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HyperLamer
Posts: 421/8210 |
Yes, do that. If that doesn't work though, the disk might be physically damaged. When you replace it, here's a tip: Put the old one in the freezer for an hour or two (make sure you wrap it up so it doesn't get wet first), then quickly connect it, copy everything you can from it, and try to keep it cool. For some reason this seems to help. (Worked on an old crappy HD I had, and I've heard a lot of stories about how it worked for others.) |
mrmenz
Posts: 32/347 |
I got this problem before exactly as you said it, I used my WinXP install disk and repaired the installation and after that it worked fine. |
FreeDOS
Posts: 334/1657 |
If I'm hearing correctly, it would fail to start without an OS.
In that case, it sounds like a hard drive failure. Replace it. |
Bola
Posts: 10/38 |
Well it could be the hard disk. Last time when I was trying to repair it before the reinstall the hard drive would sometimes fail to start up... |
FreeDOS
Posts: 321/1657 |
That's what I was pointing at, Tomguy. 
I guess that it could be a physical hard drive error. It's rare, though. As neo said, try running chkdsk aswell. Start => Run... => cmd => chkdsk c: /f /r /x /i
Choose yes if (and it probably will) ask you if you'd like to do it on a restart. After that, simply restart. Repeat the process for other drive letters if you have more than one partition/disk. |
kitty
Posts: 626/2449 |
Windows XP - SP1 = HUGE vulnerability, especially for ALL variants of MS Blast. Talk to us once you install SP1, ALL critical updates, and scan for viruses  |
neotransotaku
Posts: 388/4016 |
you can also run chkdsk by going to the tools tab in properties of the HD in My Computer. chkdsk will try to repair damaged file systems but it can't do much in scanning for bad sectors. |
HyperLamer
Posts: 312/8210 |
Cyclic redundancy errors usually mean the hard disk is messed, and this folder problem supports that idea. You might have a corrupt filesystem (this can happen if you shut the computer off improperly during a file write). Try using the recovery console in the install CD (type Help to see a list of various things you can do).
Of course it could also be a virus, given the delayed loading time of Explorer. It's quite possible to get one within under 5 minutes of connecting to the Internet thanks to all the holes.  |
FreeDOS
Posts: 318/1657 |
Could be the fact that you don't have any Service Pack. You may have gotton a weird build of Windows (especially from OEMs)...
Just head onto Windows Update and tell what happens after that. |
Bola
Posts: 3/38 |
Just recently had to reinstall windows because of a virus or something. Basically, the problem is loading the start menu and task bar. It takes about 5 minutes to load x.x. Im running a p4 2.4ghz. I find that once the start menu is loaded, and i go to programs, then put the mouse on any program folder that DOES NOT have anything in it, it slows down the whole computer and pretty much nothing will run. After about 5 minutes it works again. I tried removing these problem folders and it came up with a cyclic error or something like that. I managed to check the properties on these (again after about 5 minutes) and it said it took up 0 bytes. Anyone got any ideas? (Running Windows XP (no service pack))
Edit: Suggestions BESIDES reinstalling or running a different OS. |
