Problem booting up

[Guest]

Hello all,
I just had a weird thing happen today. As I was browsing the net, i noticed
my computer acting very erratically for no reason. I had about four or five
programs open..but relatively low mem usage. Thunderbird, Firefox, etc. Then
it seems like the hard drive was being accessed...continuously for like 5
minutes. All of a sudden my computer crashes with a stop error of
KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR with 0x0000007A. I restart...then I get a weird stop
error....one without all the whole "check your BIOS" blah blah. It simply
says STOP: c0000218 (registry file failure).

Safe mode doesn't work...I'm thinking of doing "Last Known Good
Configuration". Any suggestions before I turn there?

I'm also thinking that the sector that contains this "file" that's corrupted
may be corrupted. I wanted to run chkdsk...unfortunately my CD drive is
failing. Is there anyway I can put chkdsk on a disk? And how would I run it
from the A:\ drive considering that I have absolutely no knowledge of DOS
whatsoever (or recovery console or w/e).

Thanks

Specs: Dell Inspiron 2600, 256MB RAM, 1.2 Ghz Celeron, Windows XP Home SP2

 

[Ron Martell]

Hello all,
I just had a weird thing happen today. As I was browsing the net, i noticed
my computer acting very erratically for no reason. I had about four or five
programs open..but relatively low mem usage. Thunderbird, Firefox, etc. Then
it seems like the hard drive was being accessed...continuously for like 5
minutes. All of a sudden my computer crashes with a stop error of
KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR with 0x0000007A.

There are 4 parameter values that are associated with practically all
o f the STOP errors and these values are often very important in
identifying the underlying cause of the error.

A failed or failing hard drive is one of the possible causes of this
error.

I restart...then I get a weird stop
error....one without all the whole "check your BIOS" blah blah. It simply
says STOP: c0000218 (registry file failure).

Again, a failed or failing hard drive is one of the many possible
causes of this error.

Safe mode doesn't work...I'm thinking of doing "Last Known Good
Configuration". Any suggestions before I turn there?

I'm also thinking that the sector that contains this "file" that's corrupted
may be corrupted. I wanted to run chkdsk...unfortunately my CD drive is
failing. Is there anyway I can put chkdsk on a disk? And how would I run it
from the A:\ drive considering that I have absolutely no knowledge of DOS
whatsoever (or recovery console or w/e).

Thanks

Specs: Dell Inspiron 2600, 256MB RAM, 1.2 Ghz Celeron, Windows XP Home SP2

Determine the name of the actual manufacturer of the hard drive, go to
their website and download their free diagnostic testing software and
run that to check out the drive itself.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Guest]

Ron,
First, thanks. i completely forgot that this kind of software existed.
Unfortunately, while running Seagate's equivalent of a chkdsk, it froze.
Does this mean my whole HD is dead? I find this odd considering BIOS still
reads it, and such. If only my CD drive wasn't dead...is there neway I can
make a bootable floppy disk and just slap chkdsk on there?

Is there also a way to put this drive in a desktop (via an 3.5 to 5.5" bay
adaptor), and use the drive as a slave, and retrieve data that way?

 

[Ron Martell]

Ron,
First, thanks. i completely forgot that this kind of software existed.
Unfortunately, while running Seagate's equivalent of a chkdsk, it froze.
Does this mean my whole HD is dead? I find this odd considering BIOS still
reads it, and such. If only my CD drive wasn't dead...is there neway I can
make a bootable floppy disk and just slap chkdsk on there?

Not a good sign.

If the hard drive is FAT32 then you can use a Windows 98 boot disk
(www.bootdisk.com) and then check out the drive.

If the hard drive is NTFS then you need to make a multiple diskette
boot set by going to http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=310994 and
downloading the appropriate set of disk images. Boot the computer
with these diskettes and you will then be able to run CHKDSK (and
other Windows XP Recovery Console commands) on the drive.

Is there also a way to put this drive in a desktop (via an 3.5 to 5.5" bay
adaptor), and use the drive as a slave, and retrieve data that way?

Yes. Any good computer supply store should have these adapters in
stock at a reasonable price. Just make sure you put the cable in
correctly. The 2.5 inch drives use a single cable that also includes
the power leads and if you put the cable on upside down you could fry
the drive electronics.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."