Computer wont boot

Naffa · 15 Jun 2006 at 15:46

Just got back and switched on my pc all was good.. Then I had a power cut just as the login screen was about to appear. I was slightly annoyed, but ah well. So I waited for the power to return, 3-4 seconds later it's back on. So I boot up again. Then the Windows XP loading screen appears, then it disappears as it would when the login screen was going to appear... But rather than the login screen appearing, I get a brief flash of the BSOD and then the PC restarts... I have no idea why :mad:

Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening?

I have a Maxtor hdd as I bought my pc when I was a noob, so I'm thinking the power cut may have finished it off? Also I'm on Windows XP x64..

But it was 100% fine just before I went out 2 or so hours ago and now.. Nothing :mad:

If anyone can offer any help then I would really appriciate it,
Naffa

benjo · 15 Jun 2006 at 16:01

Have you tried booting into safe mode? As this would say whether the HDD is borked or its a windows corruption

Naffa · 15 Jun 2006 at 16:02

Good idea Batman

hp7909 · 15 Jun 2006 at 16:05

naffa said:
Just got back and switched on my pc all was good.. Then I had a power cut just as the login screen was about to appear. I was slightly annoyed, but ah well. So I waited for the power to return, 3-4 seconds later it's back on. So I boot up again. Then the Windows XP loading screen appears, then it disappears as it would when the login screen was going to appear... But rather than the login screen appearing, I get a brief flash of the BSOD and then the PC restarts... I have no idea why

Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening?

I have a Maxtor hdd as I bought my pc when I was a noob, so I'm thinking the power cut may have finished it off? Also I'm on Windows XP x64..

But it was 100% fine just before I went out 2 or so hours ago and now.. Nothing

If anyone can offer any help then I would really appriciate it,
Naffa

Power is man's worst enemy when it decides... enuff of that.

Try going into recovery console (Windows XP CD, etc) then running Chkdsk /r (takes longer, but better than normal /f). If that doesn't solve the problem, might have to reinstall Windows before you rush of to the Disk Drives section in OcUK Shop

EDIT: Or if you get into Safe Mode: RUN>CMD>CHKDSK /R then reboot machine.
Invest in a surge/spike protector. I had countless HD problems no thanks to power supply - went better and bought an UPS

Naffa · 15 Jun 2006 at 16:13

Oakily doakily, I'll wack in the XP disk soon and have a bash at recovery.

I attempted to boot in safe mode and no luck. The list of files scrolled down the screen then it froze. Then the applet appeared on the LCD of my keyboard ( :cool:

) like it does just before it restarts. Then it restarted.

I just remembered that I deleted some registry files that Regseeker found to be unnessesary or corrupt. Maybe thats got something to do with it?

Will try with Windows CD now, thanks for your help

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hp7909 · 15 Jun 2006 at 16:21

Might sound drastic but try powering down the PC-completely, then clear CMOS - while in there check the cables to HD. When I had power problems, one outtage/surge/etc knocked out my HD(+mobo), PC would boot, post but not go past the SATA boot screen

MichaelHo · 15 Jun 2006 at 16:40

its annoying when things jus go bottoms up like that.
a surge protector is definately needed to protect your much loved pc.

Naffa · 15 Jun 2006 at 16:45

I ran chkdsk and it said that it was fine, but if you want to check the volume anyway use /p. So I did that and it came up with 'one or more errors' and I don't know what to do now..

hp7909 · 15 Jun 2006 at 16:46

MichaelHo said:
its annoying when things jus go bottoms up like that.
a surge protector is definately needed to protect your much loved pc.

I'd also add a good/reputable PSU

hp7909 · 15 Jun 2006 at 16:48

naffa said:
I ran chkdsk and it said that it was fine, but if you want to check the volume anyway use /p. So I did that and it came up with 'one or more errors' and I don't know what to do now..

CHKDSK /R

CHKDSK on its own or even with /P does nothing TBH!

'CHKDSK /?'

MichaelHo · 15 Jun 2006 at 16:58

hp7909 said:
I'd also add a good/reputable PSU

agreed.
before i would have never of thought id be spending nearly £100 just on a psu. but the seasonic s12 600w is worth it!

naffa. have you got another pc where you are atm? if you have try and connect your maxtor to it as slave and see if it reads and stuff.

Naffa · 15 Jun 2006 at 17:22

I think I'm going to give up.. Just gotta copy 25GB of My Documents to another PC and reformat. How long do you reckon it will take a 1.3Ghz Duron to copy 25GB of documents? A week?

MichaelHo · 15 Jun 2006 at 17:50

lol good luck with that.
lucky you got the england game to help you pass the time

t31os · 15 Jun 2006 at 19:48

naffa said:
I think I'm going to give up.. Just gotta copy 25GB of My Documents to another PC and reformat. How long do you reckon it will take a 1.3Ghz Duron to copy 25GB of documents? A week?

Depends on the speed of the HDD aswell.

I had a 1000mhtz Duron in my 2nd rig and it managed to copy files ok, its got a sempron 2400+ in it now, can't say i've copied anything of significant size to compare, but the Duron didnt do a bad job. I think it can depend on what hardware you are running with it, maybe not much but i would assume it makes a difference.