Dirty voume after critical update reboot

[Guest]

Windows XP (SP2) fully patched as of Nov 2005. After critical updates for
Dec were installed and system was restarted the PC will no longer boot. I
get a screen that reads "File Record Segment XXXXXX is Unreadable".
I boot up from CD and ran FixBoot from the recovery console, rebooted
followed by chkdsk /r after 25% completed the system halted with a message
that read "The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems"
Once again I rebooted from CD and ran "FIXMBR" from the recovery console,
rebooted followed by chkdsk (no switches) after 25% completed the same error
appears "The volume appears to contain one or more....."
Short of reloading the OS, are there ideas?

Thanks

 

[old jon]

Windows XP (SP2) fully patched as of Nov 2005. After critical updates for
Dec were installed and system was restarted the PC will no longer boot. I
get a screen that reads "File Record Segment XXXXXX is Unreadable".
I boot up from CD and ran FixBoot from the recovery console, rebooted
followed by chkdsk /r after 25% completed the system halted with a message
that read "The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable
problems"
Once again I rebooted from CD and ran "FIXMBR" from the recovery console,
rebooted followed by chkdsk (no switches) after 25% completed the same
error
appears "The volume appears to contain one or more....."
Short of reloading the OS, are there ideas?

Thanks

Looks like you have a Hard drive problem. Go to the drive Manufacturers
website and D\load their test tools, and run them on the drive. you`ll have
to make a floppy disk with the D\load.
bw..OJ

 

[Guest]

Well hopefully your system is a Computer/HP unit?

If it is go into the bios and do a "DPS test" this will check the hard
drive, An end code of 0 results in a good drive.

Your drive might have a bad sector or two, you need to finsh a check disk so
you know were you are.

How you getting on now?,

nigel

 

[Guest]

Haven't had a bad drive in many years so this was a reminder. The HD is
indeed bad. The Maxtor utils confirmed so.
Thanks folks.