Problem Booting Windows XP

askjak2003 · 07-10-2005, 04:29 AM

Ok...specs are...
Amd 64 3200+ Processor
80 gig WD sata150 hard drive
Windows XP Professional
CHAINTECH VNF4/Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard

Ok, heres the problem....about 2 hours ago, I was working on my computer just doing the usual serving of the web, and all of a sudden something big blew up outside. It sounded like one of those transformers on the electrical poles blew out. Then all of a sudden the whole house lost power, and my computer shut down. After about 1 minute, the power came back up. I powered on my computer, and now it refuses to boot properly. It loads the Boot Screen, like it wants to boot, but just could never get around to it and all of a sudden, the comp restarts itself. I have tried booting in Safe Mode as well.I dont have a boot disk laying around either, and I usually do

I have a newly bought laptop, however, it does not have a floppy drive. So hopes of making a boot disk are gone. I was curious as to how I would go about this problem. I'm sure that a Windows File is prolly just corrupt, and that is the cuase of the reboot. No hardware was fried in this litte outtage. I checked and double-checked all cabling and everything. So, that leads me to WIndows failure obviously. I know I should run chkdsk, but I am unable to, cuz I cant get to a dos prompt, or I dont have a boot disk around? Can I make a CD Boot? and if so, how? Thx in adavance...

AskJak

C_deck · 07-10-2005, 06:49 AM

boot to the xp cd. making it that far would be a good sign. try a repair install from there.

askjak2003 · 07-10-2005, 06:52 AM

I dont have them, my dad currently does...

thx for the suggestion tho

N.V.M. · 07-10-2005, 08:16 AM

i would expect hardware problems myself with a likely power surge that you experienced.

Flunk · 07-10-2005, 12:00 PM

re-install windows or use the system restore disk. If you still have issues return the system for repair/replacement but do not tell them about the power surge, you do not know what is wrong

DarkGojira · 07-10-2005, 05:45 PM

I pulled the plug on my Compaq system a few years ago and the same thing happened. Reinstalling Windows seemed to do the trick. Something about suddenly losing power doesn't seem to be good for computers.

PC Bliss · 07-10-2005, 07:13 PM

How do you KNOW that there was no hardware damaged. I dont think a power surge can damage a windows installation and not damage any hardware

EvilMonkey · 07-13-2005, 06:51 PM

power supply

07-10-2005, 04:29 AM	#1
askjak2003 AskJak Join Date: May 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 170	Problem Booting Windows XP Ok...specs are... Amd 64 3200+ Processor 80 gig WD sata150 hard drive Windows XP Professional CHAINTECH VNF4/Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard Ok, heres the problem....about 2 hours ago, I was working on my computer just doing the usual serving of the web, and all of a sudden something big blew up outside. It sounded like one of those transformers on the electrical poles blew out. Then all of a sudden the whole house lost power, and my computer shut down. After about 1 minute, the power came back up. I powered on my computer, and now it refuses to boot properly. It loads the Boot Screen, like it wants to boot, but just could never get around to it and all of a sudden, the comp restarts itself. I have tried booting in Safe Mode as well.I dont have a boot disk laying around either, and I usually do I have a newly bought laptop, however, it does not have a floppy drive. So hopes of making a boot disk are gone. I was curious as to how I would go about this problem. I'm sure that a Windows File is prolly just corrupt, and that is the cuase of the reboot. No hardware was fried in this litte outtage. I checked and double-checked all cabling and everything. So, that leads me to WIndows failure obviously. I know I should run chkdsk, but I am unable to, cuz I cant get to a dos prompt, or I dont have a boot disk around? Can I make a CD Boot? and if so, how? Thx in adavance... AskJak

07-10-2005, 06:49 AM	#2
C_deck Look, my mum's a milf Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 10,615	Re: Problem Booting Windows XP boot to the xp cd. making it that far would be a good sign. try a repair install from there.

07-10-2005, 06:52 AM	#3
askjak2003 AskJak Join Date: May 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 170	Re: Problem Booting Windows XP I dont have them, my dad currently does... thx for the suggestion tho

07-10-2005, 08:16 AM	#4
N.V.M. now...a cartoon Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Vancouver,B.C.. Posts: 5,843	Re: Problem Booting Windows XP i would expect hardware problems myself with a likely power surge that you experienced.

07-10-2005, 12:00 PM	#5
Flunk Henshin a go go baby! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 4,775	Re: Problem Booting Windows XP re-install windows or use the system restore disk. If you still have issues return the system for repair/replacement but do not tell them about the power surge, you do not know what is wrong __________________ Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Value must be 1 or below' in \www\hardcoreware.net\forum\index.php:623 Stack trace: #0 \www\hardcoreware.net\forum\index.php(12): checkNum(28) #1 {main} thrown in \www\hardcoreware.net\forum\index.php on line 623

07-10-2005, 05:45 PM	#6
DarkGojira Hard2theCORE Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 624	Re: Problem Booting Windows XP I pulled the plug on my Compaq system a few years ago and the same thing happened. Reinstalling Windows seemed to do the trick. Something about suddenly losing power doesn't seem to be good for computers. __________________

07-10-2005, 07:13 PM	#7
PC Bliss Truly HARDCORE Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 7,409	Re: Problem Booting Windows XP How do you KNOW that there was no hardware damaged. I dont think a power surge can damage a windows installation and not damage any hardware __________________ My PC sucks now, thank god

07-13-2005, 06:51 PM	#8
EvilMonkey Hardcore Wannabe Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 158	Re: Problem Booting Windows XP power supply __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 64Bit X2 3800+ Mobo: ASUS A8N SLI Premium Memory: 1GB DDR PC3200 Dual Channel Video: eVGA Geforce 6600GT 128mb PCIe Sound: nVidia 5.1 Onboard Sound HDD: 3x 250gig Maxtor SATA OS: Windows XP Professional SP2 PS: 500watt Ultra X-Connect Modular