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24th Sep 2008, 10:55
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hi.. can anyone help please. when starting my pc i get a blank screen with the following error message.
windows will not start because the following is missing or corrupted. system32\drivers\pci.sys. 
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#2
24th Sep 2008, 11:11
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Stick your XP cd in, boot from it, then select the SECOND repair option.
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24th Sep 2008, 11:37
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erm... sorry . i dont have a cd...
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24th Sep 2008, 11:44
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You could try putting the drive in a donor machine and running the windows hard drive file repair.
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24th Sep 2008, 12:18
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24th Sep 2008, 13:17
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ok... i have managed to locate a recovery cd for the the pc off an HP support site. it says it will restore to factory settings.. does this mean all files will be lost.
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24th Sep 2008, 13:27
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Yeah, correct.
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24th Sep 2008, 15:46
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hi.. the hard drive on this unit is an HP personal removeable drive 160g. it has a a usb socket on the back. will make up a 12vdc power supply tommorrow to power it. can i easily access the files on it if i connect it via usb to another pc or will the same error message come up. or am i wasting my time trying.
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24th Sep 2008, 18:44
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Should be able to grab the files off it you plug it into another PC. Or even if you made a livecd with a Linux distribution and did it. The only thing preventing you from it is Windows.
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#10
29th Sep 2008, 11:38
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hi there.... some how this pc booted up today. fans are constantly on... how can i fix the error that comes up at the beginning of this thread, dont wanna switch off in case it messes up again.
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