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N. Miller
I've got a friend's Toshiba laptop. It wouldn't boot, but kept retrying on
failure. I figured out how to prevent that. He says there are no important
files on the HDD. Stop error '0xED'. The laptop has Windows XP Pro(no way to
figure out which SP right now). I used a Windows XP HE upgrade CD to get to
the Recovery Console, and executed 'chkdsk /r'. After a couple of hours, it
is stuck at 59% complete. I am guessing the HDD is thrashed. Any
repercussions if I pull the plug on it while it is still running 'chkdsk
/r'?
failure. I figured out how to prevent that. He says there are no important
files on the HDD. Stop error '0xED'. The laptop has Windows XP Pro(no way to
figure out which SP right now). I used a Windows XP HE upgrade CD to get to
the Recovery Console, and executed 'chkdsk /r'. After a couple of hours, it
is stuck at 59% complete. I am guessing the HDD is thrashed. Any
repercussions if I pull the plug on it while it is still running 'chkdsk
/r'?