I have recently acquired an old laptop, then converted it to a tablet PC. I have installed Windows 7 on it, and it worked fine for a while. But after installing OpenOffice, it decided not to boot. Producing the message;
Windows failed to start.....
File: \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc0000034
Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.
I have tried booting from a USB copy of the Install Disk, because the DVD drive connector is now murdered. It will power the original drive, but no data. So the error appears,without an option to boot from DVD. There is no way to use PLoP, or other alternative, as there is no DVD drive. Does anyone know how to force boot from USB?
P.S. The laptop originally had Windows XP on, but this OS would not support my custom driver for the touch panel. Any help for a Year 9 student?
Thanks in advance,
Ollie
Windows failed to start.....
File: \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc0000034
Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.
I have tried booting from a USB copy of the Install Disk, because the DVD drive connector is now murdered. It will power the original drive, but no data. So the error appears,without an option to boot from DVD. There is no way to use PLoP, or other alternative, as there is no DVD drive. Does anyone know how to force boot from USB?
P.S. The laptop originally had Windows XP on, but this OS would not support my custom driver for the touch panel. Any help for a Year 9 student?
Thanks in advance,
Ollie