my guess, is that because
moving/adjusting a physical
part did give you back some
functionality, it is only temporary.
however, i recall a time when there
were programs allowing
users to "park" the hd:
http://search.live.com/results.aspx?srch=105&FORM=IE7RE&q=parking+the+disk
then who know, possibly you
have malware that parked it
covertly making you think
it was defective "or"
the hd has become defective/faulty.
well, if you are in
safemode, then begin
the process of transferring
your personal files off of it.
the above should be a
priority, while you still
have time.
then you can experiment
with the hd later.
in regards to that
tdi.sys, it might be
a coincidence that the
failure occurred loading
that driver. but would
hurt to validate it later:
http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=tdi.sys&FORM=MSNH
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<mwieder@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Thanks all so far for your help - I think we're getting close:
UPDATE:
I removed the HD, opened it up and manually moved the arm back and
forth a few times (don't worry, I've been in HDs before and know to be
super careful). I closed everything back up and reconnected and now,
it no longer fails with a BOOT FAILURE, but in fact, begins to load
Windows, then shows a black screen with a progress bar along the
bottom, and then after the progress abr completes (approx 1 minute)
the system reboots. I restarted in Safe Mode and saw the last thing
to get loaded before the reboot occurs is TDI.SYS. What do I do
know? Could this be due to one of the things I tried was booting from
teh Win XP CD and it overwrote some SP2 files with the original
ones?
Thanks a bunch!
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<databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote:
> actually, it may be a bigger
> problem than simply the
> boot sector.
>
> when you successfully boot
> with the cd, the setup files
> would then be installed onto
> the hd.
>
> if these primary files from
> the cd can't be transferred
> onto the hd, then the hd
> has a serious problem.
>
> it would seem equally impossible
> to re install windows, repair windows
> or install a parallel windows into
> a different partition or folder, the
> setup and installation files cannot
> transfer onto the hd.
>
> what you might want to do
> is make it a slave drive and
> see if possibly you can log
> onto a master drive and then
> access the corrupted slave,
> at least to get your personal
> files off of it.
>
> if by chance you can see files
> on the corrupted drive, then
> let us know then we can take
> a different route to help you.
>
> you might also want to visit
> the hd's homesite and see if
> there is a utility to check the
> state/validity of your hd.
>
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> <mwie...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:5a9fdb13-ad51-4f01-91ea-de38ce1d2257@x69g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>
> > OK, I have made my XP SP2 machine very angry.
>
> > Upon recently shutting down, I encountered a BSOD. Needing to leave
> > swiftly, I did not have time to wait for the entire "Dumping
> > memory...." so I went to the box and held the power button until the
> > machine shut down.
>
> > Bad idea.
>
> > Now, as soon as I turn it on, the motherboard is beeping at me (sounds
> > almost like a tune from an old video game) and a red failure light is
> > visible on the MB. It tries to detect the drives and then I get a
> > "BOOT DISK FAILURE." It allows me to boot from CD, so I put in my XP
> > installation CD and it starts loading all the drivers. When it gets
> > to the part about starting Windows, I get another BSOD - error
> > 0000007f.
>
> > So, what do I need to do to repair the messed up boot sector on my
> > HD? Is there a boot utility somewhere I can download and have it boot
> > from?