Windows XP will not start properly

[Guest]

My PC froze the other night and I've attempted to start in Safe mode but it
never seems to get that far. The windows scanning tool says this:

Idechndr.sys - address F753B8f0 base at f7536000 data stamp 3d99eac3

Stop: 0x000000d1 (0x00000034, 0x0000002, 0x00000000, 0xf753b8f0)

Any suggestions?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

My PC froze the other night and I've attempted to start in Safe mode but it
never seems to get that far. The windows scanning tool says this:

Idechndr.sys - address F753B8f0 base at f7536000 data stamp 3d99eac3

Stop: 0x000000d1 (0x00000034, 0x0000002, 0x00000000, 0xf753b8f0)

Any suggestions?

I googled for idechndr.sys and got more than 1000 hits.
Have a look at this one:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=552945

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately getting past to the desktop is impossible, I've started a
recovery from the XP installation CD and it is currently running sscan disk
for the second time. The first time it got to 37% and then told me that
something was unrecoverable . . . does this mean my hard drive is fried?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

If this was my PC then I would rename the problem file to idechnrd.bad.
This might let you get back to the desktop.

If your system partition is a FAT32 partition then you can do this by
booting the machine with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.

If it's an NTFS partition then you have several options:
- Boot the PC with a Bart PE boot CD from www.bootdisk.com.
- Temporarily install your disk as a slave disk in some other
WinXP/2000 PC.

Manufacturing a Bart PE boot CD takes a bit of time but is IMHO
well worth the effort. You need a CD burner and a WinXP
Professional CD (but no licence number!).

 

[Guest]

I believe it is an NTFS. I do still have my laptop running, I'll try to get
that bootdisk.

 

[Guest]

if it has no id numbers how will I get my downloads from Microsoft?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

There is no need to download anything other then the tool
to manufacture the Bart PE CD, from the link I gave you.

 

[Z]

Manufacturing a Bart PE boot CD takes a bit of time but is IMHO
well worth the effort. You need a CD burner and a WinXP
Professional CD (but no licence number!).

Very good advice.

"A bit of time" is an understatement! Figure on 2-3 hours AFTER you
read all the (horribly organized) documentation.

But, once you've done it, you'll be thankful.

 

[Guest]

I've got the BartPE running. I've deleted the Intel Application Accelerator,
and now it's running a check disk program. Is there anything else I should do?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

As I mentioned before, I would rename the offending driver file,
then see what happens.