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JannE

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Uh Ooooooooh!
« on: August 02, 2007, 06:22:16 PM »
 ??? Came in here yesterday, turned my machine on then went to get a cup of coffee. Came back and the M$ splash screen progression bar was stopped cold half-way. Couldn't power off so I hit the off on my power strip. Turned it back on and all was well. Nothing spooky happened all day. 

Did some trouble shooting with no results. My actions the night before were to reinstall AVG, uninstall my printer (had issues, needed to reinstall), the reinstall didn't go so well. Going to have to attempt it again when I am in the mood.

Same thing this morning, BUT unplugging it and turning back on didn't work for about 40 times! So, I did it once more and booted into Safe Mode to see if I could find the problem. No luck. Everything is working.

Here's my theory: My hdd is on the way out. Somewhere in ALL those CDs I have a program to tell me if it is the hdd, but I wanted to throw it out to you all. Oh, all is well when I restart, everything goes like it should.

This isn't a huge problem. I did a backup CD just in case I need to replace the hdd. And, trust me, on this box THAT is going to be a temper tantrum thing! It is very hard to get to. Not like anything I have ever seen and I have replaced many of them on many different machines.

I guess I could run HiJackthis but I am not sure that will tell me anything.

Oh, I uninstalled AVG to see if that was the problem. Not.

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Re: Uh Ooooooooh!
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2007, 03:27:32 AM »
Run your hdd makers diagnostics to check it out.  Free program downloadable from the mfrs site and probably take less time than searching thru' all the cd's.

Might be time to run Memtest86 too.

Could just be that the plugs need to be reseated.

Good luck.
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JannE

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Re: Uh Ooooooooh!
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2007, 06:10:59 AM »
Reseated my RAM. Ran Everest to see if there was a problem there. Yes, a diagnostic test would be my first thought, but I have NO idea the manufacture's name! I think I will get into the BIOS in a bit and see.

However, unloading AVG seems to have been the problem. Booted right up this morning. Still I will run the diagnostic. HP is famous for using WD hdds, so I will go there.

Thanks!!
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    Re: Uh Ooooooooh!
    « Reply #3 on: August 03, 2007, 01:22:25 PM »
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    Reseated my RAM. Ran Everest to see if there was a problem there. Yes, a diagnostic test would be my first thought, but I have NO idea the manufacture's name!
    You should run memtest to check for ram problems and Everest to find out what hdd you have.
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    JannE

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    « Reply #4 on: August 03, 2007, 05:43:38 PM »
    LOL I did look in Everest to see if the hdd name was in there but it wasn't. Doesn't Win2000 do a memtest on boot? Like it would give me a checksum if things weren't well?

    BUT the problem was fixed. After dumping AVG, which isn't a good idea, but I will do something over the weekend. I was hoping it was the hdd so I could put in one of my other hdd's! This one is soooo small!

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    Re: Uh Ooooooooh!
    « Reply #5 on: August 03, 2007, 06:11:11 PM »
    Post the Everest log here by copy/paste...i've never seen a HDD it couldn't identify...
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    JannE

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    Re: Uh Ooooooooh!
    « Reply #6 on: August 03, 2007, 06:25:19 PM »
    This is the only thing Everest says about it

    Field   Value
    Disk Drive   ST34321A  (4 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/33)

    NM I found it. It is a Seagate Medalist 4321

    Thank you for making me get off my duff and looking deeper into Everest!! Now I am off to find the diagnostic tool. And I know they have one, I used it on a friends computer a couple months ago.

    THANK YOU THANK YOU!  :-*

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    Re: Uh Ooooooooh!
    « Reply #7 on: August 03, 2007, 07:04:22 PM »
    Now you did it! I generated all the reports Everest has, which means that now I have to get on the reinstall of my printer!!
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    Re: Uh Ooooooooh!
    « Reply #8 on: August 03, 2007, 08:32:17 PM »
    Okay, here's a good one. Just how do I get to a DOS prompt to do a memtest? I can't do it from RUN.
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    Re: Uh Ooooooooh!
    « Reply #9 on: August 03, 2007, 09:24:20 PM »
    MemTest runs outside of Windows...normally you boot to either the floppy or CD created and let it do it's thing.
    It won't run properly from a command prompt either.
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    Re: Uh Ooooooooh!
    « Reply #10 on: August 03, 2007, 09:28:35 PM »
    The zipped ISO file can be downloaded here..

    Good luck
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    Re: Uh Ooooooooh!
    « Reply #11 on: August 04, 2007, 01:27:07 PM »
    Quote from: JannE on August 03, 2007, 08:32:17 PM
    Okay, here's a good one. Just how do I get to a DOS prompt to do a memtest? I can't do it from RUN.

    You go to Run and type in cmd to get the DOC prompt  :)
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    Re: Uh Ooooooooh!
    « Reply #12 on: August 04, 2007, 02:02:44 PM »
    Quote from: FluffynTex on August 04, 2007, 01:27:07 PM
    Quote from: JannE on August 03, 2007, 08:32:17 PM
    Okay, here's a good one. Just how do I get to a DOS prompt to do a memtest? I can't do it from RUN.

    You go to Run and type in cmd to get the DOC prompt  :)

    MemTest won't run properly from a command prompt...see above.
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    Re: Uh Ooooooooh!
    « Reply #13 on: August 05, 2007, 03:23:48 PM »
    Quote from: patio on August 03, 2007, 06:11:11 PM
    Post the Everest log here by copy/paste...i've never seen a HDD it couldn't identify...

    I've never had problems with HDD's, but Everest has no idea what kind of motherboard I have.  Heh.
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