Won't boot after "chkdsk /f"

I wanted to defragment my hard drive the other day, but Windows said that I
had to run "chkdsk /f". So, it ran when the computer restarted and it
completed the process. But, after running this, I've been thrown into an
endless restarting loop. When I turn on my computer, it starts up and gets
past the Windows XP loading screen. But then, it flashes a blue error screen
very briefly. The error screen is only up for a second, so I can't provide
any of what it says. After the error screen, the computer restarts and goes
back to the beginning of the process. Can anyone provide me with some help
on this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Your issue is probably due to an unmountable boot volume. I have witness
this all the time. You need your Windows XP CD or have the ability to
press F8 to enter the Recovery Console. Once in the recovery console you
will perform the following task listed below:

You can boot to the XP CD and when you see the Welcome to setup press
the letter R
You will get a dos prompt. If prompted for the Administrator password,
press enter.
Then type "chkdsk /p" without the quotes and press enter
When that is done type "fixboot" without quotes and press enter
"Y" and enter at the prompt
Then type "exit" without quotes and press enter
The system will now reboot into Windows



--
Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCDST, MCP, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW Assoc.,
CIW Certified Instructor



"Josh" wrote in message
:

I wanted to defragment my hard drive the other day, but Windows said that I
had to run "chkdsk /f". So, it ran when the computer restarted and it
completed the process. But, after running this, I've been thrown into an
endless restarting loop. When I turn on my computer, it starts up and gets
past the Windows XP loading screen. But then, it flashes a blue error screen
very briefly. The error screen is only up for a second, so I can't provide
any of what it says. After the error screen, the computer restarts and goes
back to the beginning of the process. Can anyone provide me with some help
on this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Josh

You need to post a copy of the error report.

Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by
allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click on the
My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties, Advanced,
Start-Up and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck box before
Automatically Restart.

Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure until you have
resolved the problem. Check for variants of the Stop Error message.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Josh wrote:
I wanted to defragment my hard drive the other day, but Windows said
that I had to run "chkdsk /f". So, it ran when the computer
restarted and it completed the process. But, after running this,
I've been thrown into an endless restarting loop. When I turn on my
computer, it starts up and gets past the Windows XP loading screen.
But then, it flashes a blue error screen very briefly. The error
screen is only up for a second, so I can't provide any of what it
says. After the error screen, the computer restarts and goes back
to
the beginning of the process. Can anyone provide me with some help
on this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Okay, I disabled automatic restart on system failure. This is the
information I got out of it:

STOP: 0x00000024 (0x00190203, 0x812647A0, 0xC0000102, 0x00000000)

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

Josh

You need to post a copy of the error report.

Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by
allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click on the
My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties, Advanced,
Start-Up and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck box before
Automatically Restart.

Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure until you have
resolved the problem. Check for variants of the Stop Error message.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Josh

Background information on 0x00000024 (aka known as 0x24)

http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...933845.xml.asp
if link broken try
http://snipurl.com/l6o7

What is the make and model of your computer?

What CD's were provided with the computer?

How much RAM is installed?

What is the make and model of your hard disk?

Follow the advice in next link regarding testing the RAM
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Josh wrote:
Okay, I disabled automatic restart on system failure. This is the
information I got out of it:

STOP: 0x00000024 (0x00190203, 0x812647A0, 0xC0000102, 0x00000000)

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

Josh

You need to post a copy of the error report.

Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by
allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click on
the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties,
Advanced,
Start-Up and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck box before
Automatically Restart.

Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure until you have
resolved the problem. Check for variants of the Stop Error message.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~