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Old 11-13-2006
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hi,
Doing a re install of windows xp proff. Installed fine. Then on second time switching on it only gets as far as loading the 2nd screen and it says
"windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt. System32/drivers/nvatabus.sys.
Then it says start windows with orginal set up cd and press "r" at first screen to repair!!!
Tryed that it it justs goes back to the above message. Every time it wont boot form the cd, pressed f8 to try and start in safe mode etc etc, did all the options one by one and it still does the same.
Have no hard disc image so cannot use f9 recovery???

Dont know what else to try, just returns to that message after a few seconds. Can anyone help before my PC becomes a victim of PCV (PC violence)!!!?????
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Hi there welcome to Pchf ,

it's to do with your Nvida Graphics card, can you start up into Windows at all?.

If you can you could try this, if you have a floppy disc drive,


Recovering Windows
  1. Copy the “nvatabus.sys” file to a floppy disk. This file is included in the zip file that include these instructions.
  2. Boot system to Windows XP installation CD.
  3. At the Setup screen, press ”R”.
  4. This will bring up the repair console.
    1. Which Windows installation would you like to log onto
      [To cancel, press ENTER]?
    2. Hit “1” and [ENTER] or the number that represent your Windows XP installation.
    3. Type the Administrator password:
    4. Type password and hit [ENTER]
    5. Insert the floppy disk with the "nvatabus.sys” file into the floppy drive. At the command prompt, type “copy a: vatabus.sys c:windowssystem32drivers” and hit [ENTER]. Once file has been copied, type “EXIT” and hit [ENTER]. This will reboot your system. Remove floppy from system.
  5. When the system restarts, hit “Cancel” when all devices are detected
  6. Re-install the nForce 2.03 driver kit.
  7. Click “Yes to all” when asked to overwriting old files
  8. Reboot when install is complete
  9. Upon system restart, right mouse click on My Computer and select Properties
  10. Select the “Hardware” tab
  11. Click on the “Device Manager” button
  12. Expand the section labeled “IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers”
  13. Left mouse click on the option labeled “NVIDIA NForce(TM) MCP2 IDE Controller” or “NVIDIA® nForce(TM) IDE Controller” (your system will only have one of the above options) (See option2.16.bmp)
  14. Right mouse click and select “Update Driver” (See option2.17.bmp)
  15. Select “Install from a list of specific location (Advanced)”
  16. Select “Don’t search, I will choose the driver to install”
  17. Select the driver “Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller”
  18. Reboot.
  19. After reboot allow device detection.
  20. Reboot again.
  21. Everything should now be working correctly.
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PC wont start windows at all. boot disc, etc makes no difference. just goes back to the first error message so not many options.
how about i remove the graphics card and reboot??? will windows not need the driver so will load up.???????

thanks
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Originally Posted by math4043
no
PC wont start windows at all. boot disc, etc makes no difference. just goes back to the first error message so not many options.
how about i remove the graphics card and reboot??? will windows not need the driver so will load up.???????

thanks
mat
Yep try removing the Graphics card and see if that works then it should be easy from there .


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