Windows XP hangs on boot

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I have a laptop that was working fine for a while. All of a sudden it hangs
on the Windows XP screen. I tried booting in safe mode and it still hangs at
the same place. So I format the drive and did a clean install and it's
working fine for about a month now the same thing happens again. Is there
something I can do to fix this instead of having to reformat the drive and
reinstall everything? I'm running Windows XP Professional SP2 with all the
latest updates.

Thanks

 

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Hard drive failure is probable.

Boot to the XP setup CD, and press 'r' for recovery console, run the command : CHKDSK /R

If no help, you are probably faced with some hardware replacement.

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"Wakko" <Wakko@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B69C379F-9DD6-476B-9B5B-6C49F9B9C5C2@microsoft.com...
>I have a laptop that was working fine for a while. All of a sudden it hangs
> on the Windows XP screen. I tried booting in safe mode and it still hangs at
> the same place. So I format the drive and did a clean install and it's
> working fine for about a month now the same thing happens again. Is there
> something I can do to fix this instead of having to reformat the drive and
> reinstall everything? I'm running Windows XP Professional SP2 with all the
> latest updates.
>
> Thanks

 

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I tried that too. But once it finish checking, when I reboot, I still get the
same problem. Is there a way to check if it really is the hard drive failing?

Thanks

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> Hard drive failure is probable.
>
> Boot to the XP setup CD, and press 'r' for recovery console, run the command : CHKDSK /R
>
> If no help, you are probably faced with some hardware replacement.
>
> --
>
> Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
> FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
> marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
> ..
> "Wakko" <Wakko@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B69C379F-9DD6-476B-9B5B-6C49F9B9C5C2@microsoft.com...
> >I have a laptop that was working fine for a while. All of a sudden it hangs
> > on the Windows XP screen. I tried booting in safe mode and it still hangs at
> > the same place. So I format the drive and did a clean install and it's
> > working fine for about a month now the same thing happens again. Is there
> > something I can do to fix this instead of having to reformat the drive and
> > reinstall everything? I'm running Windows XP Professional SP2 with all the
> > latest updates.
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
>