Windows Me will not boot
Hi A family memeber of mines has Windows Me they turned
it off one night and now it will not come back on it powers up and runs a bios check then it displays a message "Verifying DMI Pool Data" then on a black screen it displays "Disk I\O error" "Replace the disk and then press and key" then if I hit enter I get "disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter" I've make a ME boot disk and I have cold booted with that and it went through lots of things then displayed on a black screen "A:\" and if I hit enter I get the A:\ again what should I do keep in mined they didn't have an updated version of mcafee virus on this PC .. |
Windows Me will not boot
Sounds like your Hard Drive is failing, see:-
"Error Message "Verifying DMI Pool Data" Occurs and the Computer Is Unavailable" http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;287553 Try running scandisk in Real Mode DOS, booting from your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk. Select option 4) Minimal and at the A:\ prompt, type: scandisk c: Then press return. (Note the space between the k and the c and note the colon : after the c) If it will let you, progress with the tests (depends how bad the disk is). If errors are reported and scandisk offers to repair, decline - and also decline a surface scan. Treat the disk with caution and hope that you will able to read and copy your important files at a later time. Only attempt any further testing if/when you can afford to lose any data. (Urgent preparation for 'sods' Law is strongly recommended) Good luck Mart "Martin" wrote in message ... Hi A family memeber of mines has Windows Me they turned it off one night and now it will not come back on it powers up and runs a bios check then it displays a message "Verifying DMI Pool Data" then on a black screen it displays "Disk I\O error" "Replace the disk and then press and key" then if I hit enter I get "disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter" I've make a ME boot disk and I have cold booted with that and it went through lots of things then displayed on a black screen "A:\" and if I hit enter I get the A:\ again what should I do keep in mined they didn't have an updated version of mcafee virus on this PC . |
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