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Windows XP SP2 fresh install as of last week, now problems.
I recently installed fresh (newly formatted hard drive) Windows XP SP2
edition on my computer (ALthon 2400+, 512 mb, Asus nforce2 mb, etc).
This was because my old install of Windows XP (3 or so years old) was
starting to wear a little thin.
Anyhoo, only a few days later, I'm getting boot problems.
1st: isapnp.sys file was missing or corrupt, so I went into the repair
console by booting up with the cd and replaced the file.
This resolved that issue but more occurred.
2nd: now my computer hangs (auto reboots) when trying to boot into Windows,
just as it's about to hit the startup screen. I used F8 upon booting up to
select "disable rebooting upon computer error", and an blue screen of death
came up. It reported some address ranges that were bad, and recommended I
scan for viruses and scan disk.
3rd: I scanned for viruses with NOrton 2005 bootup disk, none found. I
used chkdsk /p in recovery console, and a few errors were found on the hard
drive.
NOTE; something I found was very wierd. When I tried to access my D:\
partition (I have C:\ for installs, D:\ for data) it said could not access
volume. I ran chkdsk on D:\, it found an error, and then I was able to
access it.
However, in the recovery console, I can't access any directories, or even
copy them, besides the windows directory, because it tells me "ACCESS
DENIED". I Need to back-up some data before I think of reinstalling
Windows, what is this message for?
I have a diagnosis that I believe my hard drive is on the verge of dying.
It's less than a year old, however, this is the 2nd time in a few months that
a system file has become corrupt, and now all this.
Any ideas on how to resolve these issues?
I recently installed fresh (newly formatted hard drive) Windows XP SP2
edition on my computer (ALthon 2400+, 512 mb, Asus nforce2 mb, etc).
This was because my old install of Windows XP (3 or so years old) was
starting to wear a little thin.
Anyhoo, only a few days later, I'm getting boot problems.
1st: isapnp.sys file was missing or corrupt, so I went into the repair
console by booting up with the cd and replaced the file.
This resolved that issue but more occurred.
2nd: now my computer hangs (auto reboots) when trying to boot into Windows,
just as it's about to hit the startup screen. I used F8 upon booting up to
select "disable rebooting upon computer error", and an blue screen of death
came up. It reported some address ranges that were bad, and recommended I
scan for viruses and scan disk.
3rd: I scanned for viruses with NOrton 2005 bootup disk, none found. I
used chkdsk /p in recovery console, and a few errors were found on the hard
drive.
NOTE; something I found was very wierd. When I tried to access my D:\
partition (I have C:\ for installs, D:\ for data) it said could not access
volume. I ran chkdsk on D:\, it found an error, and then I was able to
access it.
However, in the recovery console, I can't access any directories, or even
copy them, besides the windows directory, because it tells me "ACCESS
DENIED". I Need to back-up some data before I think of reinstalling
Windows, what is this message for?
I have a diagnosis that I believe my hard drive is on the verge of dying.
It's less than a year old, however, this is the 2nd time in a few months that
a system file has become corrupt, and now all this.
Any ideas on how to resolve these issues?