IDE disk stuck?

[JB]

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My home built has been acting strangely ever since a crash about a month
ago. Now, when it boots, it scans the IDE disks forever, then gets to the
Windows start-up screen and sits there for 20 minutes. I have an Asus AV8
Deluxe 939 motherboard. There seems to be a heat problem, but the system has
run the way it is set up for well over a year without any problems. Any idea
son what's happening?

- JB

 

[Guest]

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It sounds like you've got a corrupted Windows installation. You may have to
reformat and do a fresh install.

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DaveW
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"JB" <jbrandonbbremove@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:7m%Xe.605$L45.237@fe07.lga...
> My home built has been acting strangely ever since a crash about a month
> ago. Now, when it boots, it scans the IDE disks forever, then gets to the
> Windows start-up screen and sits there for 20 minutes. I have an Asus AV8
> Deluxe 939 motherboard. There seems to be a heat problem, but the system
> has run the way it is set up for well over a year without any problems.
> Any idea son what's happening?
>
> - JB
>

 

[Guest]

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JB wrote:

> My home built has been acting strangely ever since a crash about a month
> ago. Now, when it boots, it scans the IDE disks forever, then gets to the
> Windows start-up screen and sits there for 20 minutes. I have an Asus AV8
> Deluxe 939 motherboard. There seems to be a heat problem, but the system has
> run the way it is set up for well over a year without any problems. Any idea
> son what's happening?
>
> - JB
>
>

Run chkdsk on all drives.

 

[Guest]

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Reformat? Geez, try a repair install first
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm


"DaveW" <nowhere@dot.org> wrote in message
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> It sounds like you've got a corrupted Windows installation. You may have
> to reformat and do a fresh install.
>
> --
> DaveW
> __________
>
> "JB" <jbrandonbbremove@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:7m%Xe.605$L45.237@fe07.lga...
>> My home built has been acting strangely ever since a crash about a month
>> ago. Now, when it boots, it scans the IDE disks forever, then gets to the
>> Windows start-up screen and sits there for 20 minutes. I have an Asus AV8
>> Deluxe 939 motherboard. There seems to be a heat problem, but the system
>> has run the way it is set up for well over a year without any problems.
>> Any idea son what's happening?
>>
>> - JB
>>
>
>

 

[JB]

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I removed the SATA RAID and now it boots normally. So my new question is:
can a RAID controller go bad? Is there any way I can tell?


"David Maynard" <nospam@private.net> wrote in message
news:11j1hf2a10ppuac@corp.supernews.com...
> JB wrote:
>
>> My home built has been acting strangely ever since a crash about a month
>> ago. Now, when it boots, it scans the IDE disks forever, then gets to the
>> Windows start-up screen and sits there for 20 minutes. I have an Asus AV8
>> Deluxe 939 motherboard. There seems to be a heat problem, but the system
>> has run the way it is set up for well over a year without any problems.
>> Any idea son what's happening?
>>
>> - JB
>
> Run chkdsk on all drives.
>

 

[Guest]

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JB wrote:

> I removed the SATA RAID and now it boots normally. So my new question is:
> can a RAID controller go bad? Is there any way I can tell?

A controller going bad isn't nearly as common as the hard drive going bad.

Or, you may not have the RAID array setup properly.

>
>
> "David Maynard" <nospam@private.net> wrote in message
> news:11j1hf2a10ppuac@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>JB wrote:
>>
>>
>>>My home built has been acting strangely ever since a crash about a month
>>>ago. Now, when it boots, it scans the IDE disks forever, then gets to the
>>>Windows start-up screen and sits there for 20 minutes. I have an Asus AV8
>>>Deluxe 939 motherboard. There seems to be a heat problem, but the system
>>>has run the way it is set up for well over a year without any problems.
>>>Any idea son what's happening?
>>>
>>>- JB
>>
>>Run chkdsk on all drives.
>>
>
>
>