Error Loading Operating System

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Hi ALL,   I have had some problems all weekend, and its not good, When loading my Windows XP , i get the following message soon after the DELL sign appears, the message is   'Error loading operating system, its in white with a black bakground, so its not the blue screen you normally see with Windows problems.   I then put in my windows XP CD and tried to boot off the CD, but its not letting me boot from the CD, can anyone help?

Rijko · Answer

hi, did you check the cdrom is recognised properly in the bios ? If so, does it show in the boot order in the bios ? Does pressing F12 while booting give you a boot menu that includes boot from cdrom ?   If all are answered by YES i'd personally distrust the XP cdrom...     Message Edited by Rijko on 11-05-2006 03:08 PM

rickmktg · Answer

JTaylorJ wrote:

Hi ALL,

I have had some problems all weekend, and its not good, When loading my Windows XP , i get the following message soon after the DELL sign appears, the message is

"Error loading operating system, its in white with a black bakground, so its not the blue screen you normally see with Windows problems.

I then put in my windows XP CD and tried to boot off the CD, but its not letting me boot from the CD, can anyone help?

Reboot, hit F12, and run diagnostics.

Kalstolyn · Answer

if it's an inspiron, just hold down the fn key while pressing the power button to turn it on and boot to the psa tests, that might be easier than picking the diagnostic partition from the boot menu.

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Error Loading Operating System

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