XP boots up but doesnt go to login screen

HighWire

Hi there,
My xp install boots up, goes through the logo screen but stays black after that doesnt go to the login screen.
Doesnt happen all the time. When I did get in I ran a virus scan and malware check but its blank.
Ran a chkdsk and it found a load of index errors and tried fixing it.
Ran it again afterwards and found different ones.
Tried running chkdsk on reboot but guess what, just get the blank screen.

Any ideas?

corkcomp

HighWire wrote: »

Hi there,
My xp install boots up, goes through the logo screen but stays black after that doesnt go to the login screen.
Doesnt happen all the time. When I did get in I ran a virus scan and malware check but its blank.
Ran a chkdsk and it found a load of index errors and tried fixing it.
Ran it again afterwards and found different ones.
Tried running chkdsk on reboot but guess what, just get the blank screen.

Any ideas?

run chkdsk /R if its a disk issue this should sort it out.. if not try booting in safe mode to get your stuff backed up.. otherwise insert a second disk and do a parallel install ..

HighWire

Thanks
I tried it and got this:
C:\>chkdsk /r
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.
Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N) y
This volume will be checked the next time the system restarts.

So see what happens next time I boot up.

ricman

try f8 ,safe mode ,make a new guest account.

jjd

Have you tried system restore
boot in safe mode then accesories then system tools then system restore pick a week or so before the problems started to appear then restore to that date

Capt'n Midnight

best to copy off essential files and then check if the drive is on the way out

is the drive making any sharp noises ?

some PC's will have a disk test in the BIOS / Setup


you can use a ubuntu disk to boot the computer to copy files to an external harddrive
, it's also very handy if you have to restore an old registry but that's kill or cure stuff

HighWire

I got into it and took everything off. Not making any strange noises, nothing. Ran chkdsk /f on bootup twice and nothing found.
How can you tell if its dodgey apart from the BIOS?
Its a brand new HD.
Anything I can do to get my money back or a replacement if its gone?

HighWire

Dunno if this helps.
Ran chkdsk again this morning and got this:


The type of the file system is NTFS.
WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
File verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is recovering lost files.
Recovering orphaned file 4B8C5C~1.TMP (15245) into directory file 72.
Recovering orphaned file 4b8c5c64-5320-4788-a5ad-2cdcb130ae76.tmp (15245) into directory file 72.
Recovering orphaned file B4DAD6~1.TMP (15249) into directory file 72.
Recovering orphaned file b4dad6c9-ab87-4bd4-bc7a-114919ee9463.tmp (15249) into directory file 72.
Recovering orphaned file 2311AB~1.TMP (15251) into directory file 72.
Recovering orphaned file 2311abdf-adb7-4854-8350-10c72a17fc7a.tmp (15251) into directory file 72.
Recovering orphaned file 060A81~1.TMP (15380) into directory file 72.
Recovering orphaned file 060a8103-771f-4dbd-b372-fef102ffac27.tmp (15380) into directory file 72.
Recovering orphaned file 3F3E5D~1.TMP (15461) into directory file 72.
Recovering orphaned file 3f3e5de2-19cb-4094-8e8d-f6fc9866092a.tmp (15461) into directory file 72.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
Security descriptor verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
Usn Journal verification completed.
Correcting errors in the master file table's (MFT) BITMAP attribute.
Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.
Windows found problems with the file system.
Run CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.
134206978 KB total disk space.
80374280 KB in 87885 files.
41412 KB in 9005 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
240230 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
53551056 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
33551744 total allocation units on disk.
13387764 allocation units available on disk.

allthedoyles

We had a similar problem and we re-installed the operating system using the correct disc.

No trouble since

HighWire

So was that an in place upgrade or did you wipe it and reinstall?