windows will not boot, and now will not install

[raygunpk]

Ok bear with me as I try to explain this.

-There was a power outage in my area and my computer restarted. After
restarting it would hang at the Windows loading screen with the blue bar, and
it would stay like that forever.

-I went into safe mode which works fine and tried a system restore to an
earlier date, and still wouldn't load.

-Went back into safe mode and it said Restoration Complete. Ran msconfig to
do a diagnostic boot...still no luck.

-Ran chkdsk /r using Recovery Console, said it fixed the errors but still
hangs at the same screen. Ran Samsung HD utility and detected ECC errors.

-Tried to do a Repair Windows installation using an original Windows cd, so
it was SP1 when I had SP2. I tried a Windows XP Pro SP2 cd but there was no
repair option so I went to my original, which was Home.

-Through the install there was a few errors such as COM+, directdb.dll,
inetcomm.dll,msoe.dll and wab32.dll. I clicked okay with all of them and
installation completed fine.

-After restarting, loading would be REALLY slow, and actually wouldn't go
past the wallpaper. I checked task manager and explorer.exe isn't even there.

-Went into safe mode, which was super slow as well, and same thing with the
no icons. Ran safe mode with Command prompt and opened system restore, only
to find no restore points.

-Got my hands on a Sp3 Windows Home cd, and got it to the Installing files
screen where it shows a Do you wish to install this non verified SoundMAX HD
audio driver, and it freezes. It said this when I first did the Repair
install but I could get past it, this time my mouse/keyboard freezes up.


I am now at a loss as to what I should do other than formatting.
Any help guys?

Thanks

 

[Anteaus]

Ok bear with me as I try to explain this.
-Ran chkdsk /r using Recovery Console, said it fixed the errors but still
hangs at the same screen. Ran Samsung HD utility and detected ECC errors.

I would suspect a hardware problem, probably a failing disk, or less likely
but possible, a damaged IDE/SATA port. In this case you are wasting your time
trying to fix software problems, you must test/fix the hardware first.

 

[Colon Terminus]

Ok bear with me as I try to explain this.

-There was a power outage in my area and my computer restarted. After
restarting it would hang at the Windows loading screen with the blue bar,
and
it would stay like that forever.

-I went into safe mode which works fine and tried a system restore to an
earlier date, and still wouldn't load.

-Went back into safe mode and it said Restoration Complete. Ran msconfig
to
do a diagnostic boot...still no luck.

-Ran chkdsk /r using Recovery Console, said it fixed the errors but still
hangs at the same screen. Ran Samsung HD utility and detected ECC errors.

-Tried to do a Repair Windows installation using an original Windows cd,
so
it was SP1 when I had SP2. I tried a Windows XP Pro SP2 cd but there was
no
repair option so I went to my original, which was Home.

-Through the install there was a few errors such as COM+, directdb.dll,
inetcomm.dll,msoe.dll and wab32.dll. I clicked okay with all of them and
installation completed fine.

-After restarting, loading would be REALLY slow, and actually wouldn't go
past the wallpaper. I checked task manager and explorer.exe isn't even
there.

-Went into safe mode, which was super slow as well, and same thing with
the
no icons. Ran safe mode with Command prompt and opened system restore,
only
to find no restore points.

-Got my hands on a Sp3 Windows Home cd, and got it to the Installing files
screen where it shows a Do you wish to install this non verified SoundMAX
HD
audio driver, and it freezes. It said this when I first did the Repair
install but I could get past it, this time my mouse/keyboard freezes up.


I am now at a loss as to what I should do other than formatting.
Any help guys?

Thanks

I think it pretty obvious at this point that you wil not be able to recover
your installed XP. Backup what data you can, then reformat and do a fresh
install.

First you might want to verify that your hardware is good. Download the disk
test program from the website of the manufacturer of your hard disk and run
the most exhaustive test possible. The test might take several hours to run.
Download memtest86.exe (Google for it) and run it for six to eight hours as
well. If the hardware proves good, and I think it probably will, then
proceed with the reformat/install.