hard drive,running XP keeps rebooting, won't boot to GUI
 

I have a hard drive,running XP home,that won't boot to GUI.Keeps
rebooting,I tried "fixmbr" but still reboots. Get this error" Pri
master HD SMART status bad,backup and replace"

Tried R restore XP,but cant remember admin password

What started this was,I was converting audio files from CD to real
player MP3s
Got a freeze up and this error
"windows delayed write failed" windows/system32\config\syEventEVT.,
failure computer hardware or network,

I am able to boot from a live Knoppix linux CD,how can I use linux to
recover,run utiliies on this drive so it boots in XP?

Re: hard drive,running XP keeps rebooting, won't boot to GUI
 

Joe wrote:

> I have a hard drive,running XP home,that won't boot to GUI.Keeps
> rebooting,I tried "fixmbr" but still reboots. Get this error" Pri
> master HD SMART status bad,backup and replace"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is your clue right there. SMART is a technology that lets hard
drives let the system know when they are dying.

It looks like you've got a drive with some major problems.

I suggest you get a replacement drive, reinstall XP and install the old
drive as a slave, then pull whatever data you can off the old drive.

> Tried R restore XP,but cant remember admin password
>
> What started this was,I was converting audio files from CD to real
> player MP3s
> Got a freeze up and this error
> "windows delayed write failed" windows/system32\config\syEventEVT.,
> failure computer hardware or network,
>
> I am able to boot from a live Knoppix linux CD,how can I use linux to
> recover,run utiliies on this drive so it boots in XP?

I rather doubt that this drive will ever boot anything again. It's time
for a replacement.

John
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Re: hard drive,running XP keeps rebooting, won't boot to GUI
 

What if I can attach a new drive as slave,boot from dos, using drive
copy or driveworks software pgm , to copy "bad" drive to new? Would
that copy bad sectors also ,defeating the purpose? So I'd end up with
TWO bad drives?











John Dearing <John.Dearing@VerYOURPANTSizon.NET> wrote in message news:<8GpEb.621$o3.161@nwrdny02.gnilink.net>...
> Joe wrote:
>
> > I have a hard drive,running XP home,that won't boot to GUI.Keeps
> > rebooting,I tried "fixmbr" but still reboots. Get this error" Pri
> > master HD SMART status bad,backup and replace"
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> This is your clue right there. SMART is a technology that lets hard
> drives let the system know when they are dying.
>
> It looks like you've got a drive with some major problems.
>
> I suggest you get a replacement drive, reinstall XP and install the old
> drive as a slave, then pull whatever data you can off the old drive.
>
> > Tried R restore XP,but cant remember admin password
> >
> > What started this was,I was converting audio files from CD to real
> > player MP3s
> > Got a freeze up and this error
> > "windows delayed write failed" windows/system32\config\syEventEVT.,
> > failure computer hardware or network,
> >
> > I am able to boot from a live Knoppix linux CD,how can I use linux to
> > recover,run utiliies on this drive so it boots in XP?
>
> I rather doubt that this drive will ever boot anything again. It's time
> for a replacement.
>
> John

Re: hard drive,running XP keeps rebooting, won't boot to GUI
 

the other problem,is XP activation, as this XP has gone through
several drives,once i had to call and pay for toll call to MSHAFT
for a code!

but its same mobo, mac address, should XP activation create problems?













John Dearing <John.Dearing@VerYOURPANTSizon.NET> wrote in message news:<8GpEb.621$o3.161@nwrdny02.gnilink.net>...
> Joe wrote:
>
> > I have a hard drive,running XP home,that won't boot to GUI.Keeps
> > rebooting,I tried "fixmbr" but still reboots. Get this error" Pri
> > master HD SMART status bad,backup and replace"
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> This is your clue right there. SMART is a technology that lets hard
> drives let the system know when they are dying.
>
> It looks like you've got a drive with some major problems.
>
> I suggest you get a replacement drive, reinstall XP and install the old
> drive as a slave, then pull whatever data you can off the old drive.
>
> > Tried R restore XP,but cant remember admin password
> >
> > What started this was,I was converting audio files from CD to real
> > player MP3s
> > Got a freeze up and this error
> > "windows delayed write failed" windows/system32\config\syEventEVT.,
> > failure computer hardware or network,
> >
> > I am able to boot from a live Knoppix linux CD,how can I use linux to
> > recover,run utiliies on this drive so it boots in XP?
>
> I rather doubt that this drive will ever boot anything again. It's time
> for a replacement.
>
> John

Re: hard drive,running XP keeps rebooting, won't boot to GUI
 

Hi Joe,

Sorry to hear about your problem. To reiterate, John hit it right on the
head. The drive is either dead or has one gasp left.

First, get another drive, load whatever version of windows you wish, and try
to recover what you can off the old drive. You are right, with a drive
image, you will copy over, possibly, the bad data, but since smart kicked
in, it's probably a hardware failure, not software. To be blunt, be
thankful if you can get that folder of mp3's off of it...

As far as the activation on xp, a simple drive swap should not activate the
need to reactivate. I've made several changes to my xp machine at home, and
the only time I have had to redo was when I changed the motherboard, amount
of ram and cpu. I didn't really complain, since it's basically a new system
at that point. I did get kinda ****y with the M$N rep, but they were rude
first. ;-) The only single piece of hardware swap that I have heard of
making xp try to reactivate is a NIC swap. Even then, it's few and far
between.

I'm just as guilty, but maybe some backup software with that new drive? ^_^

Hoot


"Joe" <duah@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> the other problem,is XP activation, as this XP has gone through
> several drives,once i had to call and pay for toll call to MSHAFT
> for a code!
>
> but its same mobo, mac address, should XP activation create problems?
>
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> John Dearing <John.Dearing@VerYOURPANTSizon.NET> wrote in message
news:<8GpEb.621$o3.161@nwrdny02.gnilink.net>...
> > Joe wrote:
> >
> > > I have a hard drive,running XP home,that won't boot to GUI.Keeps
> > > rebooting,I tried "fixmbr" but still reboots. Get this error" Pri
> > > master HD SMART status bad,backup and replace"
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > This is your clue right there. SMART is a technology that lets hard
> > drives let the system know when they are dying.
> >
> > It looks like you've got a drive with some major problems.
> >
> > I suggest you get a replacement drive, reinstall XP and install the old
> > drive as a slave, then pull whatever data you can off the old drive.
> >
> > > Tried R restore XP,but cant remember admin password
> > >
> > > What started this was,I was converting audio files from CD to real
> > > player MP3s
> > > Got a freeze up and this error
> > > "windows delayed write failed" windows/system32\config\syEventEVT.,
> > > failure computer hardware or network,
> > >
> > > I am able to boot from a live Knoppix linux CD,how can I use linux to
> > > recover,run utiliies on this drive so it boots in XP?
> >
> > I rather doubt that this drive will ever boot anything again. It's time
> > for a replacement.
> >
> > John