Blank screen?

[DAF501]

I have an old netbook running windows xp home with sp3. No problems with it until today. Starts as normal, goes though the xp window, and then we have just a blank screen!! I tried system restore and no difference. I can only start in safe mode, and ran various scans ( AVG, malewarebytes, cccleaner etc) but still no joy. Dont seem to have an xp disc, so cant even try a repair. Anyone got any ideas? Cheers.

[dx100uk]

you need to run chkdsk

go thru into safemode

and just answer the question where you get the click screen to ack you are in safemode.

then click my computer [as you would normally to see your drives/folders]

right click on local disk c;

select properties
then tools
then error checking [this option will check the disk for errors]

tick the two boxes
then schedule or ok or whatever to say yes to check on next restart or on boot

then do the usual to restart your netbook.

it will then do a chkdsk when it restarts

let that run through [can take upto an hour or more]

that should cure the issue

it will reboot when done.

dx

[DAF501]

Hi, thanks for the quick reply, but no joy i'm afraid. Everything went ok until the chkdsk scan. After it finished it restarted and a message came up saying "type of file system is NTFS, the volume is clean, windows has finished cheching disk" It hangs on this message. The only way to restart is using the power button. It then comes into the safe mode option page. I picked the start normally option, and it started the chkdsk scan all over again, and the procedure repeats itself! Anything else i could try? Thanks.

[dx100uk]

try:

Check Disk runs on every boot.

Open a command prompt...
Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK |
Type or paste:

chkntfs /d

Hit the Enter key.

The /d switch restores the machine to the default behavior; all drives are
checked at boot time and chkdsk is run on those that are dirty.

Autochk.exe is a version of Chkdsk that runs only before Windows XP
starts. Autochk runs in the following situations:

Autochk runs if you try to run Chkdsk on the boot volume.
Autochk runs if Chkdsk cannot gain exclusive use of the volume.
Autochk runs if the volume is flagged as dirty.

This can happen if the drive's dirty bit is set.
When a drive's dirty bit is set, autochk automatically
checks the volume for errors the next time the computer is restarted.

Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK |
Type:

fsutil dirty query C:

Hit the Enter key.

This will report whether the dirty bit is set.
Volume C: is not dirty
Volume C: is dirty
[[If a volume's dirty bit is set, this indicates that the file system may be
in an inconsistent state. The dirty bit can be set because the volume is
online and has outstanding changes, because changes were made to the volume
and the computer shutdown before the changes were committed to disk, or
because corruption was detected on the volume. If the dirty bit is set when
the computer restarts, chkdsk runs to verify the consistency of the volume.

Every time Windows XP starts, Autochk.exe is called by the Kernel to scan
all volumes to check if the volume dirty bit is set. If the dirty bit is
set, autochk performs an immediate chkdsk /f on that volume. Chkdsk /f
verifies file system integrity and attempts to fix any problems with the
volume.]]

This will also report whether the dirty bit is set.

Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK |
Type:

chkntfs c:

Hit the Enter key.

C: is not dirty.

If this is not the problem.

Go here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (http://forum.caithness.org/redirect.html?url=A2wPfl0vB3ABbgh1DCwHc1IlUCFQewFs U2UHPAQ9BHFXIw4mBWhSOgAnVGgJY1cmUn9XKQZzAytUZAM7UW kFJgN8D3pdBAd0ASMIPwxiB29SIVB4UD0Bc1Nt)

Read the instructions at the top of the page.
Scroll down to:
82. Disable or Enable Check Disk Upon Boot
Click on Disable.

Hope this helps. Let us know.

dx

[DAF501]

Thanks ever so much!! Success. Netbook back to normal. You definately know your stuff.

[dx100uk]

no thats ok

what we are here for

dx