BRYAN_B28
10-20-2005, 07:24 PM
Hey I hope this is the right thread, if not I apologize !
anyway , please take the time to read, its a doozie,,
Ok Ive got a barebone unit PC , or whatever you wanna call it. I bought it at one of those PC direct outl,ets where they pretty much build it from parts. Now its been a good PC/ but lately Ive had a alot of probs, an was wondering if some kind soul out there would maybe give me some repair advice , or point me to somewhere with some directions???
PC - Athlon amd processor 1.2 mhz , with a westell 120gb hd , an running windows xp , I cant recall the ram roght off but its like 528 or something , anyway
Description - Now please bare with me , this is a long confusing story!
See this PC is not like a HP/DELL/etc where if you gotta problem you cant fix that you can just
run the system restore an put it back to factory settings ,, atleast not that i know of.
Now when I got this thing I had to a cd to set the motherboard/drivers or whatever.
an i was running 2 hd's both were 120 gb westells , but I kept having probs so I ditched one of the HD;s
But what started all this was i power surge , that cut the PC off w/o shutting it down .
Atleast I think this is what started it , and people around my house werent shutting it down correctly. an there were times that i got freezes an had to do so myself. Now this wasnt like an everyday thing , but I think this is what caused the probs.
So I was getting a BLUE SCREEN w/ ''UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME''
an i tryed all kinds of stuff , an i finally took it to a local dude who supposedly fixes PC's
anyway I think he may have made it worse, cause all he did was somehow get windows to load, I think he basiclly cloned his HD onto mine,,
cause there were all kinds of files & programs that i know i dont use
well anyway , I got it back from an windows was loading , but evernow an then windows wouldnt load,
an the only way i could log on was to enter ''SAFE MODE'' Then delete a user account an start a new user account on windows,, then reboot an start all over w/ a new user
well after 3 or 4 times of doing this,, now this wont even work
MY PROBLEM NOW -
when the PC boots it goes to the
WINDOWS ENCOUNTERD A PROBLEM --ETC ETC AN SO ON
then you get to choose an option
LIKE SAFE MODE , SAFE W. COMMAND , SAFE W NETWRORK , LAST KNOWN CONFIG , ETC.
and none of those work
the windows xp screen [black screen w. logo]
will start and after like 5mins the pc will reboot an go back to the screen
with -
SAFE MODE , SAFE W. COMMAND , SAFE W NETWRORK , LAST KNOWN CONFIG , ETC.
an Ive tryed every single option to NO success.
So After a Long story - an this is the quick version!
What kinda options could i do to get windows to load ,,
or anything ?
Now Ive got a HP Pavillion , an older model like a 700mhz 20gb hd , that Im useing to try an track down a solution.
Thanks alot for taking the time to read,, Pateintly waiting for reply!!
anyway , please take the time to read, its a doozie,,
Ok Ive got a barebone unit PC , or whatever you wanna call it. I bought it at one of those PC direct outl,ets where they pretty much build it from parts. Now its been a good PC/ but lately Ive had a alot of probs, an was wondering if some kind soul out there would maybe give me some repair advice , or point me to somewhere with some directions???
PC - Athlon amd processor 1.2 mhz , with a westell 120gb hd , an running windows xp , I cant recall the ram roght off but its like 528 or something , anyway
Description - Now please bare with me , this is a long confusing story!
See this PC is not like a HP/DELL/etc where if you gotta problem you cant fix that you can just
run the system restore an put it back to factory settings ,, atleast not that i know of.
Now when I got this thing I had to a cd to set the motherboard/drivers or whatever.
an i was running 2 hd's both were 120 gb westells , but I kept having probs so I ditched one of the HD;s
But what started all this was i power surge , that cut the PC off w/o shutting it down .
Atleast I think this is what started it , and people around my house werent shutting it down correctly. an there were times that i got freezes an had to do so myself. Now this wasnt like an everyday thing , but I think this is what caused the probs.
So I was getting a BLUE SCREEN w/ ''UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME''
an i tryed all kinds of stuff , an i finally took it to a local dude who supposedly fixes PC's
anyway I think he may have made it worse, cause all he did was somehow get windows to load, I think he basiclly cloned his HD onto mine,,
cause there were all kinds of files & programs that i know i dont use
well anyway , I got it back from an windows was loading , but evernow an then windows wouldnt load,
an the only way i could log on was to enter ''SAFE MODE'' Then delete a user account an start a new user account on windows,, then reboot an start all over w/ a new user
well after 3 or 4 times of doing this,, now this wont even work
MY PROBLEM NOW -
when the PC boots it goes to the
WINDOWS ENCOUNTERD A PROBLEM --ETC ETC AN SO ON
then you get to choose an option
LIKE SAFE MODE , SAFE W. COMMAND , SAFE W NETWRORK , LAST KNOWN CONFIG , ETC.
and none of those work
the windows xp screen [black screen w. logo]
will start and after like 5mins the pc will reboot an go back to the screen
with -
SAFE MODE , SAFE W. COMMAND , SAFE W NETWRORK , LAST KNOWN CONFIG , ETC.
an Ive tryed every single option to NO success.
So After a Long story - an this is the quick version!
What kinda options could i do to get windows to load ,,
or anything ?
Now Ive got a HP Pavillion , an older model like a 700mhz 20gb hd , that Im useing to try an track down a solution.
Thanks alot for taking the time to read,, Pateintly waiting for reply!!