I was playing Doom 3 when this happened...I need serious help please

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:08:28 -0700

It could be your harddrive. Go to your HDD manufacturer's
website and download their bootable diagnostic software
and test your hdd. Or you could have some wack virus. You
can get a bootable virus scanner too i think.
>-----Original Message-----
>Dear everyone,
>
>Some background on my problem. Running 3.2 ghz intel P4
>with HT, 1gig corsair 333mhz ddrram, on Asus
motherboard,
>2x 70 gig maxtor HDD's in Raid 0, sapphire radeon 9600
XT.
>
>Woke up 2 days ago to blue log-in screen, i log in,
>says "windows has just recovered from a serious error,
>would u like to send this to microsoft." I clicked send
>(for the first time ever), and went about my business.
>
>bout 4 hours later, I was playing Doom 3 on one of the
>later levels when my entire computer crashes. It didn't
>crash to the desktop, it just started repeating sound
>over and over and then tried to reboot. Upon rebooting,
I
>reached the screen saying "blah blah blah, do you want
>to : start windows normally, safe mode, safe mode with
>networking, safe mode with dos prompt, last known good
>configuration."
>
>Doesn't matter which one I choose, my computer begins
>reading the ...windows/system32... files and crashes
when
>it hits the 'setup' folder (which is almost immediately
>after I make my choice and hit the ENTER key.
>
>So I tried booting from a recover CD ROM sent to me by
my
>manufacturer and after changing the bios to look at the
>CD-ROM drive first, it works and takes me to a screen
>which says "setup cannot continue. Setup did not detect
>any hard discs installed in your computer. Hit F3 to
exit
>setup."
>
>So i try the Windows XP upgrade disc instead of the
>recover CD ROM, and i get to a screen that says "hit R
>for recovery" which I do. Then it takes me to a blue
>screen which says "please insert the disc
>labeled 'automated system recovery disc.' "
>
>What the heck is this and where can I get it?
>
>AND....what the heck is wrong with my computer?! It is
>less than 8 months old and came from
>www.CyberPowerSystems.com after I configured it myself.
>
>ANY thoughts or help is GREATLY appreciated.
>
>Thank you so much,
>
>John 'golfboy7' Taylor
>
>P.S.
>
>I have ruled out:
>-my vid card (i replaced with another card and got same
>problems)
>-my ram (i tried booting with 1 512 MB stick at a time
>and switched them and still got the same problem)
>
>So what else could it be?
>.
>

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