Cannot start windows
From: demonmage (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/05/04
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 03:26:22 -0700
if u can boot to a dos prompt, reformat the HD... this
*might* help.... or get another HD and test it... OR put
linux on it
:)
>-----Original Message-----
>i know it's alot to read, so i'll put a condenced version
near the
>bottem
>
>
>i upgraded from windows ME to XP profesional about a
month ago. now
>out of the blue (and to the blue screen) i am having some
major
>computer problems. i had a radeon 9200, and just put in a
9800 XT. i
>was having some problems, but figured it was just the
game (operation
>flashpoint). yesterday, i went into a game. when it got
to the main
>menu, it promptly froze for about a second then
restarted. i thought
>"ok, great...". it got to the spot where it says "XP" or
whatever and
>has the bar going across the box. after acouple of passes
(usually 2
>or 3), it stops for half a sec and restarts. gives me the
option to
>start in safe mode, safe with networking, safe mode with
command
>prompt, last good configuration, and normal. i tried
normal first;
>restarted at the same place. tried safe; waited ten
minutes or so and
>manually restarted (it was frozen in place). i tried last
good config,
>same. after awhile i tried safe mode again and waited
however long it
>took. the "safe" appeared in the four corners and the
mouse poped up,
>but then it restarted again. it also seems to randomly
freeze at the
>bios screen. sometimes it goes through scandisk, only to
restart after
>its done.
>so i tried to boot from the CD. in bios i changed it to
primarly boot
>from the CD drive (my non-working floppy drive is on my
desk). is came
>up with a blue screen that said "windows". on the bottem
it said
>"press f6 to instal raid drivers" or something similar
and "press f2
>to run automated system recovery" or something. i hit f2
and it asked
>me to insert a floppy disk (which i cannot do) so i hit
ok, then esc
>to cancle it's search for one. then on the bottem it
said "setup is
>loading files (file name)". after it was done, it
says "setup is
>starting windows." followed by this at the same blue
screen.
>
>"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut
down to prevent
>dammage to your computer.
>
>PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
>~this area filled with some loving advice i cannot do
since i cannot
>get into windows~
>Technical information:
>*** STOP: 0x00000050 (0xE16D9115, 0x00000001, 0x808FA80C,
0x00000002)"
>
>i sucessfully reinstalled (i think it did) windows once,
choosing to
>convert files from fat32 to ntfs. after it finished, it
gave me
>something very similar to the error above, except it said
something
>about "fastfat.sys". i have been unable to get to the
repair/reinstall
>error again.
>
>
>~~**CONDENCED**~~
>
>computer constantly restarts. if it gets to windows at
all in safe
>mode, it restarts in about literally one second. starting
in normal
>mode usually restarts as soon as scan disk finishes or a
second into
>loading. sometimes it freezes at bios, but hasn't
happened to me
>today. i tried to start it from the windows cd and it
said "setup is
>loading files (file name)". when it finished it
said "setup is
>starting windows". it then gave me this error.
>
>"A problem has been detected and windows has been shut
down to prevent
>dammage to your computer.
>
>PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
>~this area filled with some loving advice i cannot do
since i cannot
>get into windows~
>Technical information:
>*** STOP: 0x00000050 (0xE16D9115, 0x00000001, 0x808FA80C,
0x00000002)"
>
>i tried to reinstall windows, and am not sure if it even
started to
>work correctly. i chose to convert fat32 to ntfs. when
the bar
>finished across the screen, it started to start windows
again and gave
>me the same error as above, but said something
about "fastfat.sys". i
>have been unable to get to the reinstall/repair window
again.
>
>so, any idea whats wrong? is my hard drive dead? am i
basically
>screwed? i built my computer myself, so i have no idea
who to call for
>tech support, if i can call anybody, so please help.
>by the way, the reason i can post this is because i'm on
my old HP.
>.
>
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