[access-uk] Vista Start up Problem
- From: Douglas Harrison <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:01:46 -0000
Sorry to reply to my own message, but I decided to try the easy option (not
the Recommended one) and it worked. The machine now boots normally.
Why Windows made such a fuss when there was nothing really wrong, I
don't know. Might be useful to someone else in the future, though.
Again, apologies for wasting anyone else's time.
Thanks,
Douglas
On 1 Jan 2009 at 12:05, access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I am afraid that I have made a bad start to the New Year - now I cannot
> get my main (Vista) machine to boot up at all.
>
> I know what caused the problem. I had connected a USB floppy drive to
> check what was on some old floppies, and absent mindedly re-booted the
> machine with a floppy still in the drive. I realised my mistake and
> rapidly removed the disk, but too late! Windows must have been trying to
> boot from it and as a result seems to have been damaged.
>
> When I try to boot now I am told that I am being given the choice of
> Launching Start Up repair or "Start Windows Normally" - the former is
> highlighted and marked Recommended.
>
> I am tempted to try first highlighting the start Windows normally and see
> what happens, but I am a little out of my depth here.
>
> Any advice from an expert would be much appreciated.
>
> Douglas
>
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