graysky Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) I booted into XP today and neither my mouse nor my keyboard respond! I'm just stuck on the welcome screen. I googled this and found many threads about it - none of which have been resolved without doing a total reinstall. The keyboard works just fine in dos mode (booting to c:\ which is fat32) and it works in the BIOS. Both the keyboard and mouse are USB, but I removed them and tried a PS/2 keyboard and mouse. Again, neither of them work, just stuck again at the welcome screen. Booting into safe mode doesn't help; no keyboard or mouse there too except running in 640x480 I would like to avoid a complete reinstall. Advice is appreciated! Edited November 11, 2009 by graysky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamsCentral Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Bad Boot Sector. Try recovery console and CHKDSK + FIXMBR commands. It may fix the problem but not for sure.If fixed, you are lucky - else nothing but to go for a full re-install.--Best Regards,DreamsCentralTwitter: @DreamsCentralSigned: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 1:08:57 AM IST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graysky Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 Bad Boot Sector. Try recovery console and CHKDSK + FIXMBR commands. It may fix the problem but not for sure....bad boot sector? I can boot just fine, no errors, just no keyboard/mouse when windows loads. I don't think it's related to the BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insomneac Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 If you can find a way to boot into Safe Mode, you can try System Restore.If not, try a Repair, but you will need a Windows XP CD.Your options are going to be limited if you don't have mouse or keyboard support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
net_user Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 you might have a virus....try booting to a live cd and do a scan of the hd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chauzie Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 like Inso said, see if you can boot into Safe Mode with mouse + k/b working. If yes, then the normal Windows might be corrupted, in which case you might need to do a repair using XP CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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