Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/ 2008-11-22T05:05:45-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2008-11-17T04:13:12-05:00 brhe brhom http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=40#548216 hi 2 all <br /> <br /> I have a similar problem <br /> in the blackscreen ( select ' r ' at firest screen to start repair ) <br /> <br /> the problem is: i cant use the keyboard !!! <br /> <br /> i try with the usb keyboard or the usual one nothing happen !!<br /> <br /> i try f8 key or delete key in first screen nothing happen !!!<br /> <br /> the keyboard dosnot work <br /> <br /> any help plz .<br /> <br /> ** I appreciate if u till me what the reason of this problem .<br /> <br /> thx text/html 2007-12-01T07:33:06-05:00 DALE BARRETT http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=40#520944 I see its been 3 weeks since a post to this thread but this may be able to help if someone else comes to this and needs help. You need to boot to the command prompt. Normally at this point you will need to do this from a windows XP CD since normally your system will not boot to anything on the hard drive if your getting the message that something in your system32 folder is missing or corrupt<br /> . <br /> Once you have gotten to the command prompt you need to run <b>chkdsk /p</b> or you can run <b>chkdsk /r</b>. If you use chkdsk with the <b>/r</b> chkdsk will also look for bad sectors and try to recover data from any bad sectors it finds. It will also automatically run <b>chkdsk /p</b> along with the <b>/r</b> but <b>chkdsk /p</b> only runs <b>/p</b>.<br /> It will take a while if you use the /r method (like a couple of hours or so). After its done scanning then run <b>fixboot</b>. <br /> When your done with that type exit and hit enter. Your computer should reboot. When it starts to reboot you need to hit the <b>F8</b> key to get into the windows startup menu. Choose <b>last known good configuration </b>and hit enter. Your computer should start up correctly now. <br /> <br /> If that doesnt work you'll need to fix your win32 files by using the command prompt and your system restore points. <br /> Heres a page that tells how to do it all including getting to the command prompt if you dont know how.<br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://icompute.info/System_restore_from_xp_cd.htm" target="_blank">http://icompute.info/System_restore_from_xp_cd.htm</a> <br /> <br /> Hope this helps. The instructions there helped me on several occasions. text/html 2007-10-08T14:13:21-05:00 John Ferguson http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=40#513363 I just had this problem. I booted from the cd and selected r for repair. I ran the command chkdsk and was told the volume appeared fine, to run chkdsk anyway to use /p.<br /> <br /> So I ran (chkdsk /p) and it worked!! Make sure you space between the k and the /<br /> <br /> John text/html 2007-07-15T23:12:39-05:00 Luke Wadman http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=40#501622 I have a similar problem, I think my computer suffered a corrupt registry and power surge (damaging some sort of hardware) in the same power outage. Basically, if I try to boot up, WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/CONFIG/SYSTEM s missing or damaged, when I try to boot to recovery console or safe mode or anything, I get BAD_POOL_CALLER. My computer is unbearably slow when scrolling down webpages or moving windows. I'm writing this from a partition on my C drive (after the power outage, windows setup for some reason changed my backup drive from E to C and my boot drive from C to D <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile6.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":~" title=":~"> ). All my files are okay, I got some 2pac bumpin now, but theres something else wrong I can't figure out. If I try to access event logs from my C (now D) drive, they are corrupted. A lot of the files (programs or whatever) on my D drive are corrupt, or not able to run (missing whatever.DLL). This Windows would be fine if it wasn't totally loopy. Windows Update will not install anything, then there is the beforementioned scrolling/moving windows problem. My memory is always free, so I think it may be my processor, unfortunately theres no way to tell. If anyone could calm me down, talk me through trying to diagnose what the heck is wrong, that'd be great. <br /> Cheers,<br /> -Luke text/html 2007-06-29T23:17:56-05:00 chibuzor onwurah http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=40#499423 Well, i tried booting with the last known good configuration (accessed by tapping F8 during bootup) but no success.<br /> Also tried the chkdsk /r from Recovery Console, same result<br /> <br /> Then i was about to try the option given of using system restore files to replace current, corrupt ones. That was when i realised i could do it via my Ubuntu installation, as i dual-boot and could access (read and write) to my windows NTFS partition. For me this was a neater option than mucking around with the command line and recovery console. <br /> <br /> Note that you can also boot from an ubuntu live CD and perform the same operations as i did, provided your windows partition is not NTFS. If it is, and ubuntu is not installed, you can not proceed. However if it s FAT32, then you are in luck.<br /> <br /> So here is what i did:<br /> <br /> 1. Got my ubuntu feisty 7.04 to have write access to ntfs partitions by following this post: <a class="ext" href="/action/r/https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions/ThirdPartyNTFS3G" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions/Th...artyNTFS3G</a><br /> <br /> 2. Opened up C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32 and renamed the SYSTEM file to SYSTEM.bak<br /> <br /> 3. Then i accessed my windows partition and went straight to C:\System Volume Information\_restore{D86480E3-73EF-47BC-A0EB-A81BE6EE3ED8}\RP141\Snapshot<br /> (Note: RP141 is the second to highest numbered folder, meaning the second most recent system recovery backup folder).<br /> <br /> <br /> 4. Copied the _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM file to C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32 and renamed it to SYSTEM<br /> <br /> 5. Rebooted, and my XP was back to life<br /> <br /> Its always good to have a backup OS, and my Ubuntu has proven it once again!!! text/html 2007-06-29T23:07:45-05:00 chibuzor onwurah http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=40#499421 Well, i tried booting with the last known good configuration (accessed by tapping F8 during bootup) but no success.<br /> Also tried the chkdsk /r from Recovery Console, same result<br /> <br /> Then i was about to try the option given of using system restore files to replace current, corrupt ones. That was when i realised i could do it via my Ubuntu installation, as i dual-boot and could access (read and write) to my windows NTFS partition. For me this was a neater option than mucking around with the command line and recovery console. <br /> <br /> Note that you can also boot from an ubuntu live CD and perform the same operations as i did, provided your windows partition is not NTFS. If it is, and ubuntu is not installed, you can not proceed. However if it s FAT32, then you are in luck.<br /> <br /> So here is what i did:<br /> <br /> 1. Got my ubuntu feisty 7.04 to have write access to ntfs partitions by following this post: <a class="ext" href="/action/r/https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions/ThirdPartyNTFS3G" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions/Th...artyNTFS3G</a> text/html 2006-11-11T17:41:35-05:00 Sarah McFarlane http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=40#458993 I have just had this come up! I don't have the original Set-Up Disk (lost it/can't find it etc). What can I do?! Please help!! text/html 2006-10-30T00:05:07-05:00 webecho webecho http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=20#456048 Hi Sean<br /> If you can't even get into the recovery console, you're a bit limited in your options, I would have suggested FIXBOOT and FIXMBR, but you need recovery console ...<br /> Re-installing XP doesn't mean you have to reformat you hard disk, It will however mean that you have to set all your preferences again and anything in My Documents / Pictures / Videos etc will be lost.<br /> <br /> If you do end up re-installing, one trick I've used for years on my computer and those I've set up / repaired for others, is to immediately rename My Documents &gt; My Safe Documents, naturally do the same with my videos, my pictures etc.<br /> The if you do have to re-install Xp it won't copy over any files in those folders.<br /> It is also worth setting a regular nightly backup of the Documents and Settings folder to Safe Documents and Settings, it can even be on the same hard disk if you do not have a spare.<br /> <br /> While hard disk failure will mean you lose your data, if it's a windows problem, you can safely reinstall Xp without automatically losing ALL your settings.<br /> <br /> The same goes with Program files etc.<br /> <br /> I'm sorry this doesn't help yopu directly but if you follow these basic rules it can save a lot of time effort and annoyance in future.<br /> <br /> HTH<br /> <br /> <br /> webecho text/html 2006-10-27T21:22:36-05:00 sean nilsson http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=20#455688 hi guys same problems as you all, except nothing has worked for me so far<br /> the comp in qs is only a few weeks old and i would think for the money i paid shouldnt be doing this <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile2.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":(" title=":("><br /> but anyways these things happen<br /> it first started i got home and turned my comp on and it would just keep restarting at the windows load up screen, then it kept going to the &quot; choose configuration &quot; screen where i would chose every 1 and yet same thing, restart...<br /> i left it over nite, and came to it this morning and well now its coming up with that missing windws file! <br /> i cannot access the recovery console cause everytime it just restarts when i type R, <br /> is there any other way to do this? im assuming not, and i dont want to try a full formatt as i have data i need kept...<br /> <br /> just wondering what else could be done, otherwise will have to try and take it back to get it looked at, <br /> <br /> thanks<br /> sean text/html 2006-10-21T19:02:11-05:00 joe smith http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=20#454381 Hi, I have the same problem as someone else posted earlier. When I get to the recovery console and it asks which drive I want to log on to (I answer 1, as it is my only drive), I then hit enter and nothing happens. I have left it for multiple hours and it does nothing, what do i do? text/html 2006-10-17T04:24:58-05:00 im 123 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=20#453258 Well...ok...there's two other SATA RAID plugs I found on my motherboard, but I don't know much about SATA Raid to really use it and I look up my motherboard manual about it, but I really can't figure out much on it. It's really p**sing me off because I have such a major disadvantage with only one SATA slot available for one hard drive at a time. Isn't there a way I can just bypass the stupid blue screen that said &quot;Bad_POOL&quot; and all that? I know there gotta be some way. text/html 2006-10-17T03:56:28-05:00 im 123 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=20#453253 Thanks for the suggestion webecho. I am using a new hard drive with a new Window Xp installation, but I don't know exactly how I'm going to get my old hard drive to work. The other SATA slot on my motherboard broke so I only have one SASTA slot and the new hard drive is plugged in to that one. I immediately bought an enclosure so I can restore my movies and homework. I'm running the old hard drive via USB with an enclosure. Not sure if It'll work, but I'm gonna give it a try. text/html 2006-10-17T00:02:08-05:00 webecho webecho http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=20#453173 Im 123<br /> I would say in this situation, the simplest option is to attach this hard drive to another computer (if you have one available). It can be installed internally, put in an external drive box or with a USB to SATA/IDE cable (check <a href="/action/r/http://www.ebay.com/">eBay</a> for cheap options on the last two).<br /> <br /> Once you've hooked the drive up to another computer, boot from the XP CD and go into the recovery console, choosing the working hard disk as the windows installation.<br /> <br /> Follow the intructions on repairing, windows\system32\config\system etc<br /> It would also be worth running FIXMBR and FIXBOOT while you are there (on the 'broken' disk). e.g. FIXBOOT E:<br /> <br /> To find out what the drive letter is on your 'broken' drive, type:<br /> MAP at the command prompt, this will show a list of drives connected to the computer.<br /> <br /> If you're concerned about retrieving your Firefox bookmarks etc, before you disconnect the 'broken' drive, boot to windows and just copy the Firefox folders to a folder on the working computer for retrieval alter.<br /> <br /> When your usual computer is back up and running with the working disk, try downloading Google Browser Sync for Firefox, that way all your bookmarks are stored away from yur computer, to get them back just log in and sychronise them.<br /> <br /> <br /> Hope that helps you out Im 123, let us know how you got on please.<br /> <br /> <br /> webecho text/html 2006-10-16T15:14:58-05:00 im 123 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=20#453061 Hi, I'm facing the same problem, but trying to get through recovery system is the hard part because the blue screen of death keeps popping up. I read on this forum that if you remove any usb devices and disable it from the bios, the blue screen wont pop up anymore, but I still get the same blue screen error. I'm trying to get to the Recovery System, but everytime it ask me to choose the installation. I pick &quot;1 C:Windows&quot; and afterwards, the blue screen would pop up so I couldn't get to the next step of recovering the files.<br /> <br /> I am trying to recover most of my files, but I can't seem to find my bookmarks for FireFox and that's the most important thing. I don't want to reformat yet...unless it is the LAST thing that can solve everything.<br /> <br /> Please help.<br /> <br /> text/html 2006-10-02T23:15:57-05:00 webecho webecho http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/16946/?o=20#449417 Richard<br /> Are you booting the laptop and getting the windows\sytem32... message?<br /> If you are then at least the laptop is working.<br /> <br /> Which computer is giving windows\system32... error? Laptop or main?<br /> <br /> <br /> Let me know and we'll try and sort it