08-15-2007, 02:19 PM
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Help Me With Windows Xp!!!!!
oh man...i'm so screwed!
so last night...i installed some windows updates on my computer. well...it required a restart...so i restarted my computer. now...here is where the problem happens. everything boots up ok until it gets to the windows logo screen (where you have a little bar and a peice of the bar going from left to right) and after about 5-7 seconds on that page, my screen turns black, and it restarts my computer and it does it all over again. i pressed f8 to get to a advanced windows menu. and i choose the option do no restart at system failure. so after i did that option...it brings me to the BSOD where the error is unmountable drive. sooo...now....i put my windows CD in the drive to see what i can do. i pressed the R key to go to the recovery console. it brings me to the dos prompt. i ran chkdsk on the bad drive. it says it ran chkdsk and found and fixed one or more errors on the volume. i restart the computer, but still gives me the same error! WHY?!?!? OH WHY?!?!?!
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08-15-2007, 02:38 PM
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first i try to run a fresh install of xp . if that fails then its new drive time
 do a reformat . im hoping you had back ups !
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08-15-2007, 02:40 PM
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can't do fresh install...in need some of the information on the drive.
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08-15-2007, 02:49 PM
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2nd thought -do you have a spair drive ?
i install a spair drive as the master . turn the drive in the machine now as a slave .and pull what you need off .if the computer allow you to do this .or you can buy a hd enclosure a do the same .i just had the same type of hd problem on a clients laptop .swap the drive out .loaded windows xp .and installed old drive in the USB enclosure.and we were able to save everything that was needed . |
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08-15-2007, 03:19 PM
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Go back to the recovery console and run the fixboot command. Let us know what happens...
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true
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08-15-2007, 03:32 PM
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I see you've worked Level 1 Tech Support... Problem? Reformat! |
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08-15-2007, 03:56 PM
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okok...i really wanna say the security update screwed me over. damn MS. anywho...i went to the recovery console and had 2 more things up my sleeve before running the bootfix. first...i tred chkdsk/p because the console told me so. nothing happend then...i saw on another forum that they tried a chkdsk/r. so i tried that one...took chkdsk freaking forever to do what it was doing...but then it said complete. I restarted my computer and boom...it lets me log into windows! FIXED!!! i have no idea what chkdsk/r does...but it works now.
if that didn't work...i would have tried bootfix next. |
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08-15-2007, 04:09 PM
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/r means repair errors automatically.
Identify the drive (by brand) and use that brand's utility to scan it. It sounds like you may have a drive failing. http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287 |
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08-15-2007, 04:22 PM
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I'd go with the fresh install on a separate drive and enclose the current drive to recover the information.
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08-15-2007, 07:47 PM
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Back up your data NOW!!!!
Better safe than sorry since you got it up and running. 
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08-15-2007, 09:49 PM
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Actually, /f repairs errors automatically -- /r does a thorough scan that searches for bad sectors (along with one other step that /f doesn't do). One thing I'd definitely look into is a potentially failing HDD cable. If you find this happens again fairly soon, definitely replace the cable and see what happens.
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08-16-2007, 05:43 AM
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Yeah, what everyone else said: plan on replacing that disk ASAP. It was probably just coincidence that it happened after the last Windows update - sounds like you have a terminal HD.
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08-16-2007, 05:33 PM
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lol that was downright COLD. Last edited by irwin : 08-17-2007 at 10:55 AM. |
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08-16-2007, 05:38 PM
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but so true. When a tech's first answer is to reformat, he is not a tech.
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08-16-2007, 07:22 PM
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no i just had the same thing happen about 3 days earlyer on a clients machine and i was trying to save him a ton of wasted trouble .
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