Checking file system

[Daniel]

Hi

I have a PC with XP home, I have Nortons Internet security, I run Adaware
often
and everything seemed to be working fine.

Today I my PC stopped in the middle of shutting down a program.
I had to use Ctrl Alt Del to close the program, then I rebooted to be on the
safe side,
now my PC is running through endless cycles of CHKDSK, the message says one
of your disks needs to be checked for consistency.

At the end of the check cycle the PC starts up to the Windows splash screen
then goes into
CHKDSK again.
After seven cycles of this I turned off the power and restarted pressing the
F8 key to
boot into Safe mode but I did not get the option, all I got was an option to
boot into
the C drive, the A or D drives.

Does anyone have any ideas of what is happening?

All help appreciated.

Regards

Daniel

 

[Malke]

Hi

I have a PC with XP home, I have Nortons Internet security, I run
Adaware often
and everything seemed to be working fine.

Today I my PC stopped in the middle of shutting down a program.
I had to use Ctrl Alt Del to close the program, then I rebooted to be
on the safe side,
now my PC is running through endless cycles of CHKDSK, the message
says one of your disks needs to be checked for consistency.

At the end of the check cycle the PC starts up to the Windows splash
screen then goes into
CHKDSK again.
After seven cycles of this I turned off the power and restarted
pressing the F8 key to
boot into Safe mode but I did not get the option, all I got was an
option to boot into
the C drive, the A or D drives.

It sounds like your hard drive may have died, although other hardware
components could have failed also. Check your hard drive's health with
a diagnostic utility downloaded from the drive mftr.'s website. You
will create either a bootable floppy or cd from the file you download.
Boot with this media and do a thorough test of the drive. If it fails
any physical tests, replace it.

Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out suspected parts
with known-good parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are
uncomfortable opening your computer, take the machine to a professional
computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of BigStoreUSA).

Malke

 

[Daniel]

Thanks but my HDD checks out as good, could it br the video card?

cheers

Daniel

 

[Og]

Thanks but my HDD checks out as good, could it br the video card?

cheers

Daniel

The problem arises neither from your video card, nor from your sunbonnet;
the problem, as Malke told you, most likely arises from your disk subsystem,
which consists of the drive itself, the drive controller on the motherboard,
and ribbon cable that connects the drive to the motherboard.
I don't say this to be mean, but, given your question about the video card,
I STRONGLY urge you to take Malke's advice and "...take the machine to a
professional computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of
BigStoreUSA)."
Steve

 

[Daniel]

Fair enough, I will do that

cheers

Daniel

The problem arises neither from your video card, nor from your sunbonnet;
the problem, as Malke told you, most likely arises from your disk
subsystem,
which consists of the drive itself, the drive controller on the
motherboard, and ribbon cable that connects the drive to the motherboard.
I don't say this to be mean, but, given your question about the video
card, I STRONGLY urge you to take Malke's advice and "...take the machine
to a professional computer repair shop (not your local equivalent of
BigStoreUSA)."
Steve

 

[Og]

Fair enough, I will do that

cheers

Daniel

Good luck Daniel,
Steve