all programs fail and shutdown

[orion78pab]

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-AX580G with Windows XP MCE 2005. I have two HDD
builtinto it with one that has the recovery partition on it. I have no discs
and I'm not willing to pay $50 for a new disc. Here's the issue

1. I was using my laptop about 6 nights ago and it started to lock up on me.
I could not get it to respond after waiting a long time. SO I did a hard
shutdown on it and then rebooted after about 30 seconds. After the bios
screen my screen stays black and then a blue screen appears stating:

Unmountable_boot_volume
*** Stop: 0x000000ED (0x873E9868, 0xc000009c, 0x00000000, 0x00000000

2. This continued for a day so I ran Hirens ultimate boot disc to see if I
could at least access my HDD and figure out if the were still in working
order. I was able to access all my files on both HDD no issues there. I ran
a scandisk from there and found this error:

Config.sys there is an error on line 47
USBASPI.SYS also appeared as having an error in it.

Not sure what I did but after all this I booted the laptop without the disc
in and windows booted this time. The issue now is that windows starts fine
but any programs I open there give me the same error stating that the
following program has encountered a problem and needs to shut down. It does
not matter what it is.

Now I have use a few different restore points and windows says they rolled
back but the problem still occurs. I also ran chkdsk from cmd.exe with
windows running and it found 8 bad sectors. I did chkdsk /f and /r both
upon reboot and all programs still fail.

At this point I'm not sure what else to do other than get a copy of windows
xp MCE and use the recovery console to fix the windows reg.

At this point is there anybody that has an idea of what more I can do other
than what is stated above?

 

[Gerry]

orion78pab

Unmountable Boot Volume
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555302

Background information on Stop error code
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms797142.aspx

0x000000ED: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
The kernel mode I/O subsystem attempted to mount the boot volume and it
failed. This error also might occur during an upgrade to Win XP on
systems that use higher throughput ATA disks or controllers with
incorrect cabling. In some cases, your system might appear to work
normally after you restart.
Source: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314058

Explanation of parameter 2 of the Stop Error code
0xC000009C, or STATUS_DEVICE_DATA_ERROR: bad blocks on the hard disk.

USBASPI.SYS - Links to using USB 2.0 devices in Dos. Do you have a Sony
DVD drive? Seems likely.

Do you have all Sony updates?
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=VGNAX580G

It seems you may have fixed some of your immediate problems. So take the
opportunity to see what else is going on.

The important one is to check your hard drive and to keep checking it
for bad sectors. If they continue to occur you will need to replace the
hard drive. Does the computer hold important data files which you cannot
afford to lose?

Try HD Tune. It only gives information and does not fix any
problems.

Download and run it and see what it turns up. You want HD Tune
(freeware) version 2.55 not HD Tune Pro (not Freeware) version 3.00.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to
Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Make sure you do a full
surface scan with HD Tune.

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on
the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties,
Hardware,Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

Have a look in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for
Errors and Warnings and post copies here. Don't post any more than 48
hours ago.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning
of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description
are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a
button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event Viewer.



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Gerry
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