SP2 Killed My Hard Drive?

[Bob Newman]

Immediately after I installed XP update SP2 the system will not boot-up. It
goes to the point where it says XP in the screen with the horizontal bar
running back and forth under it. After a while the screen goes black for
several seconds and it tries again, and again to no avail. The repair man
says it looks like a bad HD. When attempting to reinstall XP all appears to
be going normally but after several steps into the process I get an error
message regarding HD "57232 MB Disk 0 at ID0 on BUS 0 at api [MBR]". I
tried THE repair OPTION AS WELL to no avail. Could SP have caused this?


--
Thanks in advance... Bob

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Comes across that you have a bad hard drive. Try using the free diagnostic
utility from the vendor of your hard drive to check for problems with the disk.
The installation of SP2 will not cause a hard drive to fail mechanically.
Likely, the unfortunate event was purely coincidental.

Fujitsu
http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download/hard-drives/#diagnostic

IBM and Hitachi
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT

Maxtor/Quantum
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/products/index.htm

Samsung
http://www.samsungelectronics.com/hdd/support/utilities/utilities_index.html

Seagate
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html

Western Digital
http://support.wdc.com/download/
www.westerndigital.com

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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"Bob Newman" wrote:

| Immediately after I installed XP update SP2 the system will not boot-up. It
| goes to the point where it says XP in the screen with the horizontal bar
| running back and forth under it. After a while the screen goes black for
| several seconds and it tries again, and again to no avail. The repair man
| says it looks like a bad HD. When attempting to reinstall XP all appears to
| be going normally but after several steps into the process I get an error
| message regarding HD "57232 MB Disk 0 at ID0 on BUS 0 at api [MBR]". I
| tried THE repair OPTION AS WELL to no avail. Could SP have caused this?
| --
| Thanks in advance... Bob

[Bob Newman]

Thank you.

Bob

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Comes across that you have a bad hard drive. Try using the free diagnostic
> utility from the vendor of your hard drive to check for problems with the
disk.
> The installation of SP2 will not cause a hard drive to fail mechanically.
> Likely, the unfortunate event was purely coincidental.
>
> Fujitsu
> http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download/hard-drives/#diagnostic
>
> IBM and Hitachi
> http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
>
> Maxtor/Quantum
> http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/products/index.htm
>
> Samsung
>
http://www.samsungelectronics.com/hdd/support/utilities/utilities_index.html
>
> Seagate
> http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
>
> Western Digital
> http://support.wdc.com/download/
> www.westerndigital.com
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> "Bob Newman" wrote:
>
> | Immediately after I installed XP update SP2 the system will not boot-up.
It
> | goes to the point where it says XP in the screen with the horizontal bar
> | running back and forth under it. After a while the screen goes black
for
> | several seconds and it tries again, and again to no avail. The repair
man
> | says it looks like a bad HD. When attempting to reinstall XP all
appears to
> | be going normally but after several steps into the process I get an
error
> | message regarding HD "57232 MB Disk 0 at ID0 on BUS 0 at api [MBR]". I
> | tried THE repair OPTION AS WELL to no avail. Could SP have caused this?
> | --
> | Thanks in advance... Bob
>

[River_Rat]

Repairing a destroyed/corrupted MBR
1.. Insert your Windows 2000, or Windows XP, or Windows 2003 CD.
2.. When given the options to Install/Upgrade/Repair chose Repair, this
will open the Recovery Console which is password protected.
3.. At the prompt run FIXMBR, this will install a new MBR for your
target OS.

--
Good Day
River_Rat




"Bob Newman" > wrote in message
...
Thank you.

Bob

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Comes across that you have a bad hard drive. Try using the free diagnostic
> utility from the vendor of your hard drive to check for problems with the
disk.
> The installation of SP2 will not cause a hard drive to fail mechanically.
> Likely, the unfortunate event was purely coincidental.
>
> Fujitsu
> http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download/hard-drives/#diagnostic
>
> IBM and Hitachi
> http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
>
> Maxtor/Quantum
> http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/products/index.htm
>
> Samsung
>
http://www.samsungelectronics.com/hdd/support/utilities/utilities_index.html
>
> Seagate
> http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
>
> Western Digital
> http://support.wdc.com/download/
> www.westerndigital.com
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------
>
> "Bob Newman" wrote:
>
> | Immediately after I installed XP update SP2 the system will not boot-up.
It
> | goes to the point where it says XP in the screen with the horizontal bar
> | running back and forth under it. After a while the screen goes black
for
> | several seconds and it tries again, and again to no avail. The repair
man
> | says it looks like a bad HD. When attempting to reinstall XP all
appears to
> | be going normally but after several steps into the process I get an
error
> | message regarding HD "57232 MB Disk 0 at ID0 on BUS 0 at api [MBR]". I
> | tried THE repair OPTION AS WELL to no avail. Could SP have caused this?
> | --
> | Thanks in advance... Bob
>

[Bob Newman]

I tried this option and no console comes up. Just a DOS screen and a
message to type "EXIT" if you want to exit. There are no options.

Bob

"River_Rat" <youknow@Iwillslapyou> wrote in message
...
> Repairing a destroyed/corrupted MBR
> 1.. Insert your Windows 2000, or Windows XP, or Windows 2003 CD.
> 2.. When given the options to Install/Upgrade/Repair chose Repair,
this
> will open the Recovery Console which is password protected.
> 3.. At the prompt run FIXMBR, this will install a new MBR for your
> target OS.
>
> --
> Good Day
> River_Rat
>
>
>
>
> "Bob Newman" > wrote in message
> ...
> Thank you.
>
> Bob
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Comes across that you have a bad hard drive. Try using the free
diagnostic
> > utility from the vendor of your hard drive to check for problems with
the
> disk.
> > The installation of SP2 will not cause a hard drive to fail
mechanically.
> > Likely, the unfortunate event was purely coincidental.
> >
> > Fujitsu
> > http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download/hard-drives/#diagnostic
> >
> > IBM and Hitachi
> > http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
> >
> > Maxtor/Quantum
> > http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/products/index.htm
> >
> > Samsung
> >
>
http://www.samsungelectronics.com/hdd/support/utilities/utilities_index.html
> >
> > Seagate
> > http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
> >
> > Western Digital
> > http://support.wdc.com/download/
> > www.westerndigital.com
> >
> > --
> > Carey Frisch
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows XP - Shell/User
> >
> > Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> > http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------
> >
> > "Bob Newman" wrote:
> >
> > | Immediately after I installed XP update SP2 the system will not
boot-up.
> It
> > | goes to the point where it says XP in the screen with the horizontal
bar
> > | running back and forth under it. After a while the screen goes black
> for
> > | several seconds and it tries again, and again to no avail. The repair
> man
> > | says it looks like a bad HD. When attempting to reinstall XP all
> appears to
> > | be going normally but after several steps into the process I get an
> error
> > | message regarding HD "57232 MB Disk 0 at ID0 on BUS 0 at api [MBR]".
I
> > | tried THE repair OPTION AS WELL to no avail. Could SP have caused
this?
> > | --
> > | Thanks in advance... Bob
> >
>
>
>

[River_Rat]

You may already know.
You will have to boot from the CD.
It will not work if you put the CD after you boot up.

--
Good Day
River_Rat




"Bob Newman" > wrote in message
...
I tried this option and no console comes up. Just a DOS screen and a
message to type "EXIT" if you want to exit. There are no options.

Bob

"River_Rat" <youknow@Iwillslapyou> wrote in message
...
> Repairing a destroyed/corrupted MBR
> 1.. Insert your Windows 2000, or Windows XP, or Windows 2003 CD.
> 2.. When given the options to Install/Upgrade/Repair chose Repair,
this
> will open the Recovery Console which is password protected.
> 3.. At the prompt run FIXMBR, this will install a new MBR for your
> target OS.
>
> --
> Good Day
> River_Rat
>
>
>
>
> "Bob Newman" > wrote in message
> ...
> Thank you.
>
> Bob
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Comes across that you have a bad hard drive. Try using the free
diagnostic
> > utility from the vendor of your hard drive to check for problems with
the
> disk.
> > The installation of SP2 will not cause a hard drive to fail
mechanically.
> > Likely, the unfortunate event was purely coincidental.
> >
> > Fujitsu
> > http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download/hard-drives/#diagnostic
> >
> > IBM and Hitachi
> > http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT
> >
> > Maxtor/Quantum
> > http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/products/index.htm
> >
> > Samsung
> >
>
http://www.samsungelectronics.com/hdd/support/utilities/utilities_index.html
> >
> > Seagate
> > http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/index.html
> >
> > Western Digital
> > http://support.wdc.com/download/
> > www.westerndigital.com
> >
> > --
> > Carey Frisch
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows XP - Shell/User
> >
> > Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> > http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------
> >
> > "Bob Newman" wrote:
> >
> > | Immediately after I installed XP update SP2 the system will not
boot-up.
> It
> > | goes to the point where it says XP in the screen with the horizontal
bar
> > | running back and forth under it. After a while the screen goes black
> for
> > | several seconds and it tries again, and again to no avail. The repair
> man
> > | says it looks like a bad HD. When attempting to reinstall XP all
> appears to
> > | be going normally but after several steps into the process I get an
> error
> > | message regarding HD "57232 MB Disk 0 at ID0 on BUS 0 at api [MBR]".
I
> > | tried THE repair OPTION AS WELL to no avail. Could SP have caused
this?
> > | --
> > | Thanks in advance... Bob
> >
>
>
>