Windows XP erratically boots and hangs on Chkdsk

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From: Huck (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/18/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:10:18 -0800

Steve -
I had a hard disk go bad and do the same thing today.
Let me know if it's a Maxtor drive, and I'll be able
to fill in some details.
Huck

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm having problems with a Windows XP computer that
sometimes will not
>boot. Sometimes I restart it and it says:
>
>Insert boot disk into A:
>
>Sometimes it boots up just fine though. ALso, sometimes it
says you
>have disks that need to be checked. The disk is fat32.
When it checks
>it, it freezes at 20%.
>
>My suspicion is a failing hard disk. Gateways have been
known for such
>things. On the other hand, I've had RAM cause crazy
problems like
>this.
>
>Note: I unplugged the power from the floppy disk to verify
it wasn't a
>bad floppy drive. I still get the same message.
>
>-Josh
>.
>

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