fixboot fixmbr help

[Guest dangilorma]

I have two compaq presarion laptops both were set up with winXP sp3. Since Xp support has gone away, I thought I would give Lubuntu a try on one of them.

 

Being extremely disappointed with the whole linux/ubuntu-lubuntu experience, I wanted to bring back XP. My initial attemps went something like this.

 

 

After several attemps, I [think?] I finalaly deleted the linux - lubuntu OS. NEXT I re-installed windows home sp1 and updated that to sp3 using a SELF-

 

EXTRACTING download [from Microsoft on a USB stick.

 

 

Everything was fine, set up desktop, set up IE8, shortcuts to various websites, some other programs, etc. One ongoing problem I was ahving was the

 

mouse flicker violently until I would get into other programs and even then acted sporaticley.

 

 

I set up that laptopwith all the various program options and settings that I have on this laptop as a guide.

 

 

Well, to make a very long story - short, I cant boot that laptop.

 

 

When I power up I get the Compaq screen with the [esc f2 - f12 options]

 

pressing f2 displays "entering setup" and does nothing

 

 

after powerup agian

 

pressing f-12 displays "booting from LAN" and does nothing

 

 

after powerup again

 

pressing Esc. displays the following:

 

 

PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0

 

Copyright 1985-2001 Pheonix Technologies Ltd.

 

All Rights Reserved

 

Build Time: 12/17/02 12:01:30

 

 

Compaq Notebook PC BIOS Version KA.M1.34

 

 

BIOS Version KT3R T2B21 T2B

 

CPU = mobile AMD Athlon XP processor 2000+

 

639K System RAM Passed

 

958M Extended RAM Passed

 

256K Cache SRAM Passed

 

System BIOS Shadowed

 

Video BIOS Shadowed

 

Fixed Disk 0: IC25N020AATMR04-0

 

ATAPI CD-ROM: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2312

 

Mouse initalized

 

System Configuration Data Updated

 

 

Press EXC to change boot order

 

Prees <f2> ro enter Setup, <f12> to boot from LA

 

 

Pressing ANY key at this point does NOTHING ! Is this a FIXBOOT or FIXMBR problem ? Or BOTH !

 

 

Thnaks in afvnace to anyone who can help.

 

 

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