Re: computer shuts down without error or warning

message from roger on 03 Jun 2004

HI Sandra,

If you have the XP CD you can get to the recovery console (pressing R,
then selecting windows instalation, when asked for the password, use
the one employed when XP was installed or leave blank and press enter)

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=kb;en-us;Q314058

Once you are on the C: prompt type
chkdsk /r
This will scan and fix hard drive errors
Reboot and try to log on.

If no joy, use the same method to get to recovery console and type
fixmbr
To fix the master boot record
Reboot, and try to log on.

If still no joy, perform a repair-install. Detailed instructions here:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Good luck

hustedj replied to roger on 3 Jun 2004

You might have bad memory!
After running Norton scan it left me at an A prompt and this is the closest
thing I've come to a C prompt since I exitted out of the first recovery
console. I just thought that maybe at a C prompt I might be able to do
something ......anything. So if there are any clues to get to a C prompt
from here please share..

=?Utf-8?B?c2FuZHJh?= replied to roger on 3 Jun 2004

I can't get to the recovery console it wants a password that was never set up. I ran recovery console first (it didn't ask for password) I ran chkdsk /r. Did not help. Next time I went to recovery console it asked for a password. I installed xp pro on this machine & did not give an administrator password, however, it still asks I give it a blank return and it says invalid password. It makes no sense to me....I am truly at a loss. Is there anything I can do if I can ever get to a command prompt????

Thanks sandra

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