ERROR-Event Viewer

[Antioch]

Hello
Have suddenly started to get a series of errors in events viewer.
Tried to do weekly defrag and it just froze.
Thought startup was a bit slower than normal.
Errors as follow:
1/ Error disk - event 7
The Device \Device\Harddisk 0\ D has a bad block
2/ Error Service Cont Manager event 7023
Application Management service terminated with following error. The
specified module could not be found.
At the moment cant link to MS for info.
Rgds
Antioch

 

[CWatters]

Hello
Have suddenly started to get a series of errors in events viewer.
Tried to do weekly defrag and it just froze.
Thought startup was a bit slower than normal.
Errors as follow:
1/ Error disk - event 7
The Device \Device\Harddisk 0\ D has a bad block

Make sure all your data is backed up. Sounds like your hard drive is
failing.

 

[Dave Patrick]

This one may help. Also download a diagnostic utility from the drive
manufacturer's web site. Your drive may have failed.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q159865

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hello
| Have suddenly started to get a series of errors in events viewer.
| Tried to do weekly defrag and it just froze.
| Thought startup was a bit slower than normal.
| Errors as follow:
| 1/ Error disk - event 7
| The Device \Device\Harddisk 0\ D has a bad block
| 2/ Error Service Cont Manager event 7023
| Application Management service terminated with following error. The
| specified module could not be found.
| At the moment cant link to MS for info.
| Rgds
| Antioch
|
|

 

[Antioch]

Hello Dave
Yes I tried to do that on Friday but it would not run even by following
their instructions to the letter.
Have you ever heard of a floppy running immediately after startup??
I will give that link to MS ago.
Dont think I have tried that one.
Many thanks for the reply
Antioch

 

[Antioch]

Hello CWatters
Yes I agree, I fear the worst.
Data will be backed up - thanks for the reminder and the reply
Antioch

 

[Dave Patrick]

1.) What was it you tried that doesn't work?
2.) Erm... yes. Depends on the boot order set in cmos setup. (if this is
what you mean)

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:
| Hello Dave
| Yes I tried to do that on Friday but it would not run even by following
| their instructions to the letter.
| Have you ever heard of a floppy running immediately after startup??
| I will give that link to MS ago.
| Dont think I have tried that one.
| Many thanks for the reply
| Antioch

 

[Antioch]

Hello Dave
Sorry, didnt make myself clear - I was referring to the Manufacturers site
to do a Hitachi Drive Fitness Test. Followed their instructions but nothing
would run from the floppy yet everything was clearly on the disk. They may
send me a pre-loaded disk.
I have looked at your link i.e. Article 159865 - it was one I had printed
out but yet to read. I dont know if it will help as it does not say its for
WinXP.
Plus I keep away from anything to do with the Registry - total lack of
knowledge.
Though I can see no harm in having a look-see, but touch nothing.
Sorry, ignorance again - cmos setup?
Thank you for the help.
Forgot to mention that sometimes there is a little tapping noise coming from
the tower - probably a little elf trying to do a repair job.
Rgds
Antioch

 

[Antioch]

Hello Dave
Sorry, didnt make myself clear - I was referring to the Manufacturers site
to do a Hitachi Drive Fitness Test. Followed their instructions but nothing
would run from the floppy yet everything was clearly on the disk. They may
send me a pre-loaded disk.
I have looked at your link i.e. Article 159865 - it was one I had printed
out but yet to read. I dont know if it will help as it does not say its for
WinXP.
Plus I keep away from anything to do with the Registry - total lack of
knowledge.
Though I can see no harm in having a look-see, but touch nothing.
Sorry, ignorance again - cmos setup?
Thank you for the help.
Forgot to mention that sometimes there is a little tapping noise coming from
the tower - probably a little elf trying to do a repair job.
Rgds
Antioch

 

[Dave Patrick]

Check your mobo or pc manual for instructions on how to enter cmos setup.
Then change the boot order to A first in the sequence.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hello Dave
| Sorry, didnt make myself clear - I was referring to the Manufacturers site
| to do a Hitachi Drive Fitness Test. Followed their instructions but
nothing
| would run from the floppy yet everything was clearly on the disk. They
may
| send me a pre-loaded disk.
| I have looked at your link i.e. Article 159865 - it was one I had printed
| out but yet to read. I dont know if it will help as it does not say its
for
| WinXP.
| Plus I keep away from anything to do with the Registry - total lack of
| knowledge.
| Though I can see no harm in having a look-see, but touch nothing.
| Sorry, ignorance again - cmos setup?
| Thank you for the help.
| Forgot to mention that sometimes there is a little tapping noise coming
from
| the tower - probably a little elf trying to do a repair job.
| Rgds
| Antioch

 

[Antioch]

Hello Dave
Are you referring to BIOS boot settings.
I had to go into that a week or so ago because something had changed these
back to floppy as No.1
Rgds
Antioch

 

[Dave Patrick]

Yes that's correct. Change it to boot from the floppy drive first then boot
from your disk diagnostic floppy to run their utility.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hello Dave
| Are you referring to BIOS boot settings.
| I had to go into that a week or so ago because something had changed these
| back to floppy as No.1
| Rgds
| Antioch

 

[Antioch]

Hello Dave
Well, thanks for that.
Why the hell didnt they say that after I had told them four times that the
floppy would not run.
Thank you
Time for bed.
Rgds
Antioch

 

[George Hester]

Boot order should always be:

1) Floppy
2) CD-ROM
3) Harddisk

Of course this only applies if you have all three. If no floppy then 2 and
3. You set this in the BIOS. Some Administrators do not allow boot from
floppy for security reasons or in fact from CD-ROM. But as a home user that
is the sequence you want. Make sure you do not leave a non-bootable floppy
in your floppy drive. That will give a very scary message at boot. Easily
fixed by removing the floppy but has caused a few people to do a complete
reload of the op sys. Watch for that with this sequence of boot order. The
same is not true for the CD-ROM.

--

George Hester
_________________________________

Hello Dave
Well, thanks for that.
Why the hell didnt they say that after I had told them four times that the
floppy would not run.
Thank you
Time for bed.
Rgds
Antioch

Yes that's correct. Change it to boot from the floppy drive first then
boot
from your disk diagnostic floppy to run their utility.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hello Dave
| Are you referring to BIOS boot settings.
| I had to go into that a week or so ago because something had changed
these
| back to floppy as No.1
| Rgds
| Antioch

 

[CWatters]

Boot order should always be:

1) Floppy
2) CD-ROM
3) Harddisk

Well perhaps not "always" - just when you need to repair an installation or
run diagnostic programs from floppy or CD.

 

[Antioch]

Hello George
Thank you for that info.
Rgds
Antioch

Boot order should always be:

1) Floppy
2) CD-ROM
3) Harddisk

Of course this only applies if you have all three. If no floppy then 2 and
3. You set this in the BIOS. Some Administrators do not allow boot from
floppy for security reasons or in fact from CD-ROM. But as a home user that
is the sequence you want. Make sure you do not leave a non-bootable floppy
in your floppy drive. That will give a very scary message at boot. Easily
fixed by removing the floppy but has caused a few people to do a complete
reload of the op sys. Watch for that with this sequence of boot order. The
same is not true for the CD-ROM.

--

George Hester
_________________________________

Hello Dave
Well, thanks for that.
Why the hell didnt they say that after I had told them four times that the
floppy would not run.
Thank you
Time for bed.
Rgds
Antioch

Yes that's correct. Change it to boot from the floppy drive first then
boot
from your disk diagnostic floppy to run their utility.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hello Dave
| Are you referring to BIOS boot settings.
| I had to go into that a week or so ago because something had changed
these
| back to floppy as No.1
| Rgds
| Antioch

 

[Antioch]

Hello Cwalters
Comment noted
Rgds
Antioch

Well perhaps not "always" - just when you need to repair an installation or
run diagnostic programs from floppy or CD.

 

[Ken Blake]

Boot order should always be:

1) Floppy
2) CD-ROM
3) Harddisk

I strongly disagree. The floppy should be last, not first.

Boot sector viruses aren't as common as they used to be, but they are still
around. If you put a floppy witha boot sector virus in the drive, it won't
hurt you unless you boot from it. But if you accidentally leave an infected
floppy in the drive, with your boot order, you will infect your hard drive.

I recommend putting the floppy *last* in the boot order. If you ever need to
boot from the floppy, change it to first then, then change it back when
you're done. Keeping it first is a bad idea.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Of course this only applies if you have all three. If no floppy then
2 and
3. You set this in the BIOS. Some Administrators do not allow boot
from floppy for security reasons or in fact from CD-ROM. But as a
home user that is the sequence you want. Make sure you do not leave
a non-bootable floppy in your floppy drive. That will give a very
scary message at boot. Easily fixed by removing the floppy but has
caused a few people to do a complete reload of the op sys. Watch for
that with this sequence of boot order. The same is not true for the
CD-ROM.


George Hester
_________________________________

Hello Dave
Well, thanks for that.
Why the hell didnt they say that after I had told them four times
that the floppy would not run.
Thank you
Time for bed.
Rgds
Antioch

Yes that's correct. Change it to boot from the floppy drive first
then boot
from your disk diagnostic floppy to run their utility.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
Hello Dave
Are you referring to BIOS boot settings.
I had to go into that a week or so ago because something had
changed these back to floppy as No.1
Rgds
Antioch

 

[Antioch]

Thank you and noted
Antioch

Boot order should always be:

1) Floppy
2) CD-ROM
3) Harddisk

I strongly disagree. The floppy should be last, not first.

Boot sector viruses aren't as common as they used to be, but they are still
around. If you put a floppy witha boot sector virus in the drive, it won't
hurt you unless you boot from it. But if you accidentally leave an infected
floppy in the drive, with your boot order, you will infect your hard drive.

I recommend putting the floppy *last* in the boot order. If you ever need to
boot from the floppy, change it to first then, then change it back when
you're done. Keeping it first is a bad idea.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Of course this only applies if you have all three. If no floppy then
2 and
3. You set this in the BIOS. Some Administrators do not allow boot
from floppy for security reasons or in fact from CD-ROM. But as a
home user that is the sequence you want. Make sure you do not leave
a non-bootable floppy in your floppy drive. That will give a very
scary message at boot. Easily fixed by removing the floppy but has
caused a few people to do a complete reload of the op sys. Watch for
that with this sequence of boot order. The same is not true for the
CD-ROM.


George Hester
_________________________________

Hello Dave
Well, thanks for that.
Why the hell didnt they say that after I had told them four times
that the floppy would not run.
Thank you
Time for bed.
Rgds
Antioch


Yes that's correct. Change it to boot from the floppy drive first
then boot
from your disk diagnostic floppy to run their utility.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
Hello Dave
Are you referring to BIOS boot settings.
I had to go into that a week or so ago because something had
changed these back to floppy as No.1
Rgds
Antioch

 

[Ken Blake]

Thank you and noted

You're welcome. Glad to help.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Boot order should always be:

1) Floppy
2) CD-ROM
3) Harddisk

I strongly disagree. The floppy should be last, not first.

Boot sector viruses aren't as common as they used to be, but they
are still around. If you put a floppy witha boot sector virus in the
drive, it won't hurt you unless you boot from it. But if you
accidentally leave an infected floppy in the drive, with your boot
order, you will infect your hard drive.

I recommend putting the floppy *last* in the boot order. If you ever
need to boot from the floppy, change it to first then, then change
it back when you're done. Keeping it first is a bad idea.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Of course this only applies if you have all three. If no floppy
then 2 and
3. You set this in the BIOS. Some Administrators do not allow boot
from floppy for security reasons or in fact from CD-ROM. But as a
home user that is the sequence you want. Make sure you do not leave
a non-bootable floppy in your floppy drive. That will give a very
scary message at boot. Easily fixed by removing the floppy but has
caused a few people to do a complete reload of the op sys. Watch
for that with this sequence of boot order. The same is not true
for the CD-ROM.


George Hester
_________________________________
Hello Dave
Well, thanks for that.
Why the hell didnt they say that after I had told them four times
that the floppy would not run.
Thank you
Time for bed.
Rgds
Antioch


Yes that's correct. Change it to boot from the floppy drive first
then boot
from your disk diagnostic floppy to run their utility.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
Hello Dave
Are you referring to BIOS boot settings.
I had to go into that a week or so ago because something had
changed these back to floppy as No.1
Rgds
Antioch