Checkdisk kiss of death

[Guest jpmiguel2@gmail.com]

When I rebooted my PC today Checkdisk started scanning my drive and in

the process got frozen before ending. After another restart it appears

a message saying that Windows didn't start successfully, and it gives

me five options: three safe modes, last known good configuration, and

start windows xp normally.

 

In safe mode it begins listing files under

MULTI(0)DISK(0)RDISK(0)PARTITION(1)\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\... and it always

stops at GIVEIO.SYS. Bellow that shows the following message: "press

ESC to hold loading A347BUS.SYS". Pressing ESC or any other key starts

the system all over again.

Starting normally or last known good configuration it gets to the

Windows XP logo and then reboots by itself. I also tried booting with

the XP CD and pressing the repair option, but the setup says it didn't

find any hard disk drives installed on the computer. Next changed the

SATA cable but with no better results. Some hints on what to do next?

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Guest News Reader]

Re: Checkdisk kiss of death

 

Sometimes CHKDSK can take inordinate amounts of time if the disk has errors

or has a lot of files. My advice, run it with the /F option after work and

let it run until its done. It will reboot when it fixes all the problems if

any. Then defrag the disk.

 

<jpmiguel2@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> When I rebooted my PC today Checkdisk started scanning my drive and in

> the process got frozen before ending. After another restart it appears

> a message saying that Windows didn't start successfully, and it gives

> me five options: three safe modes, last known good configuration, and

> start windows xp normally.

>

> In safe mode it begins listing files under

> MULTI(0)DISK(0)RDISK(0)PARTITION(1)\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\... and it always

> stops at GIVEIO.SYS. Bellow that shows the following message: "press

> ESC to hold loading A347BUS.SYS". Pressing ESC or any other key starts

> the system all over again.

> Starting normally or last known good configuration it gets to the

> Windows XP logo and then reboots by itself. I also tried booting with

> the XP CD and pressing the repair option, but the setup says it didn't

> find any hard disk drives installed on the computer. Next changed the

> SATA cable but with no better results. Some hints on what to do next?

> Any help would be much appreciated.

[Guest neil]

Re: Checkdisk kiss of death

 

When you start with the XP CD you will need to press F6 (I think it is) to

load drivers for your SATA drive. XP doesn't have drivers for SATA. Then you

should be able to access the repair console and use chkdsk. Hopefully that

will correct the errors on the drive. Unless the drive is failing which

means you should try to access the drive and retrieve your important data. I

assume you have the retail version of XP or you may not get the option to

use the repair console.

 

Do access the hard drive you could try a Linux live boot disk or Bartpe.

 

Hope that helps

Neil

<jpmiguel2@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:4554dba7-ae86-4d55-9965-23de8b0020a1@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

> When I rebooted my PC today Checkdisk started scanning my drive and in

> the process got frozen before ending. After another restart it appears

> a message saying that Windows didn't start successfully, and it gives

> me five options: three safe modes, last known good configuration, and

> start windows xp normally.

>

> In safe mode it begins listing files under

> MULTI(0)DISK(0)RDISK(0)PARTITION(1)\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\... and it always

> stops at GIVEIO.SYS. Bellow that shows the following message: "press

> ESC to hold loading A347BUS.SYS". Pressing ESC or any other key starts

> the system all over again.

> Starting normally or last known good configuration it gets to the

> Windows XP logo and then reboots by itself. I also tried booting with

> the XP CD and pressing the repair option, but the setup says it didn't

> find any hard disk drives installed on the computer. Next changed the

> SATA cable but with no better results. Some hints on what to do next?

> Any help would be much appreciated.

[Guest John]

Re: Checkdisk kiss of death

 

neil wrote:

> When you start with the XP CD you will need to press F6 (I think it

> is) to load drivers for your SATA drive. XP doesn't have drivers for

> SATA.

 

I think you'll find that XP has drivers for SATA but not for RAID. I

certainly didn't need to hit F6 or install any other drivers to install XP

(pro) on my SATA hard drive.

 

John.

 

Then you should be able to access the repair console and use

> chkdsk. Hopefully that will correct the errors on the drive. Unless

> the drive is failing which means you should try to access the drive

> and retrieve your important data. I assume you have the retail

> version of XP or you may not get the option to use the repair console.

>

> Do access the hard drive you could try a Linux live boot disk or

> Bartpe.

> Hope that helps

> Neil

> <jpmiguel2@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:4554dba7-ae86-4d55-9965-23de8b0020a1@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

>> When I rebooted my PC today Checkdisk started scanning my drive and

>> in the process got frozen before ending. After another restart it

>> appears a message saying that Windows didn't start successfully, and

>> it gives me five options: three safe modes, last known good

>> configuration, and start windows xp normally.

>>

>> In safe mode it begins listing files under

>> MULTI(0)DISK(0)RDISK(0)PARTITION(1)\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\... and it

>> always stops at GIVEIO.SYS. Bellow that shows the following message:

>> "press ESC to hold loading A347BUS.SYS". Pressing ESC or any other

>> key starts the system all over again.

>> Starting normally or last known good configuration it gets to the

>> Windows XP logo and then reboots by itself. I also tried booting with

>> the XP CD and pressing the repair option, but the setup says it

>> didn't find any hard disk drives installed on the computer. Next

>> changed the SATA cable but with no better results. Some hints on

>> what to do next? Any help would be much appreciated.

[Guest Big Al]

Re: Checkdisk kiss of death

 

jpmiguel2@gmail.com wrote:

> When I rebooted my PC today Checkdisk started scanning my drive and in

> the process got frozen before ending. After another restart it appears

> a message saying that Windows didn't start successfully, and it gives

> me five options: three safe modes, last known good configuration, and

> start windows xp normally.

>

> In safe mode it begins listing files under

> MULTI(0)DISK(0)RDISK(0)PARTITION(1)\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\... and it always

> stops at GIVEIO.SYS. Bellow that shows the following message: "press

> ESC to hold loading A347BUS.SYS". Pressing ESC or any other key starts

> the system all over again.

> Starting normally or last known good configuration it gets to the

> Windows XP logo and then reboots by itself. I also tried booting with

> the XP CD and pressing the repair option, but the setup says it didn't

> find any hard disk drives installed on the computer. Next changed the

> SATA cable but with no better results. Some hints on what to do next?

> Any help would be much appreciated.

 

The bad part of chkdsk is that if it finds problems, it has to fix them.

I mean, why did you run it to begin with right? But the fix may be

to fix a directory issue and part of that may be to remove an entry that

can't be resolved in the directory. So Bingo you lose a file. I've

lost entire folders with chkdsk.

Not much help, I know, but knowledge is a good thing, make backups, and

if this continues, find out why you have to chkdsk. I've had my laptop

3 years and have NEVER done a chkdsk.

[Guest neil]

Re: Checkdisk kiss of death

 

Strange, I was under the impression XP didn't have SATA drivers as SATA came

out after XP was released. Did you use XP with SP2 perhaps SP introduced

SATA support.

 

Neil

"John" <replyingroup@notemail> wrote in message

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> neil wrote:

>> When you start with the XP CD you will need to press F6 (I think it

>> is) to load drivers for your SATA drive. XP doesn't have drivers for

>> SATA.

>

> I think you'll find that XP has drivers for SATA but not for RAID. I

> certainly didn't need to hit F6 or install any other drivers to install XP

> (pro) on my SATA hard drive.

>

> John.

>

> Then you should be able to access the repair console and use

>> chkdsk. Hopefully that will correct the errors on the drive. Unless

>> the drive is failing which means you should try to access the drive

>> and retrieve your important data. I assume you have the retail

>> version of XP or you may not get the option to use the repair console.

>>

>> Do access the hard drive you could try a Linux live boot disk or

>> Bartpe.

>> Hope that helps

>> Neil

>> <jpmiguel2@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:4554dba7-ae86-4d55-9965-23de8b0020a1@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

>>> When I rebooted my PC today Checkdisk started scanning my drive and

>>> in the process got frozen before ending. After another restart it

>>> appears a message saying that Windows didn't start successfully, and

>>> it gives me five options: three safe modes, last known good

>>> configuration, and start windows xp normally.

>>>

>>> In safe mode it begins listing files under

>>> MULTI(0)DISK(0)RDISK(0)PARTITION(1)\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\... and it

>>> always stops at GIVEIO.SYS. Bellow that shows the following message:

>>> "press ESC to hold loading A347BUS.SYS". Pressing ESC or any other

>>> key starts the system all over again.

>>> Starting normally or last known good configuration it gets to the

>>> Windows XP logo and then reboots by itself. I also tried booting with

>>> the XP CD and pressing the repair option, but the setup says it

>>> didn't find any hard disk drives installed on the computer. Next

>>> changed the SATA cable but with no better results. Some hints on

>>> what to do next? Any help would be much appreciated.

>

>

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Checkdisk kiss of death

 

Using motherboards with SATA capability the BIOS handles the

operation of the SATA devices. Unless the controller mode is set

to AHCI then drivers won't be necessary. XP doesn't have native

support for Advanced Host Controller Interface technology where

Native Command Queuing and Hot docking is available.

 

"neil" <neilp67_@_hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Strange, I was under the impression XP didn't have SATA drivers as SATA

> came out after XP was released. Did you use XP with SP2 perhaps SP

> introduced SATA support.

>

> Neil

> "John" <replyingroup@notemail> wrote in message

> news:Xpydncms7fYc97XVnZ2dnUVZ8qLinZ2d@bt.com...

>> neil wrote:

>>> When you start with the XP CD you will need to press F6 (I think it

>>> is) to load drivers for your SATA drive. XP doesn't have drivers for

>>> SATA.

>>

>> I think you'll find that XP has drivers for SATA but not for RAID. I

>> certainly didn't need to hit F6 or install any other drivers to install

>> XP (pro) on my SATA hard drive.

>>

>> John.

>>

>> Then you should be able to access the repair console and use

>>> chkdsk. Hopefully that will correct the errors on the drive. Unless

>>> the drive is failing which means you should try to access the drive

>>> and retrieve your important data. I assume you have the retail

>>> version of XP or you may not get the option to use the repair console.

>>>

>>> Do access the hard drive you could try a Linux live boot disk or

>>> Bartpe.

>>> Hope that helps

>>> Neil

>>> <jpmiguel2@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>> news:4554dba7-ae86-4d55-9965-23de8b0020a1@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

>>>> When I rebooted my PC today Checkdisk started scanning my drive and

>>>> in the process got frozen before ending. After another restart it

>>>> appears a message saying that Windows didn't start successfully, and

>>>> it gives me five options: three safe modes, last known good

>>>> configuration, and start windows xp normally.

>>>>

>>>> In safe mode it begins listing files under

>>>> MULTI(0)DISK(0)RDISK(0)PARTITION(1)\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\... and it

>>>> always stops at GIVEIO.SYS. Bellow that shows the following message:

>>>> "press ESC to hold loading A347BUS.SYS". Pressing ESC or any other

>>>> key starts the system all over again.

>>>> Starting normally or last known good configuration it gets to the

>>>> Windows XP logo and then reboots by itself. I also tried booting with

>>>> the XP CD and pressing the repair option, but the setup says it

>>>> didn't find any hard disk drives installed on the computer. Next

>>>> changed the SATA cable but with no better results. Some hints on

>>>> what to do next? Any help would be much appreciated.

>>

>>

>

>

[Guest jpmiguel2@gmail.com]

Re: Checkdisk kiss of death

 

I hadn't thought of that, because on bootup it shows the version of

the SATA Raid etc. Thanks. Now this was a long chkdsk with the R

switch...

More than 3 hours but it seemed to work.

 

I backed up My documents folder immediatelly, only to notice that my

most important Word file is blank!

When opening it asks me to convert from a lot of options but it

always gets the same result. And that's a blank page. In properties it

shows that it was created in 2005 but it has 0 bytes. I do have a

backup but that's from 3 months ago. if anyone has any ideas to share

on how to recover this file would be pretty welcome.

 

The open and repair option in word doesn't work. Such bad luck, it had

to be right this file. ARGH.

 

> When you start with the XP CD you will need to press F6 (I think it is) to

> load drivers for your SATA drive. XP doesn't have drivers for SATA. Then you

> should be able to access the repair console and use chkdsk. Hopefully that

> will correct the errors on the drive. Unless the drive is failing which

> means you should try to access the drive and retrieve your important data. I

> assume you have the retail version of XP or you may not get the option to

> use the repair console.

>

> Do access the hard drive you could try a Linux live boot disk or Bartpe.

>

> Hope that helps

> Neil

[Guest neil]

Re: Checkdisk kiss of death

 

Good I'm glad it gave you some positive results. But pity about the Word

doc.

Neil

<jpmiguel2@gmail.com> wrote in message

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>I hadn't thought of that, because on bootup it shows the version of

> the SATA Raid etc. Thanks. Now this was a long chkdsk with the R

> switch...

> More than 3 hours but it seemed to work.

>

> I backed up My documents folder immediatelly, only to notice that my

> most important Word file is blank!

> When opening it asks me to convert from a lot of options but it

> always gets the same result. And that's a blank page. In properties it

> shows that it was created in 2005 but it has 0 bytes. I do have a

> backup but that's from 3 months ago. if anyone has any ideas to share

> on how to recover this file would be pretty welcome.

>

> The open and repair option in word doesn't work. Such bad luck, it had

> to be right this file. ARGH.

>

>

>> When you start with the XP CD you will need to press F6 (I think it is)

>> to

>> load drivers for your SATA drive. XP doesn't have drivers for SATA. Then

>> you

>> should be able to access the repair console and use chkdsk. Hopefully

>> that

>> will correct the errors on the drive. Unless the drive is failing which

>> means you should try to access the drive and retrieve your important

>> data. I

>> assume you have the retail version of XP or you may not get the option to

>> use the repair console.

>>

>> Do access the hard drive you could try a Linux live boot disk or Bartpe.

>>

>> Hope that helps

>> Neil