hi
I had the hard drive freeze on me and crash . When I restarted the comp ,the
boot up failed . So I restarted , used F8 then ran CHkDSK at the c:>and it
finally booted up after it ran the check disk .

Since then thought , on a startup , it boots very very slowly and I cant
figure out why as It never was before that hard drive. On the boot cycle it
turns the montior on twice .....it never did that before either . After that
inital CHKDKS, I acutally did another check disk by going to my computer >
properties>tools>check now . Under check disk options I checked both boxes .
Then I Restarted the comp and on the reboot it ran the check disk which took
hours and did it said it repaired some errors . But not the boot up issue .

Is this a boot ini issue ? Or another issue ? any solution suggestions ?

Running CHKDSK C: /R On start-up is never a good place for that...Try
booting
to xp cd,press r For recovery at xp cd boot menu,select 1 For C: Press
enter for password.Type:Fixboot Agree,type:CHKDSK C: /p Once its thru,
type:EXIT Let xp start-up.Also,if you hd froze &/or locks up,might download
the MS-DOS hd checker from the hd mfg web site,install to MS-DOS formatted
floppy,boot pc to floppy,run the tests.And/or consider replacing the hd,more
problems are sure to start...

"Joe A" wrote:

> hi
> I had the hard drive freeze on me and crash . When I restarted the comp ,the
> boot up failed . So I restarted , used F8 then ran CHkDSK at the c:>and it
> finally booted up after it ran the check disk .
>
> Since then thought , on a startup , it boots very very slowly and I cant
> figure out why as It never was before that hard drive. On the boot cycle it
> turns the montior on twice .....it never did that before either . After that
> inital CHKDKS, I acutally did another check disk by going to my computer >
> properties>tools>check now . Under check disk options I checked both boxes .
> Then I Restarted the comp and on the reboot it ran the check disk which took
> hours and did it said it repaired some errors . But not the boot up issue .
>
> Is this a boot ini issue ? Or another issue ? any solution suggestions ?

Andrew
thanks for the reply. Im afraid its a bit over my head though . One thing ,
both times using CHKDSK , I wanted to just clarify , I didnt use CHKDSK C: /R
I used chkdsk/f ...........Im not sure what your wrote....
CHKDSK C: /R is.

The suggestion you gave me, to xp cd,press r , do I do that after pressing
f8 on the boot up ? Do you mean I have to use my xp CD ?

Lastly , I know I have a western digital HD , I dont know the model
though.......will I be able to get the HD checker without the model number ?

thaks for the help
Joe

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Running CHKDSK C: /R On start-up is never a good place for that...Try
> booting
> to xp cd,press r For recovery at xp cd boot menu,select 1 For C: Press
> enter for password.Type:Fixboot Agree,type:CHKDSK C: /p Once its thru,
> type:EXIT Let xp start-up.Also,if you hd froze &/or locks up,might download
> the MS-DOS hd checker from the hd mfg web site,install to MS-DOS formatted
> floppy,boot pc to floppy,run the tests.And/or consider replacing the hd,more
> problems are sure to start...
>
> "Joe A" wrote:
>
> > hi
> > I had the hard drive freeze on me and crash . When I restarted the comp ,the
> > boot up failed . So I restarted , used F8 then ran CHkDSK at the c:>and it
> > finally booted up after it ran the check disk .
> >
> > Since then thought , on a startup , it boots very very slowly and I cant
> > figure out why as It never was before that hard drive. On the boot cycle it
> > turns the montior on twice .....it never did that before either . After that
> > inital CHKDKS, I acutally did another check disk by going to my computer >
> > properties>tools>check now . Under check disk options I checked both boxes .
> > Then I Restarted the comp and on the reboot it ran the check disk which took
> > hours and did it said it repaired some errors . But not the boot up issue .
> >
> > Is this a boot ini issue ? Or another issue ? any solution suggestions ?

check device manager and get the model number.



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"Joe A" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:6DCED268-0F12-40E6-A75D-(E-Mail Removed)...
Andrew
thanks for the reply. Im afraid its a bit over my head though . One thing ,
both times using CHKDSK , I wanted to just clarify , I didnt use CHKDSK C: /R
I used chkdsk/f ...........Im not sure what your wrote....
CHKDSK C: /R is.

The suggestion you gave me, to xp cd,press r , do I do that after pressing
f8 on the boot up ? Do you mean I have to use my xp CD ?

Lastly , I know I have a western digital HD , I dont know the model
though.......will I be able to get the HD checker without the model number ?

thaks for the help
Joe

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Running CHKDSK C: /R On start-up is never a good place for that...Try
> booting
> to xp cd,press r For recovery at xp cd boot menu,select 1 For C: Press
> enter for password.Type:Fixboot Agree,type:CHKDSK C: /p Once its thru,
> type:EXIT Let xp start-up.Also,if you hd froze &/or locks up,might download
> the MS-DOS hd checker from the hd mfg web site,install to MS-DOS formatted
> floppy,boot pc to floppy,run the tests.And/or consider replacing the hd,more
> problems are sure to start...
>
> "Joe A" wrote:
>
> > hi
> > I had the hard drive freeze on me and crash . When I restarted the comp ,the
> > boot up failed . So I restarted , used F8 then ran CHkDSK at the c:>and it
> > finally booted up after it ran the check disk .
> >
> > Since then thought , on a startup , it boots very very slowly and I cant
> > figure out why as It never was before that hard drive. On the boot cycle it
> > turns the montior on twice .....it never did that before either . After that
> > inital CHKDKS, I acutally did another check disk by going to my computer >
> > properties>tools>check now . Under check disk options I checked both boxes .
> > Then I Restarted the comp and on the reboot it ran the check disk which took
> > hours and did it said it repaired some errors . But not the boot up issue .
> >
> > Is this a boot ini issue ? Or another issue ? any solution suggestions ?

thanks Mike


"mikeyhsd" wrote:

> check device manager and get the model number.
>
>
>
> (E-Mail Removed)
>
>
>
> "Joe A" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:6DCED268-0F12-40E6-A75D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Andrew
> thanks for the reply. Im afraid its a bit over my head though . One thing ,
> both times using CHKDSK , I wanted to just clarify , I didnt use CHKDSK C: /R
> I used chkdsk/f ...........Im not sure what your wrote....
> CHKDSK C: /R is.
>
> The suggestion you gave me, to xp cd,press r , do I do that after pressing
> f8 on the boot up ? Do you mean I have to use my xp CD ?
>
> Lastly , I know I have a western digital HD , I dont know the model
> though.......will I be able to get the HD checker without the model number ?
>
> thaks for the help
> Joe
>
> "Andrew E." wrote:
>
> > Running CHKDSK C: /R On start-up is never a good place for that...Try
> > booting
> > to xp cd,press r For recovery at xp cd boot menu,select 1 For C: Press
> > enter for password.Type:Fixboot Agree,type:CHKDSK C: /p Once its thru,
> > type:EXIT Let xp start-up.Also,if you hd froze &/or locks up,might download
> > the MS-DOS hd checker from the hd mfg web site,install to MS-DOS formatted
> > floppy,boot pc to floppy,run the tests.And/or consider replacing the hd,more
> > problems are sure to start...
> >
> > "Joe A" wrote:
> >
> > > hi
> > > I had the hard drive freeze on me and crash . When I restarted the comp ,the
> > > boot up failed . So I restarted , used F8 then ran CHkDSK at the c:>and it
> > > finally booted up after it ran the check disk .
> > >
> > > Since then thought , on a startup , it boots very very slowly and I cant
> > > figure out why as It never was before that hard drive. On the boot cycle it
> > > turns the montior on twice .....it never did that before either . After that
> > > inital CHKDKS, I acutally did another check disk by going to my computer >
> > > properties>tools>check now . Under check disk options I checked both boxes .
> > > Then I Restarted the comp and on the reboot it ran the check disk which took
> > > hours and did it said it repaired some errors . But not the boot up issue .
> > >
> > > Is this a boot ini issue ? Or another issue ? any solution suggestions ?