Laptop Error, now Win2k hangs on start-up.... Help...

[Kronos]

I have a HP Pentium 3 Laptop running Windows 2000. I was playing a movie when the computer said PowerDVD generated and error and needed to restart. I couldnt shut the computer off and so I unplugged the power, then pulled the battery. After I hooked it back up, I turned the computer on and BIOS started fine. Then it started loading Win2k with the first Black/White load screen. When it gets to the end of the load it stops or hangs there. The computer never reaches the Colored Win2k Load. I tryed reinstalling but when the Setup starts and copies the necessary files it then goes to "Setup is starting Windows 2000". This then also hangs. WHAT should I DO???? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[insdav3]

the command in dos, 'dskchk' always seems to find it's way to helping people.

 

[Kronos]

yeah but how do I GET to DOS??? The computer wont start in Safe Mode or anything.

 

[Freejack2]

Could be a problem in the hardware too. If you have a windows 95 or 98 system or a friend with one make a bootable dos floppy.
Also your laptop should have came with some kind of software system rebuild cd.

 

[Kronos]

It may have came with stuff but I wiped the HDD and put NTFS and Win2k on it when I first got it.

 

[Kronos]

^ bump for more ideas......

 

[John]

Last time I checked, Off Topic is not for PC hardware problems.

 

[apoppin]

Reformat your system back to FAT 32 using the Windows2K disk (you can also go into BIOS and change the order of your startup from CD to floppy, etc.).

Then run the recovery CD to reinstall ME (or whatever your notebook came with).

Is your notebook still under warranty?

 

[apoppin]

Reformat your system back to FAT 32 using the Windows2K disk (you can also go into BIOS and change the order of your startup from CD to floppy, etc.).

Then run the recovery CD to reinstall ME (or whatever your notebook came with).

Is your notebook still under warranty?

 

[NogginBoink]

Boot to the recovery console and run chkdsk.

If you have MS media, you can get to the recovery console by booting the CD, typing "R" for repair, then "C" for recovery console.

If your media is OEM "quick restore" media, you're probably SOL as the OEMs don't put this wonderful tool on their media for some reason.