Using the Recovery Console in Windows XP Home edition, the chkdsk command is showing "the volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems". Is there anything I can do? If necessary, how do I remove the current Windows files to do a new install without losing everything else on the hard drive?
You should run chkdsk /r which is the repair and it will repair the problems. Once you reboot and if you still have problems:
Insert your Windows XP Home Operating System in the CD drive and boot from it. When the screen comes up showing you the options Select to INSTALL WINDOWS. After you hit F8 to accept the license agreement, windows will go and search your drive to see if there is a version of windows already installed. When it finds your Xp Home already installed SELECT THE OPTION TO REPAIR. This will cause all your data, documents, music, pictures, videos and programs to be saved and not removed. You won't lose anything.
SOURCE: BLUE SCREEN W/ MESSAGE STOP: C000007B BAD IMAGE.
Try to look for your windows xp cd.
Turn the computer off. Restart it and start tapping f12 right after.
Insert the cd. Choose the option that says CD/CDRW/DVDRW from the screen and press enter. Watch out for a prompt that will say 'Press any key to boot from cd'. press any key as soon as you get this. If you miss it, you'll get the error again. You should get the blue windows setup screen if you caught it at the right time.
Wait until you get the 'welcome to setup' screen.
Press R.
Follow any other instructions that you may get until it gives you the C:\> prompt.
Type in bootcfg /rebuild.
Below is a listing of the common steps you are likely going to encounter.
* Prompt for the identified versions of Windows installed. When you receive this prompt press Y if the bootcfg command properly identified each of the Windows operating systems installed on the computer. It is important to realize this command will only detect Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT installations.
* Prompt to enter the load identifier. This is the name of the operating system for the boot.ini. For example, Microsoft Windows XP Home users would enter "Microsoft Windows XP Home edition". If you have Windowx XP pro edition, enter 'Microsoft Windows XP Professional'
* Prompt to Enter OS load options. When this prompt is received type /fastdetect to automatically detect the available options.
Then type 'exit'. and let the computer reboot. If you get two options for microsoft windows. Choose the one that says what you entered when you were in the recovery console.
If you are able to boot correctly after those steps, go to start>click run. Then type msconfig. Click ok. Click the boot.ini tab. Click 'check all boot paths'. Click ok or yes. click close and restart if prompted. You shouldn't get the prompt for two microsoft windows anymore.
SOURCE: can't get to disk defragment my laptop
Try using the FSUTIL DIRTY command to query and set the dirty bit on the volume. This essentially tells Windows that there is a file system error on the volume and it needs to run chkdsk next time.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753059.aspx
At the command prompt, type FSUTIL DIRTY QUERY C: (or whatever your drive letter is) and get the status
Then type FSUTIL DIRTY SET C: (this sets the dirty bit).
Reboot. Chkdsk should run properly and reset the dirty bit automatically.
As for defragmentation, check out Diskeeper 2008. It's by far the best defragmenter available (Diskeeper invented the defragger for Windows!). No, it's not free, but you can get free trial versions from the Diskeeper site http://www.diskeeper.com
SOURCE: Dell Inspiron 6000 PC Notebook
you have gone into XP's backup and restore and reset your dell to a previous point right http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490854.aspx ?and if it was this way the first time you booted up it might have been installed wrong and it will need to be manualy serviced unfortunately most companies don't give restore disks any more, if your dell came from a retailer and it is still under 3 month the store should reinstall xp for you and if it isn't the store still might do it, dell might also offer a mail in fix for ya, if that doesn't work you can always go to best buy's geek squad and when you get it fixed make sure to make a backup disk using windows backup and restore, vista has software to use to make a back up disk i dont know about XP
geek squad or dell might haveto do that for you but it could cost you
SOURCE: Blue screen on start-up saying 'stop: c000007b bad image' etc
Errr...sounds like fun.
OK well I would stop trying to get Windows back in working condition until after you backup your files.
The easiest way is to remove the hard drive from the system and place it into a usb enclosure.
Backup the files and then reinstall windows.
If you try the band-aid method you'll just end up wasting your time.
Hope this helps.
SOURCE: Short DST Fail on a HP Elitebook 6930p.
Corey,
DST stands for Drive Self-Test, which indicates that your hard drive itself is going bad.
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Thanks for the suggestions, but neither worked. When I tried chkdsk /r, I got the message "The type of the file system is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive. Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process." I don't understand this at all. And when I tried the "repair" option on the Windows XP installation disk, it froze up and stopped at 75% completed. I have also received a blue screen stop error having something to do with the WinSys32. Definitely have some errors to fix but don't know what they are!! Can anyone help?
Normally if you got a message saying Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process, it will ask you if you want to run check disk the next time the system is restart, Select Y for Yes. Also the repair might seem like it is hung up at 75% as you stated, but let it run. Repair and chkdsk can run well over an hour, but let them run to completion. Be patient, start it up and go shopping or sit it the hot tub :)
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