My computer [HP - Oct'06] recently decided to hate me. I was running Microsoft Windows Media Center 2005 on my computer, as it came stock, for a time and it worked well. I am a student at OSU and the IT Distribution grants each student a copy of Windows XP Professional w/SP2 and/or Windows XP Professional x64 edition. I have both, my computer supports x64. So I went through the usual, reformat and reinstall. I first got rid of HP's System Recovery partition because it enjoys recovering advertisements, Wild Tangent and AOL trials. Then I went to reformat, I inserted the Windows XP Professional x64 disc and rebooted. The system start up begins to initialize and before it can give the Terms and Agreement screen, it blows up. I get another Blue Screen of Death that informs me files are corrupted or may be infected with a virus and that I should run CHKDSK. I restart and attempt to do so, the prompt comes up that windows was not shut down properly and that I should choose: "Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking, Safe Mode with Command Prompt, Last Good Configuration, or Start Windows Normally." I have tried all of them and none work, the Windows Logo pops up as it normally does on load and then the computer restarts. So my question is now, How do I fix this issue? Me and friends beleive it to be some B.S. from HP, or firmware, placed on my motherboard or hard drive... Can anyone help?
2007-03-17 17:41:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
It is not the hard drive. I removed the drive and took it to another PC and managed to reformat and install windows on it and it ran perfectly. Putting the drive back on my HP is causing a problem with some article of firmware somewhere in the system. Again, 99% sure it is NOT the hard drive.
2007-03-17 17:51:51 · update #1
I have tried the normal XP professional disk too.
2007-03-17 17:52:34 · update #2
I have worked for a computer place and we never saw something to this effect. Im not taking it to some BS computer place. I live in a dorm of Computer Science majors and none of which have soled the issue yet... aside from saying to run Linux~! lol. but I need Windows for my games.
2007-03-17 17:54:28 · update #3
I have reformatted it to one partition in NTFS format (complete, not quick) There is nothing left on the drive. HP had a partition for system recovery, that was removed when I repartitioned and reformatted. Everytime I try to run the installation for Windows, it seems like it is looking to initialize a file from the deleted partition. A friend suggested to flash the BIOS. Good Idea? Bad Idea? How would I do so? etc. Thanks for the help everyone.
2007-03-17 18:01:42 · update #4
It is NOT a virus. The drive has been reformatted and repartitioned (to one partitioned) Its gone, the files are all gone, they are f*&king gone. No virus.
2007-03-17 18:06:08 · update #5
Check your POWER SUPPLY! A bad power supply is the hardest problem on a computer to identify but will cause just about any kind of problem a computer can have.
I built a custom computer to run Windows Vista and it ran awesome for a few days, but then started acting up really bad. I got the blue screens of death, driver & software failures, memory lock-ups which rebooted the system everytime, and even other hardware failure. During my week long process of diagnosing the problem I ended up crashing the system more times than I wanted to keep track of. I even tried the format and reinstall trick with no success. It wasn't till I found some info on the web that described every problem I was having and pointed to the power supply. Seeing as to how I had checked everything and none of the hardware was causing it, I figured I would give it a go. Well, it worked and is running great with no problems.
I originally had a 500W power supply in the computer which Vista blew up in 2 days. I guess the recommended is a high end 450W supply or better. I ended up getting a 550W MadDog supply from Circuit City and it is awesome. Something to watch for, you will want to make sure that it has good ventilation and that it is what they call "Dual Rail or Quad Rail", basically like having 2 or 4 supplies in one.
Hope this helps.
2007-03-25 14:59:57 · answer #1 · answered by rfurgy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your hard drive is not formatted correctly and/or completely. I would suggest running fdisk from a bootdisk (available at www.bootdisk.com) to first of all make sure that you only have one partition on your hard disk and set it to active. Then run the format command (format c:) to completely reformat the drive.
Proceed to install your OS - make sure it is not an 'upgrade version' that requires a previous OS to complete the install. If you still receive any errors I would assume that the fault lies in the installation cd you are using. Obtain a new copy of the OS installation disk from your school, repeat the steps above and install.
The problem would not lie within firmware on the MB, and if you reformat your hard drive as stated above it will eliminate everything preinstalled on it from HP.
2007-03-18 00:55:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My 1st question to you is does your computer have a floppy? If so start from basic. Try installing Win 98SE 1.) start with boot floppy and disk. once it is complete, make sure that the 98SE will work if it does, then try installing your Media Center again if you can get on the hard drive it should operate just fine it will be like having a brand new computer. I had this same problem a while back working on a friends computer and this is what I had to do to it.
Hope this WORKS
2007-03-25 21:28:20 · answer #3 · answered by baggypants505 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Have you tried running your antivirus in Safe Mode?
Sometime ago I brought home a disk from work where others used my computer after I left.
When I turned on my PC, I was told I had no Windows. Took it in to a pro who somehow showed me a list of all Windows files, but each one was crossed out and marked with the name of the virus.
Had to format and go for a clean install. Since that time I scan my flashdrive before bringing it home and again at home.
2007-03-18 00:58:54 · answer #4 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
2 things.
1. Make sure you are using a install cd to partition/format your drive. Floppies can infect your brand new partition with a boot sector virus while formatting.
2. Make sure your "Boot sector virus protection" is diabled in your bios. This will cause the condition you describe as it will block attempts to write to sector 0.
2007-03-24 16:59:19 · answer #5 · answered by Chuck W 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would suggest getting a program that completely wipes the drive clean as in writes your whole hard drive, just refromatting will not get rid of some BAD viruses! I am not sure of the exact name at the moment but if your IT friends are so smart they will know what it is!
2007-03-24 16:31:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Put your computer into lock down if you can, i am not aware of the full extent of the damage so write all yuor files to a disk/s or remover the harddrive or memoryu form the computer and biuy a new cheep one to hold oyu over.
Good Luck
2007-03-18 00:48:17 · answer #7 · answered by Caponetta 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you could first of all try clicking a second time on a link or watev a few seconds after trying to load it once. Then, i dont really know honestly. But i think that u should take ur comp to a shop. you might think you could do it yourself, but plz dont take any chances. ur computer will probably get ruined if u do.
2007-03-18 00:43:20 · answer #8 · answered by tech.freek 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
try using the regular xp disc not the x64 edition
2007-03-18 00:51:03 · answer #9 · answered by kingajs 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what you have my friend is alot of virus's in worm;s in trojan;s on your computer you have to take it to a computer place in get you computer back to working right it dont have any thing to do with hp your computer will not work intill you get it fixed
2007-03-18 00:52:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋