David J Brooks wrote: > Also something seems to click a few times at start up. Now it started. > > Is this my HD acting up.
Something clicking at startup is usually the hard drive, though it could also be the CD/DVD drive or the floppy drive (if you have one). To confirm the problem, if you can get Windows XP to boot and run, click on "Start", then "Run" and type "eventvwr" into the "Open" edit box. When the Event Viewer window appears, click on "System" in the left hand pane, then click on the "Source" column in the right hand pane to sort by source. Look for all warnings and errors from the "disk" source to see any problems that Windows XP has been "reporting" for your disks. In terms of getting going again, the best bet would probably be to remove the offending drive and install a replacement, get XP installed and running on that new drive, then install the old drive as "D:" (or whatever) and copy whatever you can/want from the old drive to the new one before the old one gives up the ghost forever. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
