Some days I hate computers! (Stop error 0x00000024)

[Danae]

Hello everyone, hoping that someone can help me here.

Today, out of nowhere, I got a blue screen of death followed by an
automatic reboot. While I was surprized, I initially wasn't
concerned. I've seen BSODs before, they don't scare me! Well, that
was until Windows XP now keeps rebooting on me once it hits the start
up screen. That was two hours ago, and I still haven't made any
progress on fixing this.

So far I've tried...
1) ... starting up in the "Last Known Configuration" mode (reboots on
startup screen)

2) ... starting it up in all three safe modes (last driver it loaded
was mup.sys, then it hung for about 15 seconds, and then automatically
rebooted)

3) ... using the Win XP setup CD to try to access the Recovery Console
(one time it hung, the other two times I got the STOP:0x00000024 error
for ntfs.sys)

4) ... using a stripped down startup disc with hopes of being able to
run chkdsk (doesn't recognize my harddrive w/o the drivers)

Any thoughts on where I should go from here? Any help would be greatly
appreciated, as I'm pulling out my hair here.

OS: Win XP Professional
Motherboard: ASUS A7n8X2.0 w/ BIOS Rev 1.007
Hard Drive: 120 GB (can't remember if it's WD or Maxtor) SATA RAID

Thanks!

 

[Kelly]

What did the blue screen, read?

 

[E.T.Me]

....LINUX....

 

[Mike]

Don't you have a home to go to?..

....LINUX....

 

[JerryMouse]

....LINUX....

Of course.

A knock-off of a forty-year-old operating system developed by a money-losing
division of the telephone company and whose current design protocol caters
to people who think DOS was not complicated enough.

Linux promoters are, to the man, Communists (or, at least, Socialists).

And they suck their thumbs.

 

[Danae]

What did the blue screen, read?

--

It rebooted less than a second after the blue screen appeared, so
there was no way to read the error. I'm *guessing* it is the same
STOP: 0x00000024 error that I get when I try to use the recovery
console. Which really is more of a black screen of death than a blue
one I suppose.

Thanks for your response.

 

[Danae]

....LINUX....

Trust me, part of me agrees with this sentiment. My old computer
(currently on loan) is earmarked for Linux. But the gaming geek in me
protests the thought of having no Windows machines at all.

Any ideas as to why this is occuring? Does it seem to be a hardware
problem (corrupt HD?) or an OS one?

Thanks for the response.

 

[Jone Doe]

"Kelly" <[email protected]> wrote in message

It rebooted less than a second after the blue screen appeared, so
there was no way to read the error. I'm *guessing* it is the same
STOP: 0x00000024 error that I get when I try to use the recovery
console. Which really is more of a black screen of death than a blue
one I suppose.

Thanks for your response.

Change the option to "reboot on error" and then you at least be able to see
the error messages on the BSOD.

 

[Mike]

Set the computer to boot from cd, and look at this page (courtesy of the
MVPs)

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm

 

[Hilary Karp]

Now how is the OP supposed to do that if they can't boot into any mode?

 

[Hilary Karp]

See if this link has any information you can use:

0x00000024: NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php#0x24

 

[Danae]

See if this link has any information you can use:

0x00000024: NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php#0x24

Sorry it took so long to reply!

I tried to follow the directions on that link you provided, however it
fails with the same Stop error.

Do you know if it's possible to load SATA drivers *without* using the
Windows XP CD? This seems to be the root of my problems, because
anything I do with the CD ends in a BSOD. All I want to do right now
is run chkdsk, but I need the SATA drivers loaded to access my hard
driver. Argh.

Did I mention that I hate computers?

Thanks for your help!

 

[Hilary Karp]

I am not sure Danae. But as the Windows CD boots it asks if you want to
load any RAID drivers. I would think you just load the SATA drivers
then from floppy. Hit the F6 key I think when that message appears. It
churns for awhile loading files then pauses and asks for a floppy disk I
believe. Also I do know you can create a bootable CD that is
customizable. Go to this site:

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

You could probably add the SATA drivers to this and it has tools built
in such as chkdsk.

Good luck