error loading operating system?

gta167 · 08-14-2005, 09:59 PM

ok...my sisters emachine computer was all crapped up with viruses, and i didnt really feel like getting ride of them all so i decided to do a complete reformat of her computer. so i boot from windows xp professional cd and go into recovery mode. i type in reformat drive c and when it completed i installed windows xp on the main partition. It completed successfully and rebooted but after the logo screen, it says 'error loading operating system'. I've literally tried every bit of advice i could find and finally decided what you guys think i should do.
I've even tried the recovery disks that came with the computer but to no avail. Im guessing it has something to do with the harddrive but i dont know how to be completely sure.

**greffov** · 08-15-2005, 07:51 AM

have you checked whether the bios anti-virus protection is turned off?

gta167 · 08-15-2005, 08:32 AM

yea its turned off. and i just tried converting the file system from NTFS to FAT32 and that didnt work. when i get home today i read somewhere that removing the little battery inside the computer might work so im gonna try that.

Pasty901 · 08-15-2005, 09:11 AM

You dont need to use the recovery console to format a drive, you can boot straight from the windows cd and follow the on screen prompts, tho usually an error loading the op system does mean hard drive, you might want to try slaving the drive in another pc and running a disk consistancy check and possibly some hdd utilities provided by the manufacturers of the drive before righting it off completely.

gta167 · 08-15-2005, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pasty901

You dont need to use the recovery console to format a drive, you can boot straight from the windows cd and follow the on screen prompts, tho usually an error loading the op system does mean hard drive, you might want to try slaving the drive in another pc and running a disk consistancy check and possibly some hdd utilities provided by the manufacturers of the drive before righting it off completely.

Is there another way other than that?

Colin-uk · 08-21-2005, 02:29 PM

one solution would be to create a "bootable recovery cd".

with these cd's you can boot directly from then into a menu which will allow you to run various recovery & disk checking utils, some of the more spohisticated ones even let you boot into a windows-like GUI system (run completly from the CD-Rom)

Here are a few links to "recovery cd's"

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder
With this one you actually have to build you own recovery cd with your windows installation disk, lots of options, so may not be what your looking for if you just want something that "just works"

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com
This one is a little simpler, it allows you too to download the ISO directly and burn it, this is a "pre-made" recovery cd iso, so use this one if you dont want to be messing around with different options, configurations and settings.

08-14-2005, 09:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
gta167 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3	error loading operating system? ok...my sisters emachine computer was all crapped up with viruses, and i didnt really feel like getting ride of them all so i decided to do a complete reformat of her computer. so i boot from windows xp professional cd and go into recovery mode. i type in reformat drive c and when it completed i installed windows xp on the main partition. It completed successfully and rebooted but after the logo screen, it says 'error loading operating system'. I've literally tried every bit of advice i could find and finally decided what you guys think i should do. I've even tried the recovery disks that came with the computer but to no avail. Im guessing it has something to do with the harddrive but i dont know how to be completely sure.

08-15-2005, 07:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
greffov Da House Nerd Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: One CPU Lane Posts: 3,512	have you checked whether the bios anti-virus protection is turned off? __________________ Linux virusscanner detected a virus: Windows 95 ... delete [Y/n] y ~ ~ :wq

08-15-2005, 09:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
Pasty901 News Writer! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 785	You dont need to use the recovery console to format a drive, you can boot straight from the windows cd and follow the on screen prompts, tho usually an error loading the op system does mean hard drive, you might want to try slaving the drive in another pc and running a disk consistancy check and possibly some hdd utilities provided by the manufacturers of the drive before righting it off completely. __________________ "The hardest thing in this world is to live in it."

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08-15-2005, 08:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
gta167 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3	yea its turned off. and i just tried converting the file system from NTFS to FAT32 and that didnt work. when i get home today i read somewhere that removing the little battery inside the computer might work so im gonna try that.

08-21-2005, 02:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
Colin-uk Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Posts: 928	one solution would be to create a "bootable recovery cd". with these cd's you can boot directly from then into a menu which will allow you to run various recovery & disk checking utils, some of the more spohisticated ones even let you boot into a windows-like GUI system (run completly from the CD-Rom) Here are a few links to "recovery cd's" http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder With this one you actually have to build you own recovery cd with your windows installation disk, lots of options, so may not be what your looking for if you just want something that "just works" http://www.ultimatebootcd.com This one is a little simpler, it allows you too to download the ISO directly and burn it, this is a "pre-made" recovery cd iso, so use this one if you dont want to be messing around with different options, configurations and settings.