Maz

Hi Everyone Happy New Year, Can anyone help,I defraged my PC then turned it off i thought, and went to bed but when i came down the next morning it was still on and the screen was black with the messages ieC may not have been closed down properly, try the last good configuration recent settings that worked,or Safe mode,or Safe mode with networking etc. The problem is that none of these work. I given up after been stuck. can anyone advise please.

 

We need more details. When you reboot, start pressing F8 to get the Advanced Boot options menu. Then select "Disable automatic restart on system failure" and start up. It should stop on a blue error screen. Post the error number (it'll look like STOP:0x0000007F) along with any file names that may be listed. What is probably happening now is the PC is crashing to this blue screen, but XP is programed to restart when it hits an error during start up so this error screen flashes too fast to see. By disabling auto restart, we can see the error, and try to fix it.

 

Hi, Done that,message as follows,
Stop:0X000000ED (0X833512F8,0X000009C,X00000000,0X00000000),double dutch to me does it mean anything to you,cheers,Maz

 

you could try this

Method 2: Damaged File System
If the second parameter (0xbbbbbbbb) of the Stop error is 0xC0000032, the file system is damaged.

If this is the case, restart the computer to the Recovery Console, and then use the chkdsk /r command to repair the volume. After you repair the volume, check your hardware to isolate the cause of the file system damage.

To do this, follow these steps: 1. Start your computer by using the Windows startup disks, or with the Windows installation disk if your computer can start from the CD drive.
2. When the Welcome to Setup screen appears, press R to select the repair option.
3. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the Windows installation that you want to access from the Recovery Console.
4. Type the administrator password when you are prompted to do this.

Note If no administrator password exists, press ENTER.
5. At the command prompt, on the drive where Windows is installed, type chkdsk /r, and then press ENTER.
6. At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER to restart your computer.
If this procedure does not work, repeat it and use the fixboot command in step 5 instead of the chkdsk /r command

 

sorry just trying to help, i guess i just read it from your post and got crossed up.