Hardware Or Software Problem?

[Draknyte1]

ok....
my pc has a major problem.
this is what happens
U press the power button and the first boot screen appears then the second boot screen appears and its still fine but from the windows loading bar forward there is a major error.

At some point between the loading bar and the user selction screen my pc will freeze for no apparent reason..... a friend suggested my windows was corrupt and that i should try booting windows from a cd but i thought that since my brother moves our pc around alot it could be psysical damage. I would like to open up my tower but i havnt the time..

Any advice would be lovly, thnx in advance

 

[The_wand_mirror]

Well ask your brother if he is carefull with the thing?

And boot from CD?

Otherwise just reinstall windows...

 

[Gilles]

Doesn't sound like physical damage.
Do you get an error message, or does your computer just freeze on the loading Windows screen?

 

[Samuraid]

First, try to boot into safe mode. Press F8 when the computer is starting up, and select "Safe Mode with networking" from the menu that comes up.

Next, check your hard drive for errors. Run "chkdsk /r c:" from the start menu run panel, or boot from your windows CD and run the command from the recovery console if safe mode doesn't work.

Finally, if things are still not working, you might want to perform a recovery from your windows disc to restore the windows kernel and system files that might be damaged.

This could be due to other problems, but it sounds like a disk/file problem based on your description.

 

[Draknyte1]

Yesterday i changed the cmos settings to fail-safe and it seemed to do some good as now i can occasionaly log on but thats is still quite rare. I got it to a point in safe mode were you click YES to continue in safe mode or NO to do a system restore. I clicked no to do a system restore. at the final screen of system restore were you click Yes to "are you sure you wish to system restore" i Clicked yes but then it froze 5 seconds later. i dont no if it did a sytem restore as i havnt had anytime to check cause it was like 1am in the morning.

And today a friend from school who has a full time job at a pc service place told me to run chkdsk /r c and here i am reading this.... if i could find my windows disk i would boot from it but sadly i cant. would hirens boot cd 9.8 work?

Soz for the long mes. but im really bored with out my pc cause im in the middle of writing some software.

 

[Draknyte1]

I figured out the problem and i no how to fix it....

But itl cost me $180-$200 for a new 1tb hard-drive
and i guess im willing to pay for it....

 

[DarkAngelAzazel]

So you are sure that the problem is the Hardware?
In such cases the first thing you should do is booting with the windows cd
enter console and type "bootcfg /rebuilt . that command rebuilts the boot files.

 

[The_wand_mirror]

When i had problems with my vista computer i was reccomended going true somekind of formatting process and after that my hard drive worked fine.

Maybe exctract your hard drive and put it into another PC to do the same?

(Anyone know what im talking about btw because i don't remember it all to well)

 

[Draknyte1]

today i was googling stuff and remebered this virus that i found on my pc a few weeks back....

VUNDO or virtumonde
Off wikipedia:
The screensaver may be changed to the Blue Screen of Death.
Explorer.exe may constantly crash resulting in an endless loop of crashing then restarting.
The hard drive may start to be constantly accessed by the winlogon process, thus periodic freezes may be experienced.

all three of these things have happened to my pc in the last year....
so maybe its not hardware at all but a really f&*king annoying VIRUS!

but still my current hd has like 100gig of free space and my 320gig external is full and i would like some more space....

also on my new 1tb hd what operating system should i get as i would like to run multiple systems of of my two internals.
windows 7?
linux?
or
mac?

 

[BlargHonk]

Just reformat the drive, thats what I do whenever my comp wig's out like that.

This is why I have about 40 DVD's containing backup's that I create every 3 months. Takes 1 disks to backup data I want. +one for ISO's from each of my games, some I cluster though, Fallout, Fallout 2, Diablo, and some old DOS games on one disc

I keep changelogs on a multi-session CD sooooo

IM REDUNDANT!

 

[Draknyte1]

im going to format my drive but i cant find my original windows xp disk........ would getting xp from a torrent site be legal... considering the fact i already own it?

 

[BlargHonk]

No..... Just install Ubuntu or sumthin.

 

[Gilles]

No. Torrents are not a legal distribution of Windows.

 

[BlargHonk]

Just check the prices online if you still want XP, or I could just burn you a Win 2000 Disc

And mail it

 

[TheDivineBoss]

I give an awesome tip that'll surely help in your advantage: Get your bloody dad.

Plus, like Wand said, I advise you to check if it's HDD that's bugging you. Try removing the HDD, connect it to another computer and check what's wrong with it.

 

[Draknyte1]

first... my dad doesnt give a sh!t cause he's a loser...
second.... im not buying xp again if i already own it.......
third... Blarghonk if you could it would be nice PM for my details...
Forth.... if i have already bought XP why isnt gettting again from a torrent a good idea?
fifth.... ive ordered UBUNTU anyway but it will arrive in 6-10 weeks......


and should i format my hdd or just try to re-install windows?

 

[Gilles]

third... Blarghonk if you could it would be nice PM for my details...
Forth.... if i have already bought XP why isnt gettting again from a torrent a good idea

Please don't talk about illegal distribution of any Windows software. If you want to practice pirating, do it via email, not on this site. Even in PMs.

It's not a good idea to torrent it, because it's illegal.

 

[Draknyte1]

but if i already own something shouldnt getting it again be alright?
and ok wateva ill stop with the illegal distribution stuff..... but should i just re-install windows or format then re-install?

 

[Draknyte1]

BUMP?

i found me LEGAL windows disk...
i tried to re-install windows but it keeps quitting....
it does the first 3/5 steps bu after its does copying over install files it just exits back to the main menu?

wtf random?

 

[Gilles]

Did you reformat your HDD?

 

[Draknyte1]

no... i got two pcs..... one is the one with the MEXICAN virus.... the other is a crap machine.... 40gig hdd had windows me no sound card

i formatted my crap-box and booted with the disk as a test...... it didnt work...... i havnt tried yet cause its at my other house?

and do you abosolutely have to format hdd?

 

[BlargHonk]

Yes, in-order to wipe out the virus.

And don't stick the infected HDD into your CBox, it will just infect the other one.

Take the infected one off network of course, the virus spreads easy over networks.

Don't worry, you can emulate War3 on Linux. But why order a disk, you can just dl and burn it. Burning works with Ubuntu because they don't have the lock protocol that Windows has. It's the same with War3, you can burn a disk and install, but the burned disc won't register with the game.