feinicks Wrote:◙ About the bootloader (Grub)

boot from the XP CD, enter the recovery console (press R when it asks you whether you want to install windows etc.) When you're at the console, type:

Code:

fixmbr

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and that will remove GRUB from your system.

◙ About Nero8:

Use CCleaner and delete all entries related to Nero. I think your installation file may be corrupted. I faced this problem as well, on an older installation of XP. I downloaded Nero7 an that worked. Later when I reinstalled windows (64-bit) I tried to run Nero8 and again it did the same thing, so I just got a new version. (if your is a fresh.. copy.. then I suggest.. copying it from another source).

◙ Hmm... I think your explorer is acting up. Happens during a faulty installation (of windows). The quickest way I would recommend is reinstall Windows over your System drive (make backups) this will get rid of all the trojans and viruses you may have been given as free gifts from the "Update" sites.
Run a good virus + trojan cleaner /scanner to establish if any unwanted creeps are there or no.

◙ About your drivers:

Have you tried uninstalling the drivers from the safe mode? normal mode won't remove them (as it makes a backup in real time). I faced a similar problem with onboard audio of a mobo.. this method worked.
Uninstall in Safe mode and then reinstall in normal mode.

◙ About your SoundCard:

Can you post a pic of you soundcard?

1. shall try tonight
2. i have an installer for nero 7 and that does the same
3.couldn't i just replace the explorer.exe with an original one from the xp install disk? or would it fudge things up? I've only just done a re-install after a major fudge up (and managed to lose all my backups in the process. recovered most with Multistage recovery though). the computrer hasn't been connected to the internet since i reinstalled so i havn't had a chance to get 'updates' yet...
4. shall try tonight
5. shall post tonight

Slushba123 Wrote:If you formated the drive the grub isn't there it is somewhere else. If it was truley formated there is nothing but 0000 0000 written all over that drive...

Did you completely format the disk or did you quick format before reinstalling xp? Once again if you reinstalled xp after a format 0000 0000

Do you have a cd? you can also manually install drivers with an exe by picking the driver you want out of that archive...I'm on vista right now and can't look up the process but I will get back to you tomorrow

and for nero...I would stay attend to problems 1 and 3 first

that's the only drive I've ever installed fedora or any other flavour of linux onto

complete format not quick. that drive hasn't had an installation of XP on it for over a year. (i have 3 hdds. one for XP, one for backups (the one that's got GRUB stuck on it) and a third for my XP page file and temp files)

do have a cd. it has the various *.dll and *.sys files but no *.inf files that are needed

good point.


+rep to feinicks. (you've already had rep slushba so don't look at me like that ;) ). so many rep...