Re: Windows not loading..auto restarts

Jeremy

To retrieve data you can place the drive in another computer as a slave
.. Whilst it is there you can run HD Tune to check the status of the
drive. It sounds as though you may need to replace it.

Try running HD Tune(freeware).

Download and run it and see what it turns up.
http://www.hdtune.com/

Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive
letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard )
and copy into a further message.

Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy
to Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Also do a full surface
scan with HD Tune.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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jeremyk wrote:
Hello,
First, thanks for any help.

I was doing maintenence on my computer. I defragmented, then I ran
chkdsk, which required me to restart. After 1 hour, chkdsk was only
at 30% on stage 4 of 5. We needed to check email, and we reset the
computer while it was "Checking File Data (stage 4 of 5)" (which
seems now like a very bad thing to do..)

Now Windows XP Home boots into a screen, which has choices to boot
into safe mode, last good configuration, or boot normal. I've tried
all and none worked. First it shows the windows loading screen, then
it quickly flashes a blue screen and automatically restarts. I have
some important data, and I would like to save it.

Any help is appreciated. I may not respond until tomorrow, because I
will be checking my responses for the library computers down my
street (which is where I am right now). If I am near a friends
computer I may respond later tonight.

Thanks,

Jeremy


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