Help!!!

#1

Sooo... I left my computer on last night to complete a download from Fapper's eBook post:

Post links to ebooks

here are stephen King, StarTrek, Xmen sutff

http://members.lycos.co.uk/olvasoterem/ebook/

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Fuck the System, Troll the Threads!

I love to read and I guess I can get back to that since my long distance thing didn't work...Anyway...

I woke up to a black screen with a message stating that a file was missing (system32driversfastfat.sys) or corrupt and my operating system (Win XP) could not start. Here's what happened next, then next, then next:

ctrl + alt + del = Black screen with message Operating System not Found
Enter = Same as above
First thought = use recovery disk, wipe everything out and start over
Second thought = F1 to check setup (like I knew what I was looking for)
Changed OS to 'Other' since choices were Win98/Win2000, Win95 or Other
Exit Setup
ctrl + alt + del = Operating System not found
ctrl + alt + del
ESC during start up to boot to disk
Booted to CD-ROM with copy of WIN XP = System started
No viruses were detected
Systray was missing a few programs. They were still available though.
Error report from Microsoft. Report opened to a Microsoft page explaining the error which I had planned to include in this post, but as I started the post from home, my computer crashed again. I then saw the "Blue Screen of Death" with alot of words that I didn't read except the last few that said "Beginning dump of physical memory". I'm not sure but that sounds bad to me.
I shut the computer down and rebooted to the black screen with the missing file and missing OS.

Did I say help? And did I forget to mention the loud clicking noise coming from the CPU?

What should I do? Perform the recovery? Reinstall XP? Get a new computer? Stop downloading stuff from www.ayhja.net? :-k

I'm at work today playing catch-up and won't be on the forum to receive your reply. You can reach me directly at [email protected].

#2

I already sent you an email, but first things first, if you hear a louch clicking from your drive, that's a good chance that baby is about to crash...

Grab a new one (I got 'em for cheap /wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />) and install your OS on it...Then, before the drive dies, recover your data you need...

If buying something is a last option, boot to the recovery console from the XP disc, and try to run a full scandisk...

#3

My recovery disk is ME. Does that matter? I installed XP later but have that disk. Email me about the cheap drives you have. My computer's old (4+ years without upgrades) so I guess it's time.

#4

yeah, the click of death is never good, you might want to check out http://www.newegg.com for a new hard drive.

#5

I agree with the experts above....your hard drive is taking a crap. DO NOT INSTALL an operating system on this drive if you wish to recover any data from it. a new 120GB hard drive can be purchased for less than 100$ and is VERY easy to install. Install XP using the new hard drive and choose NTFS as your file system. Do not even get that Windows ME cd near your computer......they can cause system instability just by being in the same room (this is an exaggeration).

good luck
emanon

#6

If you have important data on your present HD, after you install your new HD, look into Data Recovery systems that can pull some or all of the data off your old disk. I'm not sure where you are, but most large cities have companies that can do this for you. It may cost a bit, but if you have important data on your HD that isn't present anywhere else, it is probably worth the expense.