Gemmill 34631 Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 My computer started being all gay and three times yesterday it crashed and then gave me this error message. It tells me to reboot with the XP startup disk in.....only my computer didn't come with one. This is genuine, I don't have a dodgy copy of XP or anything. Any ideas? Windows computers are FUCKING SHIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 My computer started being all gay and three times yesterday it crashed and then gave me this error message. It tells me to reboot with the XP startup disk in.....only my computer didn't come with one. This is genuine, I don't have a dodgy copy of XP or anything. Any ideas? Windows computers are FUCKING SHIT. Have you added a new hard disk? re-formatted an existing one? installed sp2? What have you been doing (if anything) to get the error? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6308 Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 If you've got a kosher version of XP, I'd ask the place who you got the PC from to supply you with the disk that you have paid money for. If they refuse, I'd box the thing up and return it. Can't believe some places try that one, it's like buying a car and not being given the keys and expected to hot-wire it instead. Tossers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 (edited) Could well be a hardware conflict if you've installed any recent hardware or swapped cables around? try swapping your memory sticks in different slots,more often than not it's the memory that causes crap like this and it will make it worse if you keep it in if it's bad Edited October 14, 2006 by @yourservice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34631 Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 Have installed a few small pieces of software and some anti-virus/spyware/firewall stuff. Other than that I've not done anything. If I run checkdisk it gives the following message once it's got most of the way through the checkdisk process: STOP: c000021a Unknown Hard Error Unknown Hard Error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Have installed a few small pieces of software and some anti-virus/spyware/firewall stuff. Other than that I've not done anything. If I run checkdisk it gives the following message once it's got most of the way through the checkdisk process: STOP: c000021a Unknown Hard Error Unknown Hard Error maybe a restore point was in order to roll back to a time when everything was good,what they should do at SJP tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Have installed a few small pieces of software and some anti-virus/spyware/firewall stuff. Other than that I've not done anything. If I run checkdisk it gives the following message once it's got most of the way through the checkdisk process: STOP: c000021a Unknown Hard Error Unknown Hard Error Do you have Roxio GoBack software installed? if so, get rid as that can cause this problem. If you're having problems booting up then do it from the XP disc and try a repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34631 Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share Posted October 15, 2006 Thanks for the help people. I took it back in the end. Apparently it's a problem either with the hard drive or the memory. Windows computers are defo shit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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