thomson
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My friends system somehow fecked up, so i had him format it and clean windows xp install.
After the install, now when he boots up he gets some warnings etc saying things like smart bad hard-drive or summit like that, but after a bit of messing around he can get it to fully boot upto desktop screen and the thing appears to run perfect, but the bootups keep giving those same problems, ive even told him to reinstall windows again which he did but its still the same.
I suspect a hard-drive problem, what do you guys think ???
And, is there any programs that will scan the disk drive for possible problems ???
Its strange how the pc seems to run fine once he manages to get it to boot up.
Appreciate any help a.s.a.p as he's choaking for some help soon.
Thanks guys.
(its a maxtor ide drive by the way).
After the install, now when he boots up he gets some warnings etc saying things like smart bad hard-drive or summit like that, but after a bit of messing around he can get it to fully boot upto desktop screen and the thing appears to run perfect, but the bootups keep giving those same problems, ive even told him to reinstall windows again which he did but its still the same.
I suspect a hard-drive problem, what do you guys think ???
And, is there any programs that will scan the disk drive for possible problems ???
Its strange how the pc seems to run fine once he manages to get it to boot up.
Appreciate any help a.s.a.p as he's choaking for some help soon.
Thanks guys.
(its a maxtor ide drive by the way).