RE: Windows XP rebooting at startup

[Haal]

Ok I followed the instructions and disabled the AutoReboot key in the
registry. Nothing, the hard disk was put on standby and the pc restarted
as before.
However, I accidentally discovered two files corrupted, msvcrt.dll and
msvcrt40.dll which I have restored from c:\windows\system32\dllcache.
Now the system boots and appears to work normally except that the
hard disk sometimes "clicks", much like when it is returning from standby.
This happens expecially when I run some programs like notepad and
a few others.
The noisy "click" seems to happen only when the hard disk is making
the reading/writing work.

Any idea?



P.S. Sorry for the multipost.

[Rock]

"Haal " wrote:

>
> Ok I followed the instructions and disabled the AutoReboot key in the
> registry. Nothing, the hard disk was put on standby and the pc restarted
> as before.
> However, I accidentally discovered two files corrupted, msvcrt.dll and
> msvcrt40.dll which I have restored from c:\windows\system32\dllcache.
> Now the system boots and appears to work normally except that the
> hard disk sometimes "clicks", much like when it is returning from standby.
> This happens expecially when I run some programs like notepad and
> a few others.
> The noisy "click" seems to happen only when the hard disk is making
> the reading/writing work.
>
> Any idea?
>
>
>
> P.S. Sorry for the multipost.

Make sure you back up all important data now. Then download a drive
diagnostic utility from the drive manufacturer's web site. This will
create a bootable floppy or CD. Boot from that and run the diagnostics
on the drive.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User