weird chkdsk problem

[Mark Irvine]

Hi,

I have a laptop running WindowsXP Professional and when ever I run run
chkdsk/f (after restarting the PC), Windows fails to boot. The Welcome
screen appears and then the screen goes black and stays black. The only way
I can get the PC working again is to boot to the last know good
configuration. I have tried a range of switches for the chkdsk program and
all appear to cause the same problem.

Has anyone ever come across this problem before?

Mark

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Start the operating system from the CD-ROM,

When the computer starts from the CD, the system checks your hardware

and then prompts you to select one of the following options:

To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.


Press ENTER.


Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.

A box lists your current Windows XP installation, and then the system

prompts you to select one of the following options:

To repair the selected Windows XP installation, press R.

To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing, press ESC.

Press R to start the automatic repair process. After repairing Windows XP,

you may need re-download all updates.


--
Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
Email address : Subject: "QZ" + anything
All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be automatically deleted.
marfer's notes for XP > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
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"Mark Irvine" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I have a laptop running WindowsXP Professional and when ever I run run
> chkdsk/f (after restarting the PC), Windows fails to boot. The Welcome
> screen appears and then the screen goes black and stays black. The only way
> I can get the PC working again is to boot to the last know good
> configuration. I have tried a range of switches for the chkdsk program and
> all appear to cause the same problem.
>
> Has anyone ever come across this problem before?
>
> Mark
>
>

[Mark Irvine]

Mark,

Many thanks for the reply - I shall give it a go.

Mark

"Mark L. Ferguson" > wrote in message
...
> Start the operating system from the CD-ROM,
>
> When the computer starts from the CD, the system checks your hardware
>
> and then prompts you to select one of the following options:
>
> To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.
>
> To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
>
> To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
>
>
> Press ENTER.
>
>
> Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.
>
> A box lists your current Windows XP installation, and then the system
>
> prompts you to select one of the following options:
>
> To repair the selected Windows XP installation, press R.
>
> To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing, press
ESC.
>
> Press R to start the automatic repair process. After repairing Windows XP,
>
> you may need re-download all updates.
>
>
> --
> Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
> Email address : Subject: "QZ" + anything
> All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be automatically deleted.
> marfer's notes for XP > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
> .
>
> "Mark Irvine" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a laptop running WindowsXP Professional and when ever I run run
> > chkdsk/f (after restarting the PC), Windows fails to boot. The Welcome
> > screen appears and then the screen goes black and stays black. The only
way
> > I can get the PC working again is to boot to the last know good
> > configuration. I have tried a range of switches for the chkdsk program
and
> > all appear to cause the same problem.
> >
> > Has anyone ever come across this problem before?
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
>

[Billy]

Rather than run a repair, why not at least send em into the Recovery
Console to try the chkdsk /r?
Repair then requires all the Windows updates to be reapplied.

"Mark L. Ferguson" > wrote in message
...
> Start the operating system from the CD-ROM,
>
> When the computer starts from the CD, the system checks your
hardware
>
> and then prompts you to select one of the following options:
>
> To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER.
>
> To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
>
> To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
>
>
> Press ENTER.
>
>
> Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.
>
> A box lists your current Windows XP installation, and then the
system
>
> prompts you to select one of the following options:
>
> To repair the selected Windows XP installation, press R.
>
> To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing,
press ESC.
>
> Press R to start the automatic repair process. After repairing
Windows XP,
>
> you may need re-download all updates.
>
>
> --
> Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
> Email address : Subject: "QZ" + anything
> All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be automatically
deleted.
> marfer's notes for XP >
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
> .
>
> "Mark Irvine" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a laptop running WindowsXP Professional and when ever I run
run
> > chkdsk/f (after restarting the PC), Windows fails to boot. The
Welcome
> > screen appears and then the screen goes black and stays black.
The only way
> > I can get the PC working again is to boot to the last know good
> > configuration. I have tried a range of switches for the chkdsk
program and
> > all appear to cause the same problem.
> >
> > Has anyone ever come across this problem before?
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
>
>