ctrl-Alt-Del brought up the
> task manager which indicated no instance of Netscape running in
> the Applications tab, but I did notice a Netscape entry in the
> Processes tab. I selected it and clicked End Process. XP then
> was busy for a while, trying I suspect to get rid of the icons in
> the tray. After some time waiting, without success, I brought up
> the TaskManager window again and clicked Shutdown from the
> File Menu. That's when I foobared it.
> Now the moron keeps rebooting over and over again. I get a
> very quick (1/2 second) blue screen and at some point in the
> reboot I see and click OK on a message window indicating that
> Windoze had to replace part of the registry with a file somewhere.
>
> Pressing F8 on boot, and selecting last known good boot, safe
> mode, debug mode, or any other of the options does not help.
> My question is this: Can boot off the XP install CD and re-install
> without mucking up all my non-OS files?
>
> Or can you suggest a better way to get this pos working again?
> (Please don't tell me to install Linux. It's my sweety's machine
> and all her work files are on it.)
> Dave
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Attach HD to another PC (as slave drive) before moving on, to copy
important data. Could be hardware issue.
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