<!--quoteo(post=3249:date=Apr 5 2008, 12&#58;04 AM:name=Odd8aLL)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Odd8aLL &#064; Apr 5 2008, 12&#58;04 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=3249"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->sorry to say that it looks like your hard drive is failing - run chkdsk<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />ouch, for best results do what odd said in the repair console.<br /><br />to get to the repair console, insert your xp cd and boot from cd (as if you were going to do a format and resintall, but your not)<br />at some point it&#39;ll ask you to press R for repair or enter for install, you want to press R&#33;<br /><br />after it loads it usually asks you to pick 1 or 2 things, C:&#092;i386 or C:&#092;windows...pick c:&#092;window (option 2 i think)<br />now its just like command prompt but windows isn&#39;t running so u get better results, now type<br /><br />cd &#092; (or cd ..) &lt;---so we go to the root c:<br />chkdsk /R<br /><br />now u&#39;ll have to wait, the bigger your harddrive the longer you wait...the last computer i did this to took 2-3 hours (300 gig drive)<br />once its done type exit or pressing ctrl+alt+del will restart the computer.