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Pfs...@aol.com
Apr 10, 2013, 1:52:39 PM4/10/13
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An Acer laptop, bought when XP was new with XP installed.
All updates to date also have been installed.
Recently, I've started gettinbg frequent blue-screen, DOS -font
notices --- can't read the entire page (it leaves too quickly) but
starts with "a problem has been encountered and windows must
shut down." Then during reboot, a "disk must be checked "
and the checking is done. Most of the time then one or more
mesages of files who's "first allocation unit is not valid". It then
"corrects" the problem and finishes the reboot. Twice today this
has occured!
Any one here know what this means? Is my hard drive telling
me something?
philo
Apr 10, 2013, 1:56:39 PM4/10/13
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The laptop may have a built in diagnostic utility that can be accessed
in the bios.
If not, you can get a utility from the manufacturer of the hard drive.
If the utility shows any errors be sure to replace your drive at once.
Before you do anything...make sure your data are backed up.
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Nil
Apr 10, 2013, 2:09:43 PM4/10/13
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You should run CHKDSK and note the results. Also, use a disk check
utility such as HD Tune 2.1 (http://www.hdtune.com/) to see what the
S.M.A.R.T. health status is.
You may be able to get more information about the blue screen crash
with Nirsoft's BlueScreenView utility
(http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html).
Java Jive
Apr 10, 2013, 2:15:49 PM4/10/13
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It probably is the hard disk, or a hardware fault of some kind.
As you can at least get into the system, check for clues in the System
Event Log.
But the most important thing is to try and get to read the
Blue-Screen-Of-Death (BSOD).
<Rt-Click> My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup & Recovery,
System Failure, uncheck 'Automatically restart', and click on Ok all
the way back out.
That should enable you to write down the entire details of it, and/or
take a photo of it with, say, your mobile, when it next occurs.
If that doesn't work, or for future reference, or for others who can't
gain access to their PC because of a BSOD on boot, and therefore
cannot change that setting, you can usually film it with your phone or
a digital movie camera - try and set it up recording the screen, so
that when the BSOD occurs it will be recorded. Then go back in the
footage and freeze the frame on the it. If you don't have a movie
camera, and the BSOD is predictable - say, because it occurs during
boot up - you can try to snap it with a still camera. It's a
maddeningly frustrating thing to have to do, because modern cameras
always take a second or two after pressing the button to actually take
the shot, so you have to anticipate the BSOD's appearance by the
correct amount, but patience is usually rewarded in the end.
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:52:39 -0500, Pfs...@aol.com wrote:
>
> An Acer laptop, bought when XP was new with XP installed.
> All updates to date also have been installed.
> Recently, I've started gettinbg frequent blue-screen, DOS -font
> notices --- can't read the entire page (it leaves too quickly)
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As you can at least get into the system, check for clues in the System
Event Log.
But the most important thing is to try and get to read the
Blue-Screen-Of-Death (BSOD).
<Rt-Click> My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup & Recovery,
System Failure, uncheck 'Automatically restart', and click on Ok all
the way back out.
That should enable you to write down the entire details of it, and/or
take a photo of it with, say, your mobile, when it next occurs.
If that doesn't work, or for future reference, or for others who can't
gain access to their PC because of a BSOD on boot, and therefore
cannot change that setting, you can usually film it with your phone or
a digital movie camera - try and set it up recording the screen, so
that when the BSOD occurs it will be recorded. Then go back in the
footage and freeze the frame on the it. If you don't have a movie
camera, and the BSOD is predictable - say, because it occurs during
boot up - you can try to snap it with a still camera. It's a
maddeningly frustrating thing to have to do, because modern cameras
always take a second or two after pressing the button to actually take
the shot, so you have to anticipate the BSOD's appearance by the
correct amount, but patience is usually rewarded in the end.
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:52:39 -0500, Pfs...@aol.com wrote:
>
> An Acer laptop, bought when XP was new with XP installed.
> All updates to date also have been installed.
> Recently, I've started gettinbg frequent blue-screen, DOS -font
> notices --- can't read the entire page (it leaves too quickly)
=========================================================
Please always reply to ng as the email in this post's
header does not exist. Or use a contact address at:
http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/JavaJive.html
http://www.macfh.co.uk/Macfarlane/Macfarlane.html
John Williamson
Apr 10, 2013, 2:36:18 PM4/10/13
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burning it, and booting from it.
It's got a lot of HD and other diagnostic programs on it.
If the FAT or MFT is getting damaged on boot, though, as it seems to be
from your original post, I'd guess your HD may just be on its last legs
and you are about to find out how effective your backup regime is...
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Tciao for Now!
John.
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