Help with ScanDisk/error correction problem

[Diane M.]

I do weekly maintenance incl error correction/defrag. The disk scan on "C"
ended this time with WinXPSP2 telling me that Windows could not boot
properly and offering all the safe mode options, last normal config and
continue to boot to Windows normally which did not work. I went to event
viewer and I can't remember if the message was 57 or 59 but the
interpretation of the code from the M/Soft site was "The system failed to
flush data to the transaction log. Corruption may occur." My pc seems to
function fine other than it's somewhat slower then normal on bootup. Disk
maintenance utility indicated my "C" drive is "healthy". Disk failed in
April and is new. My videocard is new in November.

I did a lot of stuff last week, incl Windows updates, updated Avast, updated
Zone Alarm, updated Macromedia flash, updated all my malware incl Adaware,
Spybot and Spysweeper. So assuming the cause is software, I don't have very
many good ideas about how to correct the problem. I did some selective
startups, but "C" would still not scan for errors properly.

I also had a problem with an updated game which I hadn't run after getting
the new videocard and installing a new driver. I attempted to play it. It
rebooted my system and Windows told me it recovered from a serious error. So
the cause could be any number of things. I'd guess there's no simple
solution, but can someone help me get started?

PC has been relatively trouble free, but is 4yrs old and I have thought
about a fresh install of Windows, but if there's a software incompatibility
somewhere, that won't necessarily solve the problem would it? How big a deal
is it that error correction won't correct errors? Thanks.

D.

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article may help.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/su...&ProdVer=5.2&EvtID=57&EvtSrc=Ftdisk&LCID=1033

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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

:
|I do weekly maintenance incl error correction/defrag. The disk scan on "C"
| ended this time with WinXPSP2 telling me that Windows could not boot
| properly and offering all the safe mode options, last normal config and
| continue to boot to Windows normally which did not work. I went to event
| viewer and I can't remember if the message was 57 or 59 but the
| interpretation of the code from the M/Soft site was "The system failed to
| flush data to the transaction log. Corruption may occur." My pc seems to
| function fine other than it's somewhat slower then normal on bootup. Disk
| maintenance utility indicated my "C" drive is "healthy". Disk failed in
| April and is new. My videocard is new in November.
|
| I did a lot of stuff last week, incl Windows updates, updated Avast,
updated
| Zone Alarm, updated Macromedia flash, updated all my malware incl Adaware,
| Spybot and Spysweeper. So assuming the cause is software, I don't have
very
| many good ideas about how to correct the problem. I did some selective
| startups, but "C" would still not scan for errors properly.
|
| I also had a problem with an updated game which I hadn't run after getting
| the new videocard and installing a new driver. I attempted to play it. It
| rebooted my system and Windows told me it recovered from a serious error.
So
| the cause could be any number of things. I'd guess there's no simple
| solution, but can someone help me get started?
|
| PC has been relatively trouble free, but is 4yrs old and I have thought
| about a fresh install of Windows, but if there's a software
incompatibility
| somewhere, that won't necessarily solve the problem would it? How big a
deal
| is it that error correction won't correct errors? Thanks.
|
| D.
|
|

 

[Guest]

Install xp cd,boot to xp cd,at the cd boot screen select,recovery,at recovery
press 1 for C: Press enter key for password,type:CHKDSK C: /R When its
thru type:EXIT Let xp start up.

 

[DL]

sigh

Install xp cd,boot to xp cd,at the cd boot screen select,recovery,at recovery
press 1 for C: Press enter key for password,type:CHKDSK C: /R When its
thru type:EXIT Let xp start up.

 

[Diane M.]

I'm not sure what the sigh was for, but thanks to those who responded.

I tried the remedies mentioned by OP's, but they did not correct the
problem. I resolved chdsk errors by removing the recent ZoneAlarm update. I
had remove it from startup, but that wasn't good enough. It had to be
uninstalled and "RegCleaned" before I could run Disk Mgt utilities
successfully. I don't know if the update was mucked up or doesn't get along
with my setup, but all is well.

Thanks again to those who assisted.

D.