HELP! Can't boot up! Disk check getting stuck
Posted by admin on Apr 14th, 2007
Help me please! I just bought a Vista machine (new Presario laptop) about three weeks ago. Vista's been fine, except for a few issues (mostly related to iTunes). But last night, my computer did one of those Windows Explorer errors. I restarted, and now I can't get it to boot up again!Windows wants to do the automatic disk check ... black screen w/ white text; "One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency....."It gets stuck says "CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)... 9 percent complete (88301 of 98112 file records processed)And there it stops. I can't do anything but power down by holding down the power key for 5 seconds or so.(BTW, when it tells me that I can cancel the CHKDSK by pressing any key within the countdown, that doesn't work. It doesn't respond.)HELP! What can I do?
Apr 16th, 2007 at 05:01 am
OK nevermind. Crisis over for now. I did the F8 thing and was able to startup in safe mode."Ed" wrote:
Apr 18th, 2007 at 02:43 am
I would contact your PC manufacturer and arrange to return the computer for repair or replacement. A threeweek old system should not have a sick hard drive already. Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... dtsl.org/goodpost.htm "Ed"