me won't start

S

sherry

Hi
When I turn on pc does the initial boot. Then I get the window saying last
shut down was bad and it wants to scan the hard drive for errors. It starts
then pc freezes. I don't have any original cds. How can I get past this?

Thanks
Sherry
 
M

Mart

Sherry, it sounds like your HDD (main hard drive) *may* be failing.

Depending on how important your personal files are to you, you may wish to
consider professional assistance to re-claim those file before they become
unrecoverable.

However, if you are prepared to 'have a go' yourself to see if you can fix
you PC, then you should try booting from your WinMe (floppy) Startup Disk
(if you have one. If not, come back and someone should be able to help) and
running Scandisk in Real Mode DOS as follows :-

Boot, using your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk and select 'With CD-ROM
Support' then at the A:\> prompt, type "scandisk c:" (no quotes and note
there is a colon after the letter c) then press Return.

Follow the screen prompts - and for the first time at least, (unless you are
happy that either the disk is OK, or you can sacrifice your data) tell it
NOT to do a Surface Scan. See what it reports and keep a check on its
progress.

If it reports major problems, copy your important data to another drive (or
media) before attempting to write to (surface scan) the disk.

Don't forget to remove the floppy disk BEFORE you tell the machine to
reboot.

Good luck

Mart


"sherry" <sherry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C589C18-03E2-4528-8675-98D1DB6702FF@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> When I turn on pc does the initial boot. Then I get the window saying
> last
> shut down was bad and it wants to scan the hard drive for errors. It
> starts
> then pc freezes. I don't have any original cds. How can I get past this?
>
> Thanks
> Sherry
 
S

sherry

Hi Mart
Where can I download a startup disk?
Thanks
Sherry



"Mart" wrote:

> Sherry, it sounds like your HDD (main hard drive) *may* be failing.
>
> Depending on how important your personal files are to you, you may wish to
> consider professional assistance to re-claim those file before they become
> unrecoverable.
>
> However, if you are prepared to 'have a go' yourself to see if you can fix
> you PC, then you should try booting from your WinMe (floppy) Startup Disk
> (if you have one. If not, come back and someone should be able to help) and
> running Scandisk in Real Mode DOS as follows :-
>
> Boot, using your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk and select 'With CD-ROM
> Support' then at the A:\> prompt, type "scandisk c:" (no quotes and note
> there is a colon after the letter c) then press Return.
>
> Follow the screen prompts - and for the first time at least, (unless you are
> happy that either the disk is OK, or you can sacrifice your data) tell it
> NOT to do a Surface Scan. See what it reports and keep a check on its
> progress.
>
> If it reports major problems, copy your important data to another drive (or
> media) before attempting to write to (surface scan) the disk.
>
> Don't forget to remove the floppy disk BEFORE you tell the machine to
> reboot.
>
> Good luck
>
> Mart
>
>
> "sherry" <sherry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6C589C18-03E2-4528-8675-98D1DB6702FF@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> > When I turn on pc does the initial boot. Then I get the window saying
> > last
> > shut down was bad and it wants to scan the hard drive for errors. It
> > starts
> > then pc freezes. I don't have any original cds. How can I get past this?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Sherry
>
>
>
 
M

Mart

Sherry, sorry for the delay in responding - it was bed-time here in the UK
<g>

You can download a WinMe Bootdisk making utility (select the 'Windows Me
OEM' option) from :-
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

**But be sure to read the instructions on how to actually create the
bootdisk** - which are essentially :-

Don't just copy the download to a floppy disk, download the file onto your
computer (any computer, with an A:drive) and then you MUST run the file for
it to actually create the Startup (floppy) disk. Just follow the screen
instructions.

Mart


"sherry" <sherry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0CA151A3-7F42-4CEE-9477-608F3B0F4CB8@microsoft.com...
> Hi Mart
> Where can I download a startup disk?
> Thanks
> Sherry
>
>
>
> "Mart" wrote:
>
>> Sherry, it sounds like your HDD (main hard drive) *may* be failing.
>>
>> Depending on how important your personal files are to you, you may wish
>> to
>> consider professional assistance to re-claim those file before they
>> become
>> unrecoverable.
>>
>> However, if you are prepared to 'have a go' yourself to see if you can
>> fix
>> you PC, then you should try booting from your WinMe (floppy) Startup Disk
>> (if you have one. If not, come back and someone should be able to help)
>> and
>> running Scandisk in Real Mode DOS as follows :-
>>
>> Boot, using your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk and select 'With CD-ROM
>> Support' then at the A:\> prompt, type "scandisk c:" (no quotes and note
>> there is a colon after the letter c) then press Return.
>>
>> Follow the screen prompts - and for the first time at least, (unless you
>> are
>> happy that either the disk is OK, or you can sacrifice your data) tell it
>> NOT to do a Surface Scan. See what it reports and keep a check on its
>> progress.
>>
>> If it reports major problems, copy your important data to another drive
>> (or
>> media) before attempting to write to (surface scan) the disk.
>>
>> Don't forget to remove the floppy disk BEFORE you tell the machine to
>> reboot.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Mart
>>
>>
>> "sherry" <sherry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6C589C18-03E2-4528-8675-98D1DB6702FF@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi
>> > When I turn on pc does the initial boot. Then I get the window saying
>> > last
>> > shut down was bad and it wants to scan the hard drive for errors. It
>> > starts
>> > then pc freezes. I don't have any original cds. How can I get past
>> > this?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Sherry
>>
>>
>>
 
E

Eric

Press F8 during startup, select safe mode.

"sherry" <sherry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C589C18-03E2-4528-8675-98D1DB6702FF@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> When I turn on pc does the initial boot. Then I get the window saying
> last
> shut down was bad and it wants to scan the hard drive for errors. It
> starts
> then pc freezes. I don't have any original cds. How can I get past this?
>
> Thanks
> Sherry
 
S

sherry

Mart
Thanks. (my bedtime too) I will try this when I get home from work. I have
the drive at work with me and am running chkdsk and defrag. It found several
errors but still testing. Will get all files I need from it just in case the
boot disk doesn't work.

thanks again
sherry

"Mart" wrote:

> Sherry, sorry for the delay in responding - it was bed-time here in the UK
> <g>
>
> You can download a WinMe Bootdisk making utility (select the 'Windows Me
> OEM' option) from :-
> http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
>
> **But be sure to read the instructions on how to actually create the
> bootdisk** - which are essentially :-
>
> Don't just copy the download to a floppy disk, download the file onto your
> computer (any computer, with an A:drive) and then you MUST run the file for
> it to actually create the Startup (floppy) disk. Just follow the screen
> instructions.
>
> Mart
>
>
> "sherry" <sherry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0CA151A3-7F42-4CEE-9477-608F3B0F4CB8@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Mart
> > Where can I download a startup disk?
> > Thanks
> > Sherry
> >
> >
> >
> > "Mart" wrote:
> >
> >> Sherry, it sounds like your HDD (main hard drive) *may* be failing.
> >>
> >> Depending on how important your personal files are to you, you may wish
> >> to
> >> consider professional assistance to re-claim those file before they
> >> become
> >> unrecoverable.
> >>
> >> However, if you are prepared to 'have a go' yourself to see if you can
> >> fix
> >> you PC, then you should try booting from your WinMe (floppy) Startup Disk
> >> (if you have one. If not, come back and someone should be able to help)
> >> and
> >> running Scandisk in Real Mode DOS as follows :-
> >>
> >> Boot, using your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk and select 'With CD-ROM
> >> Support' then at the A:\> prompt, type "scandisk c:" (no quotes and note
> >> there is a colon after the letter c) then press Return.
> >>
> >> Follow the screen prompts - and for the first time at least, (unless you
> >> are
> >> happy that either the disk is OK, or you can sacrifice your data) tell it
> >> NOT to do a Surface Scan. See what it reports and keep a check on its
> >> progress.
> >>
> >> If it reports major problems, copy your important data to another drive
> >> (or
> >> media) before attempting to write to (surface scan) the disk.
> >>
> >> Don't forget to remove the floppy disk BEFORE you tell the machine to
> >> reboot.
> >>
> >> Good luck
> >>
> >> Mart
> >>
> >>
> >> "sherry" <sherry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6C589C18-03E2-4528-8675-98D1DB6702FF@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi
> >> > When I turn on pc does the initial boot. Then I get the window saying
> >> > last
> >> > shut down was bad and it wants to scan the hard drive for errors. It
> >> > starts
> >> > then pc freezes. I don't have any original cds. How can I get past
> >> > this?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > Sherry
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
 
M

Mart

I would guess that if you are using chkdsk, then you are probably 'looking'
at your drive via an XP machine. Further, as it has found "several errors"
then it confirms my previous comment :- "it sounds like your HDD (main hard
drive) *may* be failing.

Unless you are happy to put your data 'at risk', I would suggest that you
don't run any further 'repair option' utilities (unless you suppress any
'write' function - which would be likely to compromising your data further,
on your HDD) until you've tried my previous suggestion.

Remember also, each time you attempt to boot (either in Normal or Safe
Mode), WinMe will attempt to write to your HDD - possibly causing further
damage.

If - as you appear to allude that you can see the 'removed' disk in XP -
then attempt to read (only) and/or copy your data to an alternative media
ASAP

My apologies if I sound like a doom-monger, but better safe than sorry.

Mart



"sherry" <sherry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A4BC7BBB-E4AC-478F-BFF3-24A860E11457@microsoft.com...
> Mart
> Thanks. (my bedtime too) I will try this when I get home from work. I
> have
> the drive at work with me and am running chkdsk and defrag. It found
> several
> errors but still testing. Will get all files I need from it just in case
> the
> boot disk doesn't work.
>
> thanks again
> sherry
>
> "Mart" wrote:
>
>> Sherry, sorry for the delay in responding - it was bed-time here in the
>> UK
>> <g>
>>
>> You can download a WinMe Bootdisk making utility (select the 'Windows Me
>> OEM' option) from :-
>> http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
>>
>> **But be sure to read the instructions on how to actually create the
>> bootdisk** - which are essentially :-
>>
>> Don't just copy the download to a floppy disk, download the file onto
>> your
>> computer (any computer, with an A:drive) and then you MUST run the file
>> for
>> it to actually create the Startup (floppy) disk. Just follow the screen
>> instructions.
>>
>> Mart
>>
>>
>> "sherry" <sherry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0CA151A3-7F42-4CEE-9477-608F3B0F4CB8@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi Mart
>> > Where can I download a startup disk?
>> > Thanks
>> > Sherry
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Mart" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Sherry, it sounds like your HDD (main hard drive) *may* be failing.
>> >>
>> >> Depending on how important your personal files are to you, you may
>> >> wish
>> >> to
>> >> consider professional assistance to re-claim those file before they
>> >> become
>> >> unrecoverable.
>> >>
>> >> However, if you are prepared to 'have a go' yourself to see if you can
>> >> fix
>> >> you PC, then you should try booting from your WinMe (floppy) Startup
>> >> Disk
>> >> (if you have one. If not, come back and someone should be able to
>> >> help)
>> >> and
>> >> running Scandisk in Real Mode DOS as follows :-
>> >>
>> >> Boot, using your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk and select 'With CD-ROM
>> >> Support' then at the A:\> prompt, type "scandisk c:" (no quotes and
>> >> note
>> >> there is a colon after the letter c) then press Return.
>> >>
>> >> Follow the screen prompts - and for the first time at least, (unless
>> >> you
>> >> are
>> >> happy that either the disk is OK, or you can sacrifice your data) tell
>> >> it
>> >> NOT to do a Surface Scan. See what it reports and keep a check on its
>> >> progress.
>> >>
>> >> If it reports major problems, copy your important data to another
>> >> drive
>> >> (or
>> >> media) before attempting to write to (surface scan) the disk.
>> >>
>> >> Don't forget to remove the floppy disk BEFORE you tell the machine to
>> >> reboot.
>> >>
>> >> Good luck
>> >>
>> >> Mart
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "sherry" <sherry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:6C589C18-03E2-4528-8675-98D1DB6702FF@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi
>> >> > When I turn on pc does the initial boot. Then I get the window
>> >> > saying
>> >> > last
>> >> > shut down was bad and it wants to scan the hard drive for errors.
>> >> > It
>> >> > starts
>> >> > then pc freezes. I don't have any original cds. How can I get past
>> >> > this?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> > Sherry
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
 
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