but will test all other drives, not just Seagate. Then click the upper left corner of the screen for the short test and let it run. In the screen that appears, first check that SMART has (or has not) been tripped. Be sure your BIOS is set to CD=1st boot device, Hard Drive=2nd boot device ĭownload Seatools For DOS (free) from my link in the site screen, click "DOWNLOADS" tab, then "Seatools For DOS". Unfortunately you will need to burn two CDs, so you will have to find another computer to do this. I suggest that we test your hard drive and memory to verify those aren't the problem. Hello Lakegrl, sorry to hear of your problem. Right now I'm staring at C:|> and wondering what to do? Tried FIXMBR and FIXBOOT but was scared off by the warnings. Windows has checked the sectors and found no problems…." You may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended that you continue.ĬHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)ĬHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3) One of yuur disks needs to be checked for consistency. I can give you specifics if you like.Īt one point, it got past the windows splash screen, to a light blue Windows XP screen: Tried various ways to reboot, but still had the same issues as before. Short version: finally finished running the chkdsk, result: CHKDSK found and fixed one or more errors on the volume. I would appreciate any help! I don't have the ability to burn a recovery disk, but I do have original Windows XP installation disks. Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice: Momentarily saw Blue startup screen, then to Safe mode selection screen GOES TO: Windows logo splash screen for a few moments, then toīlack screen for a minutes or so, with some flashes,
Multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS\sysstem32\DRIVERS\. Hanging on “Starting Windows Recovery Console”… Waited for for 5 minutes, then hard powered off. GOES TO: Windows logo splash screen for a few moments, Here is a description of what I just tried: My Windows XP desktop won't boot - it goes to a completely black screen.
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