Stop Error 0x7B

[Andrew85]

Alright... I may be screwed, but I am hoping I can be helped.

Alright, my internet was not working via a lan I had, so I decided to attempt an installation of Windows XP. Unfortunately my version was out of date (It was a SP1 version, whereas I had upgraded to SP2, so it wouldn't let me install)

So I attempted to install the SP2 version, but something was wrong with the disk, and it kept halting about halfway through the setting up drivers part of the installation.

I eventually took back the disk, and got a working one, and tried it again. Now the installation seemed to work fine, but now whenever I attempt to log into Windows in that installation, it gives me a 0x7B error, and I cannot figure out for the life of me how to fix it. I installed Windows into another directory and that works fine, but all of my settings, etc, were on my former one and I really don't want to lose them.

 

[htmlman]

You can look here

http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?catalog=LCID=1033&query=0x7B+error&x=10&y=6

There are several stop messages. Find the one that most is like your symptoms.

 

[Andrew85]

I looked at the microsoft knowledge base but couldn't find much of substance to help me.

That was why I came here, hoping that someone would have some advice on what to do. I really don't want to lose my settings. Could it in some way be because the other installation views my drives as reversed (i.e. in that installation, D = C and C = D) whereas Windows setup and all other installations of Windows view it differently?

 

[Andrew85]

I think I figured it out. The Windows installation is somewhat confused and thinks that it has to boot from D, but in reality it has to boot from C. So the problem I have is then, how to make it think that it actually has to boot from C, rather than D?

 

[linney]

How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Try running the ChkDsk /r command on all your drives.

A Discussion About the Bootcfg Command and Its Uses

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q291/9/80.asp

The file Boot.ini (a hidden and system file) will be on the Root of C: drive, this is what tells Windows how and where to boot from.

HOW TO: Edit the Boot.ini File in Windows XP (Q289022)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q289/0/22.asp

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=3952

 

[Andrew85]

I don't think any of these will help. Hrm.

I'm thinking it's a registry error thing. I am not sure quite why it keeps telling me that it's having these problems.