OS wont start

[osprey4]

It does not say start in safe mode. It says safe mode with command prompt.

[plowman]

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Originally Posted by osprey4

It does not say start in safe mode. It says safe mode with command prompt.

i cant do that either! but thx

[osprey4]

Boot to your XP disc. I believe it will indicate it can't find your hard drive and will ask for the RAID drivers. Load them from a floppy, then see what you can do.

[plowman]

ok thx- it loads the drivers but then asks me if i want to 'set up windows,' 'repair,' or 'quit.'
i've tried just rebooting from there, but to no avial...should i try to set up windows? Might this just reinstal windows? thx for you help.

[plowman]

also, do you know what Automated system recovery is, because it gives me an opportunity to launch that during the 'loading files' part of the windows disk.

[osprey4]

Yes, try the automated system recovery.

[plowman]

hey thanks for your help-its all working again now phew!

Turns out if you do a repair then it leaves all your programs etc alone and just reinstalls itself. Cheers. Im chuffed now lol.

[osprey4]

Ok, that's cool!!