recovery disk for windows xp media center edition 2005

Tried booting from a spare (legal, unused) XP-pro disk to bring up recover. (and if hardware ruled out - will want to attempt to recover any data first - move drive to another PC as slave if needed) want to save that option for close to last. User was not supplied WIN XP MCE05 disk - so no recovery option - searched the net and can't seem to find any win XP MCE specific recovery tools.Ĭhecked dell OEM Manual on line - found out how to do a factory restore from boot (off the partition). Safe mode to command prompt: blank screen I've read many places that windows Safe Mode doesn't support USB - so I'm not sure how owner was able to run safe mode the first time. Reboot and checked BIOS settings - no 'legacy' setting for USB, but there are USB settings and they are all set to 'on' Neither mouse nor Keyboard function (though both are clearly getting power - light indicator on keyboard - laser on optical mouse illuminates.) He did, no viruses reported.Īttempted to boot in safe mode without networking, get the safe mode 4 corners on black screen, then log in page. Does run windows automatic updates in the background) I asked him to boot to safe mode and run virus scan. User says no new software was loaded on machine prior, says problem never occurred before. System is in warranty for 20 more days as of post - I am helping out a friend - it is not my computer.ĭetailed Description of problem and current attempts to troubleshoot No PS/2 PCI for mouse or keyboard - only USB Hard Drive, 320GB, S2, 7.2K, 16M Unleaded, Seagateĭvd+/-rw, 16, Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Serial Ata Windows Xp, MCE05U (Media Center Edition 2005) video card/drivers is my next check, but I don't know how - plz read on why.) (yes, I've read the sticky post on boot issues. On Boot - computer completes Post, brings up windows XP Media Center Edition Splash, then goes blank. I've been reading for the past few days trying to resolve my system issues myself - I think it's time to post.

Recovery disk for windows xp media center edition 2005