HI,

I'm new to the forum and need some help.

My problem started when windows xp pro stopped so i rebooted by switching the power off (the only way possible) then when i logged back in windows didn't recognise any file extension or know how to open them. So I did a repair as described. Now, since the repair I also have the problem that my pc keeps rebooting, so after trying everything i found this thread and tried the instructions above.

However when i ran chkdsk it reported back 1 or more errors found on this disk.

Is the hard disk now useless as a master drive, i can buy another to replace it but don't want to waste so much money unnecesarily.

Thanks in advance

Do you know the manufacturer of your hard drive?

You will find the major brand diagnostics listed here:

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287

With a few others listed here:

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/



Also: look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id & Description especially of errors that seem to coincide with this issue.
Also check the Information lines that might coincide with this issue.

How to view and manage event logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP


Also a Clean Install of XP would be worth a last shot:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html