Computer gets to windows (xp) loading screen, shifts about two bars to the right, and freezes completely. It also freezes when loading in safe mode and from the reinstall menu off of the partition.
Thanks
Is this HD failure?
awesome sauce
Dre
Try starting your PC with the install disk
You might be able to repair your system
You might be able to repair your system
Braxton619
It might be corrupt Windows files. Try booting from your OS disc and attempt to repair your system. If it still occurs, try formatting and re-installing the OS. If it still occurs, I would replace the HDD.
Abedeus
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It might be corrupt Windows files. Try booting from your OS disc and attempt to repair your system. If it still occurs, try formatting and re-installing the OS. If it still occurs, I would replace the HDD.
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Bob Slydell
That's a corruption in your operating system files somewhere. It CAN also be dying RAM or simply a driver that turned bad. But if your HDD was dying, you'd most likely know it (clicks of death, loud motor) but there could also be bad sectors that usually can be repaired.
awesome sauce
Hmm alright I'll try and reinstall. Thanks guys.
Tarun
Try booting into Safe Mode first. If you're able to do that, attempt an sfc /purgecache followed by sfc /scannow.
awesome sauce
Hmm... I just tried loading from a boot disk and it froze again. Does this mean it must be a RAM/driver problem?
Elder III
It sounds like a dead hard drive. You need to try to run some hard drive tests, or pull it and put it in a different computer to test it.
Quaker
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Originally Posted by awesome sauce
Hmm... I just tried loading from a boot disk and it froze again. Does this mean it must be a RAM/driver problem?
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Bad RAM
Bad HDD
Bad motherboard (the result of faulty capacitors usually)
Bad Power Supply
Bad almost anything else.
awesome sauce
Well, it appears that it is magically working again. I removed a bunch of hardware to test, then put everything back, tried booting again, and it was successful. I did what Tarun said as soon as it booted, just in case.
Good story though: I went to my brother's to test the hard drive, which turned out to be working fine, and on the way back I forgot that I had placed it on top of the car. It fell off while I was driving, and I had to run into the middle of the street to get it. Still works!
Good story though: I went to my brother's to test the hard drive, which turned out to be working fine, and on the way back I forgot that I had placed it on top of the car. It fell off while I was driving, and I had to run into the middle of the street to get it. Still works!
Elder III
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Originally Posted by awesome sauce
Good story though: I went to my brother's to test the hard drive, which turned out to be working fine, and on the way back I forgot that I had placed it on top of the car. It fell off while I was driving, and I had to run into the middle of the street to get it. Still works! |
Master Ketsu
Generally if it's HD failure you wont make it past the boot screen as it wont even recognize that you have an OS.
One way to tell in the future is get a Linux live CD ( like Ubuntu ) which are free, and see if your computer can boot Ubuntu from the CD without installing it. If you can get to the linux Gnome desktop, your HD is most likely fine. If you get some shitty sda0/sda1 errors that repeat themselves and never boot, your HD is likely borked.
It a good idea to have a live CD regardless of what you are doing. There are a bunch of diagnostic/Partition tools you can run from it to save a broken system.
One way to tell in the future is get a Linux live CD ( like Ubuntu ) which are free, and see if your computer can boot Ubuntu from the CD without installing it. If you can get to the linux Gnome desktop, your HD is most likely fine. If you get some shitty sda0/sda1 errors that repeat themselves and never boot, your HD is likely borked.
It a good idea to have a live CD regardless of what you are doing. There are a bunch of diagnostic/Partition tools you can run from it to save a broken system.
Quaker
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Originally Posted by awesome sauce
Well, it appears that it is magically working again. I removed a bunch of hardware to test, then put everything back, tried booting again, and it was successful.
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