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XP fails on boot-up.... then...

by thesuperiorone Jun 1, 2005 1:37AM PDT

Hey,

Im greatful for all the help u can give me, as im utterly clueless... and i like to consider myself to have a DECENT knowledge of computers - although litterly nothing compared to you folks Happy

Ok... heres the situation

I format fairly often, or have been formatting fairly often in recent times, due to the fact i get a bit pissed off with my computer..

P4 - 2.8ghz
512mb ram
GeForce 5600 FX
and uhm ye thats about it really not sure what kinda of motherboard ive got - if u think it might be nessecary lemme know ill find out

Ok, when i format and i install all the drivers... everythings going gr8... anti-virus the lot...

i surf the web and goto a site requiring flash,
it then asks me to download flash player - or whatever - so i accept, because... i know that its pretty safe...

it then asks me to reboot, so i do...

it comes to hte XP loading screen with the blue lines going horizontal... and thats where it stops.. i decided to see if it would eventually get past it so i left it on all nite and all day - longest time my computers not been used for... and it still hadnt moved.. so i assumed something was up...

i restarted the computer and tried to retry with last good configuration, yes it booted up, but nothing would work, AVG - anti-virus wouldnt load, my bluetooth thing didnt think it was plugged in... media player 10 would die on me.

I assumed this was "normal" so i reinstalled all teh programs and hoped that it might work... but most of hte installations would tell me that they couldnt be completed and try again...

i reckon it was the flash that caused this to happen, yet im not sure why, anyone care to shed some light on my problem and perhalps how to fix it

would be greatly appriciated ... thanks very much!!

David Hill

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su mmore
by thesuperiorone Jun 1, 2005 1:41AM PDT

i forgot to say I also tried to use system restore... but it still wouldnt load up - no matter how far i went bk in my restores Sad thanks again

David

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Just guessing.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jun 1, 2005 1:48AM PDT

Given what you wrote, I would do this:

-> Go get the hard disk drive fitness test from your hard disk maker's web site and run it.

Just what I would inspect first given your story.

-> Other items would be to get your hijackthis log so I can look under the hood.

Bob

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hmmmm...
by thesuperiorone Jun 1, 2005 2:35AM PDT

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 17:33:43, on 01/06/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wscntfy.exe
C:\Program Files\SmartM\BlueOpal\Utilities\BlueTray.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgcc.exe
C:\Program Files\MessengerPlus! 3\MsgPlus.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\jusched.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\jucheck.exe
C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\Hilly\LOCALS~1\Temp\Temporary Directory 2 for hijackthis[1].zip\HijackThis.exe

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar1.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [C-Media Mixer] Mixer.exe /startup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TrustInstaller] "E:\Setup.EXE"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BlueTray] C:\Program Files\SmartM\BlueOpal\Utilities\BlueTray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MessengerPlus3] "C:\Program Files\MessengerPlus! 3\MsgPlus.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\jusched.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NVMCTRAY.DLL,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MSMSGS] "C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe" /background
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\OSA9.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Google Search - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmsearch.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Translate English Word - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmwordtrans.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Backward Links - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmbacklinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Cached Snapshot of Page - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmcache.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Similar Pages - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmsimilar.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Translate Page into English - res://C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbar1.dll/cmtrans.html
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) - http://messenger.msn.com/download/msnmessengersetupdownloader.cab
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe


maxtor doesnt seem to ahfve a fitness test thing? or at least i cant find it... ive got a "Maxtor 6Y160P0" but ill keep looking

any ideas? lol

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6Y160P0
by phantazy Jun 1, 2005 11:36AM PDT

I have this disk. I downloaded 'powermax' from Maxtor's site onto A: drive and ran a diagnostic. It takes a while, and you have to get into the BIOS to convert to start from floppy. After booting let it take over and follow instructions on a DOS type screen.

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