HD Probs??
in [Windows XP]
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From: Doum on 9 May 2010 15:08 chuck <cciafNOSPAMfone(a)verizonNOSPAMk.net> �crivait news:#bo7O947KHA.4832 @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > Thanks for the response Anna. > > There have been developments. > > When I have the HD connected now and boot up, I get > the black screen with white letters that lets me > either Restart Windows Normally in 25 seconds, > or start in any of 3 varieties of SAFE more. > > If I select SAFE Mode, I get a whole scroll of lines that > begin with "MULTI (0) DISK ...", then it reboots to that > same screen. Never actually boots into an XP logo screen. > If I just let it run it will just continue to recycle thru > that same XP boot-select screen. > > If I choose Restart Windows Normally in 25 seconds, > the seconds count down to 0 then pc reboots thru > bios and back to the Start Windows Normally in 25 seconds > screen. > > Still will not boot to XP though. I think all of those who said it wasn't Windows related jumped to conclusion too fast. I had that NTLDR missing once on one computer and copied the file back in the root directory of my boot drive and the computer restarted. The file might have been corrupted somehow (malware?, power surge?, who knows...). Anna's suggestion to do a repair install is certainly worth a try. HTH
From: HeyBub on 10 May 2010 09:16 Twayne wrote: > > You mean they boot and are 100% operational and without error > messages? That's very unusual. At any rate, if that's really the > case, I'd say a rebuild of the hard drive is in order. If that fails, > then it's going to be hardware somehow. SMART is usually fairly good > but that message you got I've never seen. > Huh? Are you really suggesting that hard drives found to work in other machines are in need of "rebuilding?"
From: Twayne on 10 May 2010 13:42
In news:XnF9D739A1C149A0doumdomainnet(a)207.46.248.16, Doum <me(a)domain.net> typed: > chuck <cciafNOSPAMfone(a)verizonNOSPAMk.net> icrivait > news:#bo7O947KHA.4832 @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > >> Thanks for the response Anna. >> >> There have been developments. >> >> When I have the HD connected now and boot up, I get >> the black screen with white letters that lets me >> either Restart Windows Normally in 25 seconds, >> or start in any of 3 varieties of SAFE more. >> >> If I select SAFE Mode, I get a whole scroll of lines that >> begin with "MULTI (0) DISK ...", then it reboots to that >> same screen. Never actually boots into an XP logo screen. >> If I just let it run it will just continue to recycle thru >> that same XP boot-select screen. >> >> If I choose Restart Windows Normally in 25 seconds, >> the seconds count down to 0 then pc reboots thru >> bios and back to the Start Windows Normally in 25 seconds >> screen. >> >> Still will not boot to XP though. > > I think all of those who said it wasn't Windows related > jumped to conclusion too fast. I had that NTLDR missing > once on one computer and copied the file back in the root > directory of my boot drive and the computer restarted. The > file might have been corrupted somehow (malware?, power > surge?, who knows...). > > Anna's suggestion to do a repair install is certainly worth > a try. > > HTH It can't hurt anything, or shouldn't anyway. A few updates will go missing and have to be allowed to redownload but disk data shouldn't be affected. However, it's still a good idea to do a backup first, just in case something goes wrong. Regardless of what it is, always backup whenever doing anything around the OS. HTH, Twayne` |