formating from bios

hondatuner · 17-April-04, 10:38 AM

i have an sfc.dll bad image error on xp, and can't get in to xp to do anything in windows so basicly all i have is bios and cmos i have to format my hard drive i just can't figure out how

KayinStorm · 17-April-04, 10:40 AM

Did you try a repair install?

hondatuner · 17-April-04, 10:46 AM

yeah but my verson of XP is ____ and wont let me boot from cd for some reason

Amd4Me · 17-April-04, 10:49 AM

well if ya go on over to madboot.com and download the madboot disk you can boot off of that and select windows xp install, that should help ya out bro

edit2: undid edit one lol my bad

hondatuner · 17-April-04, 11:01 AM

who said it was illigal. we made a back up copy of pro just in case we lost the original and guess what happened

do i just burn it on cd and then boot from cd on my broken system

i'm not bro

Amd4Me · 17-April-04, 11:10 AM

ok ok no need to get hostile

i was just sayin shesh

awell did mad boot help ya out tho

KayinStorm · 17-April-04, 11:12 AM

I would immediately refrain from mentioning illegal copies of software, backups or no. That's the kind of stuff that gets forums shut down toot sweet.

And, this is your staff warning.

Amd4Me · 17-April-04, 11:14 AM

Sry Kayin did not mean to stirr up anything my bad

lcpiper · 17-April-04, 11:14 AM

I think you download it and it's a floppy image, you boot from floppy, then that will let you do the repair install.

But you could also just boot from floppy on a DOS floppy, and perhaps you could replace the .dll if you had a good copy of the file.

You tried the F8 key while booting right ?

hondatuner · 17-April-04, 11:19 AM

don't have a floppy drive

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Originally Posted by lcpiper


	I think you download it and it's a floppy image, you boot from floppy, then that will let you do the repair install. But you could also just boot from floppy on a DOS floppy, and perhaps you could replace the .dll if you had a good copy of the file. You tried the F8 key while booting right ?

and i have tryed F8 just not what i'm looking for

Amd4Me · 17-April-04, 11:22 AM

well i dont know wacha goin 2 do with out a floppy drv i dont have one installed but i alwase keep one around 4 times like this. are u sure u dont got an old computer laying aroud they usualy got one

hondatuner · 17-April-04, 11:24 AM

wait will a usb floppy work

KayinStorm · 17-April-04, 11:28 AM

If the computer recognizes USB floppy.

I'm not out to make enemies, just keep PR on the 'net.

Amd4Me · 17-April-04, 11:29 AM

im not sure will ur bios allow u to boot off of it(witch i doubt) but i guess u can give it a try

Amd4Me · 17-April-04, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by KayinStorm


	I'm not out to make enemies, just keep PR on the 'net.

Understod

hondatuner · 17-April-04, 11:30 AM

what if i just want to wipe my hard drive and start over

i'm sorry about that man. i'll watch my mouth next time. and no i was wrong i'm not mad at you for correcting me.

part of it was me

Fu3lman · 17-April-04, 11:33 AM

im personally clueless as to what hes gonna do once he gets the thing formatted....

reinstall windows froma fuxor3d disk???

Amd4Me · 17-April-04, 11:34 AM

NoProb I guess we were both wrong im happy if ur happy(some say that i am too optomistic)

back to the prob at hand did u have any luck with the floppy?

Amd4Me · 17-April-04, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Fu3lman


	im personally clueless as to what hes gonna do once he gets the thing formatted.... reinstall windows froma fuxor3d disk???

Hey we havent gotten to that part yet

hondatuner · 17-April-04, 11:37 AM

i have an xp home from my dads compaq that i use to put on the i upgraded to the pro to keep it legal

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Originally Posted by Fu3lman


	im personally clueless as to what hes gonna do once he gets

17-April-04, 10:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
hondatuner Apex Tech Maniac Supreme Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lit-hoe Rock, Arkansas Posts: 1,016	formating from bios i have an sfc.dll bad image error on xp, and can't get in to xp to do anything in windows so basicly all i have is bios and cmos i have to format my hard drive i just can't figure out how Last edited by hondatuner; 17-April-04 at 10:45 AM.

17-April-04, 10:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
hondatuner Apex Tech Maniac Supreme Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lit-hoe Rock, Arkansas Posts: 1,016	yeah but my verson of XP is ____ and wont let me boot from cd for some reason Last edited by hondatuner; 17-April-04 at 11:08 AM.

17-April-04, 10:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
Amd4Me Apex Master Tech Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Springfield Mass Posts: 388	well if ya go on over to madboot.com and download the madboot disk you can boot off of that and select windows xp install, that should help ya out bro edit2: undid edit one lol my bad __________________ "If whenever you feel small, useless, offended and depressed, rember you were once the fastest and most victorious sperm out of hundreds of millions..." Last edited by Amd4Me; 17-April-04 at 11:12 AM.

17-April-04, 11:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
hondatuner Apex Tech Maniac Supreme Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lit-hoe Rock, Arkansas Posts: 1,016	who said it was illigal. we made a back up copy of pro just in case we lost the original and guess what happened do i just burn it on cd and then boot from cd on my broken system i'm not bro Last edited by hondatuner; 17-April-04 at 11:18 AM.

17-April-04, 11:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
Amd4Me Apex Master Tech Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Springfield Mass Posts: 388	ok ok no need to get hostile i was just sayin shesh awell did mad boot help ya out tho __________________ "If whenever you feel small, useless, offended and depressed, rember you were once the fastest and most victorious sperm out of hundreds of millions..."

17-April-04, 10:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
KayinStorm Apex Tech God Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Alithir... Posts: 3,353	Did you try a repair install?

17-April-04, 11:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
KayinStorm Apex Tech God Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Alithir... Posts: 3,353	I would immediately refrain from mentioning illegal copies of software, backups or no. That's the kind of stuff that gets forums shut down toot sweet. And, this is your staff warning.

17-April-04, 11:14 AM	#8 (permalink)
Amd4Me Apex Master Tech Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Springfield Mass Posts: 388	Sry Kayin did not mean to stirr up anything my bad __________________ "If whenever you feel small, useless, offended and depressed, rember you were once the fastest and most victorious sperm out of hundreds of millions..."

17-April-04, 11:14 AM	#9 (permalink)
lcpiper H2-Hoe Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ. Posts: 3,339	I think you download it and it's a floppy image, you boot from floppy, then that will let you do the repair install. But you could also just boot from floppy on a DOS floppy, and perhaps you could replace the .dll if you had a good copy of the file. You tried the F8 key while booting right ? __________________ Life is hard. It's harder if your stupid ! Give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves. Give'em a little more and they'll hang us all !

17-April-04, 11:22 AM	#11 (permalink)
Amd4Me Apex Master Tech Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Springfield Mass Posts: 388	well i dont know wacha goin 2 do with out a floppy drv i dont have one installed but i alwase keep one around 4 times like this. are u sure u dont got an old computer laying aroud they usualy got one __________________ "If whenever you feel small, useless, offended and depressed, rember you were once the fastest and most victorious sperm out of hundreds of millions..."

17-April-04, 11:24 AM	#12 (permalink)
hondatuner Apex Tech Maniac Supreme Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lit-hoe Rock, Arkansas Posts: 1,016	wait will a usb floppy work

17-April-04, 11:28 AM	#13 (permalink)
KayinStorm Apex Tech God Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Alithir... Posts: 3,353	If the computer recognizes USB floppy. I'm not out to make enemies, just keep PR on the 'net.

17-April-04, 11:29 AM	#14 (permalink)
Amd4Me Apex Master Tech Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Springfield Mass Posts: 388	im not sure will ur bios allow u to boot off of it(witch i doubt) but i guess u can give it a try __________________ "If whenever you feel small, useless, offended and depressed, rember you were once the fastest and most victorious sperm out of hundreds of millions..."

17-April-04, 11:30 AM	#16 (permalink)
hondatuner Apex Tech Maniac Supreme Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lit-hoe Rock, Arkansas Posts: 1,016	what if i just want to wipe my hard drive and start over i'm sorry about that man. i'll watch my mouth next time. and no i was wrong i'm not mad at you for correcting me. part of it was me

17-April-04, 11:33 AM	#17 (permalink)
Fu3lman Light My Fire Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: closer than u think... Flames: 26,134 Posts: 3,241	im personally clueless as to what hes gonna do once he gets the thing formatted.... reinstall windows froma fuxor3d disk??? __________________

17-April-04, 11:34 AM	#18 (permalink)
Amd4Me Apex Master Tech Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Springfield Mass Posts: 388	NoProb I guess we were both wrong im happy if ur happy(some say that i am too optomistic) back to the prob at hand did u have any luck with the floppy? __________________ "If whenever you feel small, useless, offended and depressed, rember you were once the fastest and most victorious sperm out of hundreds of millions..."