Operating Systems: Computer wont load, keeps restarting

anthonyharvey · 10-07-2006, 07:25 AM

I have windows xp and my son turned it off incorrectly without letting it go through its correct shutdown he turned the power off before it had finished shutdown

Now it will not boot up correctly and a black screen pops up with 1. normal startup 2. last known good config 3. safe mode. etc.

whenever i choose any of the choices, it continues to loadup, until it restarts completely and brings me back to the 1. normal startup 2. last known good config 3. safe mode. screen

The stop error is 0X00000ED.

I have tried the Repair on cd but drive does not show I have two drives C,D D shoes itself but no C. Within disc management both drives show but C has no format?

is there any way i can bypass this without formatting? i have 2 harddrives and i dont want to format because i have a lot of things i dont want to lose. Thanks Tony

anthonyharvey · 10-07-2006, 07:26 AM

**PanamaGal** · 10-07-2006, 10:32 AM

Turning off XP with the power button instead of the shutdown command really doesn't matter, and will not cause you grief. So I doubt that precipitated this problem. It sounds to me like your hard drive may have a physical problem. I would try to run a diagnostic on it using the manufacturer's diagnostic program available from the hard drive maker's website. You can usually make a bootable floppy or CDROM to run the program, which does not run from within Windows, so it doesn't matter that you cannot get to Windows. I really would do this before anything else.

**hwm54112** · 10-08-2006, 02:08 PM

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I have tried the Repair on cd but drive does not show I have two drives C,D D shoes itself but no C. Within disc management both drives show but C has no format?

Did you try chkdsk /r ?

anthonyharvey · 10-10-2006, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by hwm54112

Did you try chkdsk /r ?

The C drive does not show its self as it is unmounted so can't use chkdsk /r

~~OMGmissinglink~~ · 10-10-2006, 01:24 PM

format the drive and reinstall... you will find the format option when you get to the install screen/ format C: drive "yes" install OS on this drive "yes".

**Doby** · 10-10-2006, 05:36 PM

Does the drive show up in bios?

Have you ran the manufactuers diagnostics as PanamaGal suggested.

If the drive checks out as ok boot from your windows cd and get into recovery console and run chkdsk /r

10-07-2006, 07:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
anthonyharvey Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Operating Systems: Computer wont load, keeps restarting I have windows xp and my son turned it off incorrectly without letting it go through its correct shutdown he turned the power off before it had finished shutdown Now it will not boot up correctly and a black screen pops up with 1. normal startup 2. last known good config 3. safe mode. etc. whenever i choose any of the choices, it continues to loadup, until it restarts completely and brings me back to the 1. normal startup 2. last known good config 3. safe mode. screen The stop error is 0X00000ED. I have tried the Repair on cd but drive does not show I have two drives C,D D shoes itself but no C. Within disc management both drives show but C has no format? is there any way i can bypass this without formatting? i have 2 harddrives and i dont want to format because i have a lot of things i dont want to lose. Thanks Tony

10-07-2006, 10:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
PanamaGal Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Panama Posts: 1,240 OS: WinXP Pro SP2; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista Ultimate; Vista Business	Turning off XP with the power button instead of the shutdown command really doesn't matter, and will not cause you grief. So I doubt that precipitated this problem. It sounds to me like your hard drive may have a physical problem. I would try to run a diagnostic on it using the manufacturer's diagnostic program available from the hard drive maker's website. You can usually make a bootable floppy or CDROM to run the program, which does not run from within Windows, so it doesn't matter that you cannot get to Windows. I really would do this before anything else. __________________ It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

10-10-2006, 05:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 7,926 OS: XP sp2/ Vista My System	Does the drive show up in bios? Have you ran the manufactuers diagnostics as PanamaGal suggested. If the drive checks out as ok boot from your windows cd and get into recovery console and run chkdsk /r __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF

10-07-2006, 07:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
anthonyharvey Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Operating Systems: Computer wont load, keeps restarting

10-10-2006, 01:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
~~OMGmissinglink~~ Troubled Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,535 OS: XP Pro sp2 My System	format the drive and reinstall... you will find the format option when you get to the install screen/ format C: drive "yes" install OS on this drive "yes".