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averatec
6 Jun 2006, 3:27am
My laptop crashed. When I turn it on, it does not boot properly.

So I decided to reinstall Windows Operating System. It goes thru the process of installing, but it does NOT COMPLETE installation. It just restart itself and prompts me to Install AGAIN.

I decided to try the WINDOWS XP RECOVERY CONSOLE PROCESS. Right now, it is still at the C:\>CHKDSK /R/F process at 64% complete.

Hopefully, this works. ANY IDEAS? HELP, I have no life without my laptop.
primesuspect
6 Jun 2006, 3:45am
It's either hard drive related or it could be bad memory. Try memtest86 (http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=276)
Thrax
6 Jun 2006, 4:58am
And Hitatchi's DFT (http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm).
bothered
6 Jun 2006, 7:55am
Daft question but, when it restarts does it say something about 'Boot from CD' and/or 'Press any key to continue'? Do not press a key, just leave it to continue on its own.
(blush mode) I know this because I have done it (forgetful mode) and it restarts the install from the begining again.
averatec
7 Jun 2006, 2:41am
still not working
profdlp
7 Jun 2006, 2:44am
What did the test results give you?
averatec
10 Jun 2006, 2:19pm
Daft question but, when it restarts does it say something about 'Boot from CD' and/or 'Press any key to continue'? Do not press a key, just leave it to continue on its own.
(blush mode) I know this because I have done it (forgetful mode) and it restarts the install from the begining again.


Yes it does. when it restarts without a boot disc in the disc drive it prompts me that. if i leave it alone it does not continue on its own.
yetivon42223
23 Jun 2006, 7:43pm
I've had similar problems with one of my laptops. I don't like to plug products, but something I have had to do (I messed with partitions on my harddrive) is rebuild my MBR. I have purchased and successfully used a product named PC Builder. I then used the startup disc (purchased at the shopaveratec website to reinstall all of my original stuff). Another option is to try a linux distro. So far, either MEPIS or UBUNTU (both free, you just have to download and burn the ISO file as an image yourself) have worked the best. Good luck.