No boot without chkdsk

[Adam Turner]

XP Home Edition runs the POST. At the point where the WindowsXP splash screen should appear, it sits idle.

I have to run a repair through the recovery console and then run chkdsk.

It always finds errors then reboots normally.

Any ideas?

 

[John A. Wolf]

First, make sure your data is backed-up, sounds like an impending hard drive failure to me. Is chkdsk reporting any specific error or just the general error? You might want to check out your hard drive / computer manufacturer's websites for diagnostic tools and run them against the hard drive.

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John A. Wolf
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XP Home Edition runs the POST. At the point where the WindowsXP splash screen should appear, it sits idle.

I have to run a repair through the recovery console and then run chkdsk.

It always finds errors then reboots normally.

Any ideas?

 

[Adam Turner]

It just states that errors were found. No specific errors.

It always fixes the errors and boots normally but I have to follow this pattern each time.