Re: need advice on MCE problem

I did not find any disks for your computer at hp.com, but If you don't have
anything valuable on the disk , maybe you should try just Error-checking
under Properties | Tools if you have not done so already. That might
disengage the cluster that is failing for you. And you might possibly live
happy for the rest of the life of the computer or at least you would get more
time to prepare for the switch. And, do call HP and ask them what to do. They
migt have disks to distribute even if they don't announce it publicly

"Leslie" wrote:

Thanks Gary - the more I look at this the more I am thinking it is a hardware
issue. I'll try the mfg too for a test but since it failed 2xs in PC
Doctor...well you know.

I have a different question then....currently there isn't anything on the
drive that can't be re-created/installed so that is not an issue. However,
because the os was OEM installed I do not have any CDs..so, if I get a new
drive what is the best way to get the OS re-installed...would a complete
system back-up to CD/DVD do it? Can I get a set of CDs from HP???
Thanks
Leslie
--
lscouras


"Gary Tsang" wrote:

It is likely a hard drive issue.

What I'd do is to find the manufacturer of your hard drive, and then
download their hard drive diagnostics program.
Then run that and not any errors that come up.

At this point, I'd backup any important items that you have. You might be
headed toward imminent hard drive failure, and taking action to save your
files before it dies will save you lots of grief.

--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp


"Leslie" <Leslie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Update to this post....I have found out how to make recovery points - just
had to look a little harder at some other posts here ;-)

Still need help on making a boot disk though.

Also, I think it might be a hardware issue...I ran the disk tests again
and
I DO get an error in PC Doctor on ... Drive Test (18) "error reading
block
number 81454653: Data error (cyclic redundancy check); engine (1) test
failed....and on the surface scan test I get... engine (21) Start of
testing...engine (48) Started Surface Scan Test of pcharddrive module,
version 4.2.113.1099' Error reading block number 17065566 Data error
(cyclic
redundancy check); Drive test (18), error reading block 81454653 Data
error
(cyclic redundancy check); test failed.

Sooo, any hardware guru's out there want to weigh in with an opinion?
Think
its a HD problem??? Is there hope that it is a recoverable error and
there
is something I can run to fix it? The thought of buying a new 180Gb HD
doesn't appeal :-) Also, any hints on how to run the FIXMBR from the
recoery
console if your OS is OEM and there are no CD's???

Still would like to make a boot disk for safety sake though so could still
use some help with that.
Thanks
--
lscouras


"Leslie" wrote:

I have an HP Pavilion M1160N that is just under 1 yr. old. (and no it is
no
longer under warranty). It recently starting having issues. It
sometimes
will blue screen; other times it gives me a non-boot disk error when
booting
up, sometime it comes up with a choice to boot in safe mode, last known
good
boot, etc. (However, whenit does THIS, it won't do any of the options -
it
just goes into a boot loop and asks the same options over and over.)
Sometimes it just re-boots by itself.

I have scanned for virus'; worms, spyware - nothing found. I have
re-imaged
the HD several times already (using system recovery) and it works for a
short
time before having issues again. I have run a disk check on it through
windows and through PC doctor and neither find any errors. I have
uninstalled every aplication except widows, browsers, norton and
email...but
still am having issues. I want to know how to set up recovery points and
how
to create a boot disk but am not finding what I need. I have copied the
NTDETECT and NTLDR files to a CD but cannot locate a boot.ini file to put
on
the CD - which I believe you need to create boot disk.

My questions then are...
1) Has anyone had this sort of issue? and if so - what might be the
cause(s)?
2) How do I set recovery points?
3) Where is the boot.ini file or how do I create one for MCE (V5.1,
build
2600 XPSP_SP2_gdr.050301-1519 Service Pack 2)?
ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
--
lscouras



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