foodfreak Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Hi All. yesterday my laptop came up with a blue screen stating the discs needs checking,....so it does it's stuff, gets to the log on. When I have logged on, as it is loading up, has a hissy fit & goes back to the checking disc screen. Last night I tried the recovery disc, which has put everything back to factory settings everything seemed to be o.k. Just switched on this afternoon,............& it' back to disc checking again...... Help!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireRZ-S Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Which do you have? Vista or XP?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodfreak Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 xp..was on service pack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireRZ-S Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 You can change a value in the registry if you happy to do this. Here are the steps: 1. Start the registry editor by clicking Start, then Run, typing in regedit and pressing OK. 2. Click on the boxed plus sign [+] in front of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. That will expand. 3. Expand (by clicking the boxed plus sign in front of) SYSTEM 4. Expand CurrentControlSet 5. Expand Control 6. Now click on Session Manager, which is listed underneath Control. 7. In the right-hand pane, double click on BootExecute. This contains the instruction that we want to remove. 8. The command "autocheck autochk /p \??\C:" is what we want to change. 9. Change replace the "/p \??\C:" with an asterisk (*). The resulting command, "autocheck autochk *" 10. Press OK to dismiss the edit dialog. 11. Close Registry Editor Now, on your next boot the disk checker should not run. If you are unsure of this don't change anything just let me know. Don't do it if your not fully sure as it may corrupt your disc or you may lose data but since you did a recovery i presume theres no data on the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I'd say it's broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireRZ-S Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Ah ok sorry i forgot to ask do this disc check complete to 100% and say everything is ok?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodfreak Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Thanks but can't get that far...........as it's loading up after logging on bloody thing just re-boots itself whilst loading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireRZ-S Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 If a recovery didn't fix it then definintely a problem with the hard drive i reckon. I'd get onto the manufacturer of the computer and get it fixed. Do you have any warranty left? Whats the make and model of the computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodfreak Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 it's a Acer aspire 7000......good enough for what we use it for. Bloody typical...just about 14 months old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireRZ-S Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Can you send me the bluescreen error or just take a picture of the screen and put it up here and i'll check it out i might be able to find out whats causing it exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilicos Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 When it's checking does it say checking FAT 32? I have an Acer also and the IT guy at work said FAT 32 was no longer applicable and replaced it. That plus the fan mechanism had become covered in thick dust which meant the fan was constantly running and this caused my pc to shut itself down all the time and perform the check that you are mentioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodfreak Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Says fie systen is fat 32, goes through check, finds different named files with with invalid unit allocation , then converts these lost chains to files.......says o.k & goes to logon screen.....The rest you know not a f*^&%£g clue:search: Hard disk buggered then? BUT how come when I did the recovery last night, everything worked o.k ........even after the gazillion reboots to get things loaded back on? No Dust in it anywhere.....Clean as a whistle inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Sounds like a knackered HDD mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodfreak Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Thanks for the replies, Guess it's off to look for a new HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Hi John, feel free to drop it round for me to check. One question, is it actually getting past the logon screen and then restarting? There is a nasty virus around at the mo that makes the machine do that. JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireRZ-S Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Were u on the net when it worked ok?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodfreak Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Yes JB.......gets past the logon, it's in the middle of loading up after that it reboots. Antivirus has allways been up to date & I have regularly run scans. Hi Claire,..... I was only online to windows update. But even when I disconnected ( I allways turn off the wireless link when not online) it was ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireRZ-S Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Ahh i know of an update from windows that causes that screen to keep appearing. I would say just try the recovery again and turn off the updates just to test that its ok. Make sure your anti virus is running before you go online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 You did not leave it too close to the stove did you, or spill any Latkes on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodfreak Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Thanks Claire I'll try that first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodfreak Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Hi Dean.......Latkes are a bit too big to go through the vents. Chicken soup would work a treat though........which is exactly what I feel like doing with the bloody thing right now:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodfreak Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Okay.....Claire might have something here. I have run the recovery again, turned OFF updates, just updated Norton & that is running & everything seems rosy:D PC boots up fine, I can log on, everything loads as it should .....no hissy fits....so come on Claire spill the beans, which bloody update is causing this grief[ANGRY][/ANGRY] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireRZ-S Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Good i'm glad its working ok for the moment anyway . I think it could of been XP3. You could try and turn on updates manually and see from the list if XP3 is in there. If it is don't install it . It could be another update but i'm pretty sure thats it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodfreak Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 That's odd, I've had the sp3 update for a few weeks now & everything has been fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilicos Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I will email the guy from IT to tell me about the FAT32 removal and let you know also. mine was doing a similar thing as mentioned earlier. You say that it was clean as a whistle inside. Did you remove keypad and look underneath? You cannot see from the back as the fan is in the other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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