A failing laptop/notebook HDD or just a corrupted Vista/data?
Hello.
I am trying to figure out and fix a client's old Sony Vaio laptop/notebook with 1 GB of RAM and 32-bit Vista Business. Basically, it doesn't load up its desktop fully. I do see a graphical splash screen loader and then a black desktop with a movable white mouse cursor, but that's it. This happen in both safe mode and normal boot up. I was able to use the laptop/notebook and access its HDD with no problems with both KNOPPIX v6.4.3 liveCD, an updated Norton Bootable Recovery v3 Flash USB drive (no malwares found), and a Windows PE CD. In Windows PE CD, I ran chkdsk /f and /r on it, and it found problems like lost clusters and bad sectors: Chkdsk #1 with no and with /f parameters separaretly: http://pastie.org/1481138 Chkdsk #2 with its /r parameter that took a few hours overnight: http://pastie.org/1481142 Chkdsk #3 with no parameters: http://pastie.org/1481145 I also ran smartctl v5.40 in Windows 7 PE and got the detailed results: http://pastie.org/1481161 I did NOT run its long test yet since it would probably take a few hours and I can't wait for it to finish at this time. Would it help to do that later when I do return to it to get new smartctl results? For kicks, I rebooted back to Vista but the results were almost the same except normal boot up now result a blue screen with IRQ_EQUAL_ something. It went too fast and autorebooted to get the details. :( Safe mode still hangs. Is this Vista trashed and need a (repair?) reinstall? :( Thank you in advance. :) -- "It is said that the lonely eagle flies to the mountain peaks while the lowly ant crawls the ground, but cannot the soul of the ant soar as high as the eagle?" --unknown /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer. |
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