I think I'm screwed, now I just get the scarey blue screen, the one that says the computer shut down to protect itself and that's all I get.
It's been so long since I've had any real computer problems, so I don't remember at all how to get into the bios thing, and maybe that's for the best right now, if I don't remember how to get there, I'm sure I won't remember how to find what I'm looking for.
I think going into safe mode is in the bios too?

I can't imagine installing Firefox would screw with me this much, has to be a failing hard drive I would think...

Well, I really want to get started on this new internet job so hubs will just have to share his computer till I can get my running again, I just need the Firefox for the job, and Adobe flash player for the training videos...

I'll just have to put my computer on the back burner till next week,

It needs whipped and whooped...freaky thing...now if I start up, it tries, then goes to blue screen but if you hit any key to stop the 3 step ckdsk ...xp loads in.

Just gonna move some files to the other hardrive today and reformat early next week.

Maybe some corrupt files on the hard drive with the OS? The hard drive isn't that old, no trauma, damage,

Okay, I just checked Device Manager, and the only lit up with the big yellow question marks is in "other devices" Multimedia audio, video controllers and PCI input device, ah hell. I know that can't be it either.

I'll have to dig up the XP disc, its around here somewhere...

  QUOTE (Chazzy @ May 2, 2009, 13:56)


Did you just do a reinstall? If so you may just need to get drivers for those items.

If you have an Intel Mother Board for example with built in video and audio you need to go to Intel and down load the drivers. Also possible for the network card if it's built in. If need be open up the case and look at the mother board for what it is brand and model number. I can help you get the proper drivers.

No reinstalls of drivers, nothing remarkable done lately at all, it was all good a little while back, remember when I was doing the Elements 7 trial? It was good before, it was fine after the trial and I uninstalled it...now over a week later, just since yesterday I've had this major problem.
The only recent changes at all were just for the internet job which was Firefox (required for the actual job, uninstalled now)Adobe flashplayer ( required for the training video courses) and I did a disk clean up last week, which is not unusual, do that every so often....that's all that different.

Oh hell, here we go, just went to Computer management/system tools/system....

my first "error" there was about 7:30am on April 28....and that error is...yuck...

"The Device device/harddisk 0/D has a bad block...which I'm now reading means....yuck again...

Explanation :
The device has a bad block of memory, which Windows attempted to read. The data might be missing or corrupted.


Okay ChronicMigraineHeadacheGirl(that would be me) took long enough to even remember to go check the system tools error logs...I'm thinkin' reformat ain't gonna help me out now?

Actually, I've been running fine all morning, I have't even tried a restart yet today....

So...JJ...would a bad ribbon cable, wrong kind of cable or bad cable connection to my hard drive be possible screwing with me here?

The hubs did mess around with all that some time ago, he was checking hard drive probs on his computer by using mine, got both computers up and running again, but mines been slow ever since...

She starts right up now (you're right, it must be a female )

I did clear out all the system restore check points this morning, I remember something about that can really bog down a hard drive...

The prob hubs had with his computer awhile back, that caused him to open up mine and mess with it, was supposedly a bad cable, a tiny hole in the gray ribbon cable. Okay, so I'm thinking since then mine has been slow and now this .....Oh now he didn't!! I'm sure he didn't switch cables with me. That would just be cold.

Awww. we can always find other things to talk about, I'll be checking back into that clone DVD audio problem I posted about last week probably tonight....so I might be bumping that thread back up soon.

One thing about a computer pissing me off, I can open it up and rip the guts out...can't do that to the hubs, legally...

Okay, now.....I have re-read this thread over several times and gone over my system event logs....and combining the two....I may be able to keep my hard drive with just a re-format
JJ asked if I had any re-installations, I had so totally fogotten this, when I went to download the trial of Adobe Elements weeks ago, it wouldn't allow the download at first cuz it claimed I didn't have SP2 or better(which I thought was kinda odd, thought for sure I had it alread?)...I did the SP2 installation, windows update, and it looks like live update errors, atapi, disk errors all happen in the same order every time. I may have the wrong SP2 installed or somethin' like that...

Make any sense?

Anyway, will be trying the reformat anyhow, it's just been stimulating having a rousing conversation!

Uh-huh...I think we got it!

It's just what makes sense considering the recent history with this computer...

Gonna crack it open check the cables, dig up the disks and go ahead with a reformat and do the SP2 install from a disk an NOT from the Windows update website....and I'm sure gonna let ya know how that all goes cuz I feel like we've been CSI-ing a mystery case...really, it's been fun figuring it out, like a who dunnit...

No one has the disk to reformat a husband???


Event log is what I would expect right now after uninstalling a possibly bad sp2 bad install...registry errors...