I'm trying to repair a computer for a friend, and have hit a snag. The computer is running WinXP Media Center, and I think it has a virus. When booted, it gets to the screen with the Windows logo and the "scrolling bar", and goes no further. The bar just keeps scrolling continuously. In order to run a virus scan, I tried a trick I've used before: move the affected drive to the slave position, put another drive in the master position, and do a clean install of WinXP on the "new" master drive, then boot from the master and run a virus scan on the slave drive. I've never had any problem with this method, and have recovered quite a few drives this way. This time, after installing to the new drive and booting without the old drive attached, just to make sure everything is OK with the new install, I shut down and reconnect the old drive. The new install on the primary will no longer boot. I either get a screen telling me that a file is missing or corrupt or it gets past the "scrolling bar" screen and just goes to a blank screen. Unhook the slave drive, and the master will boot normally again. Ideas?
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I would Suggest using the Microsoft Recovery Console on the Hardrive that wont start. Because you may need to rebuild the Start up files. Dose it tell you what files are missing. But try running the recovery console thats on the Windows XP Disk.
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That seems like an awfully time-consuming method to check for a virus. Did you try Safe Mode or System Restore? How about a repair install?
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Recovery console and a repair install are the standard ways to deal with this, but I can see you're enamored of your own …
Jump to PostThe new install on the primary will no longer boot. I either get a screen telling me that a file is missing or corrupt or it gets past the "scrolling bar" screen and just goes to a blank screen. Unhook the slave drive, and the master will boot normally again. …
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