Full System Reboot....Help

britmark

I have just done a full system reboot.

I have gone through all the set up at the beginning, but i have now got to the end where it says 'thank you'.

I have clicked on finish but is'nt doing anything it just stay on that page playing that silly music.

Anyone know hoe i can get to do another full reboot from that page.
Thanks
Mark

Sweetchuck

Your post is pretty confusing... A bit more clarity would make it easier to answer.

Are you talking about a PC? Rebooting it just means turning it on and off again - is this what you mean? Or do you mean a reinstallation of a particular program? What setup are you going through?

I have no idea what you mean by a 'thank you' screen or what music you're talking about - if you can be a bit more specific about what you're trying to do, what you're seeing and what you're hearing then it would be much easier to help.

britmark

Hi

I have reinstalled windows xp media edition.

I am now getting a pop up saying that it has not installed properly and i must run set up again.

But i cannot as i can not get into it windows to do it.

I do not have the discs as it was installed at the factory.
Thanks
Mark

Sweetchuck

Ah, okay - now I understand.

Unfortunately I've got no experience of XP Media Edition so I don't think I can help with this one.

nickmack

britmark wrote:

Hi

I have reinstalled windows xp media edition.

I am now getting a pop up saying that it has not installed properly and i must run set up again.

But i cannot as i can not get into it windows to do it.

I do not have the discs as it was installed at the factory.
Thanks
Mark

Did you reinstall from the source files on the Hard Disk?

Browntoa

can I ask why you did the re-install ??

can you access safe mode on a reboot ??

can you get to the ghost re-install drive if it has one by hitting f11 on boot up ??

mr_fishbulb

How did you do a re-install if you don't have the disks?

britmark

no i cannot access safe mode.

I will try the f11 in a mo.

I can do a reinstall as it is built in to the pc.

Anymore advise please

Mark

britmark

Browntoa wrote:

can I ask why you did the re-install ??

can you access safe mode on a reboot ??

can you get to the ghost re-install drive if it has one by hitting f11 on boot up ??

Thank you

f11 as worked now i can try again

Thank You

Little_John

You should have a disk that contains a system restore, it wont be branded up as microsoft windows but it will either contain the windows install files and all the other stuff required to restore your pc to factory settings or contain an image of your pc as it was in the factory which it will restore using some software also on the disk.

Put the disk in the pc and it should boot and start the install after confiming that you are sure you want to do it as you will loose anything on there.

Before you do any of that you should try to start windows in safe mode by pressing the f8 key once every second when you switch your pc on till you get the windows startup menu then select safe mode (option 3 I think) if you can boot in safe mode you will be able to uninstall media centre and try again in normal mode

britmark

Little_John wrote:

You should have a disk that contains a system restore, it wont be branded up as microsoft windows but it will either contain the windows install files and all the other stuff required to restore your pc to factory settings or contain an image of your pc as it was in the factory which it will restore using some software also on the disk.

Put the disk in the pc and it should boot and start the install after confiming that you are sure you want to do it as you will loose anything on there.

Before you do any of that you should try to start windows in safe mode by pressing the f8 key once every second when you switch your pc on till you get the windows startup menu then select safe mode (option 3 I think) if you can boot in safe mode you will be able to uninstall media centre and try again in normal mode

Thanks for the reply.

The computer never came with a disc it as a built in recovery mode thingy.

Just see if it works again if not i will be back.

Thank You
Mark