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windows 7 crashing on start-up

  • 23-03-2010 10:03pm
    #1
    seanin4711
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,176 ✭✭✭


    Hi all!
    I have a xp and windows 7 running with incident (until now) on a partitioned HDD internal.
    I power up the pc goes through the usual and the asks me which OS would I like to run ,i choose 7 it states that it didnt close down properly and requests me to do a diganostic check(inbuilt in start up of 7) grand,I press enter and goes for a bout 5 seconds and powers off.
    I reboot try XP same deal.
    I reboot press F8 get into safe mode screen try that powers off also!
    anyone any ideas how to breath life back into my pc?
    I partitioned the HDD leaving 20gb for 7 and the rest for xp ,mind you the 7 area might be close to full but surely it would give me a warning before going pear shaped?!?
    any help a blessing!
    slan
    john:confused:


Comments

  • #2
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,235 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Sounds like a Physical Disk Drive failure. Before continue to make fallible attempts at this, I would take the Drive to a computer shop so they can read the error codes off of it with their fancy shmancy diagnostic jehoovits.

    The Motherboard/BIOS is setup to Shut Off after the Disk Drive powers itself down (like it would during a normal shut down) In this case though the Hard Drive is losing power unexpectedly - likely due to something wrong with the drive.

    Though heck - if youre lucky it might just be a loose power pin on the drive.


  • #3
    IrishTonyO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,321 ✭✭✭IrishTonyO


    use a boot disk and run a hard drive check. something like ultimate boot cd

    http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/


  • #4
    seanin4711
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,176 ✭✭✭seanin4711


    will give it a crack asap


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