porshiepoo
06-Mar-08, 12:01
I have a Siemens laptop running XP and when I started it up today I got this message along with a lovely blank screen
Windows could not be started as the System32\DRIVERS\isapnp.sys is missing or corrupt. :eek:
I went on to Microsoft and it mentioned putting in the recovery disk and selecting repair, so I went into the BIOS, got it to run straight from the CD drive and put the disk in. Now the CD drive won't work with this CD/DVD. I think I may have a problem with the CD/DVD drive. I put another disk in for drivers and utilities just to see what happened and although I didn't get a screen message the DVD drive did actually run the disk - not the one I need to use though.
So now what do I do? If the DVD drive is knackered and I have to replace it, can I do that before fixing this windows problem? (I'm kinda guessing that'll be a no no) lol.
Is there anyway I can get into the DOS to give it instructions that may repair it some other way?
Cheers
Windows could not be started as the System32\DRIVERS\isapnp.sys is missing or corrupt. :eek:
I went on to Microsoft and it mentioned putting in the recovery disk and selecting repair, so I went into the BIOS, got it to run straight from the CD drive and put the disk in. Now the CD drive won't work with this CD/DVD. I think I may have a problem with the CD/DVD drive. I put another disk in for drivers and utilities just to see what happened and although I didn't get a screen message the DVD drive did actually run the disk - not the one I need to use though.
So now what do I do? If the DVD drive is knackered and I have to replace it, can I do that before fixing this windows problem? (I'm kinda guessing that'll be a no no) lol.
Is there anyway I can get into the DOS to give it instructions that may repair it some other way?
Cheers