Help! endless boot- check disk loop Wrenchtwister 7/7/2007 5:14:02 PM I am trying to install XP home upgrade over windows ME. The install seemed to go ok but when I turned it off and tried to restart it went into an endless boot-check disk cycle. It boots, goes through the bios set-up,gets to the XP screen then goes to check disk. During the check it says it is removing "trailing folder entrys" then reboots again. I let it run about 4 hours thinking that it "fix" the error and work but no luck. I backed up my hard drive to another drive and I can still boot to ME on that drive so I don't think that my computer is bad. It is a HP with a p4 1.3 gig processor,512 ram, 120 hard drive. Any help would be appreciated. PS, it has created over 175 files in the windows folder named dumpxxx, all with 88kb. Thanks!

Re: Help! endless boot- check disk loop "Rich Barry" <rbarry[ at ]socal.rr.com> 7/7/2007 10:43:39 PM Take a look at this mskb Article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316639/ "Wrenchtwister" <Wrenchtwister[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:67D73BED-94F3-4DD5-B31D-CD56687D86D0[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I am trying to install XP home upgrade over windows ME. The install seemed >to > go ok but when I turned it off and tried to restart it went into an > endless > boot-check disk cycle. It boots, goes through the bios set-up,gets to the > XP > screen then goes to check disk. During the check it says it is removing > "trailing folder entrys" then reboots again. I let it run about 4 hours > thinking that it "fix" the error and work but no luck. I backed up my hard > drive to another drive and I can still boot to ME on that drive so I don't > think that my computer is bad. It is a HP with a p4 1.3 gig processor,512 > ram, 120 hard drive. Any help would be appreciated. PS, it has created > over > 175 files in the windows folder named dumpxxx, all with 88kb. Thanks!

Re: Help! endless boot- check disk loop Wrenchtwister 7/8/2007 8:58:01 PM I got it to display the bsod. The error message is stop: 0x0000007e( 4 different parameters) It also says vsdatant.sys address baaa24do base at baa90000, datestamp 4419a4ed Any help please? The mskb article was not much help! "Rich Barry" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Take a look at this mskb Article > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316639/ > > > > > "Wrenchtwister" <Wrenchtwister[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:67D73BED-94F3-4DD5-B31D-CD56687D86D0[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I am trying to install XP home upgrade over windows ME. The install seemed > >to > > go ok but when I turned it off and tried to restart it went into an > > endless > > boot-check disk cycle. It boots, goes through the bios set-up,gets to the > > XP > > screen then goes to check disk. During the check it says it is removing > > "trailing folder entrys" then reboots again. I let it run about 4 hours > > thinking that it "fix" the error and work but no luck. I backed up my hard > > drive to another drive and I can still boot to ME on that drive so I don't > > think that my computer is bad. It is a HP with a p4 1.3 gig processor,512 > > ram, 120 hard drive. Any help would be appreciated. PS, it has created > > over > > 175 files in the windows folder named dumpxxx, all with 88kb. Thanks! > > >

Re: Help! endless boot- check disk loop John John <audetweld[ at ]nbnet.nb.ca> 7/9/2007 12:30:12 AM Boot into Safe-Mode and disable Zone Alarm software and see what happens. John Wrenchtwister wrote: [Quoted Text] > I got it to display the bsod. The error message is stop: 0x0000007e( 4 > different parameters) > It also says vsdatant.sys address baaa24do base at baa90000, datestamp > 4419a4ed > Any help please? The mskb article was not much help! > > "Rich Barry" wrote: > > >> Take a look at this mskb Article >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316639/ >> >> >> >> >>"Wrenchtwister" <Wrenchtwister[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>news:67D73BED-94F3-4DD5-B31D-CD56687D86D0[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >>>I am trying to install XP home upgrade over windows ME. The install seemed >>>to >>>go ok but when I turned it off and tried to restart it went into an >>>endless >>>boot-check disk cycle. It boots, goes through the bios set-up,gets to the >>>XP >>>screen then goes to check disk. During the check it says it is removing >>>"trailing folder entrys" then reboots again. I let it run about 4 hours >>>thinking that it "fix" the error and work but no luck. I backed up my hard >>>drive to another drive and I can still boot to ME on that drive so I don't >>>think that my computer is bad. It is a HP with a p4 1.3 gig processor,512 >>>ram, 120 hard drive. Any help would be appreciated. PS, it has created >>>over >>>175 files in the windows folder named dumpxxx, all with 88kb. Thanks! >> >> >>

Re: Help! endless boot- check disk loop Wrenchtwister 7/10/2007 2:28:00 AM When I boot in safe mode I get a black screen that says "safe mode" in the 4 corners but I can't make it do anything else. I did go in the hard drive from my other drive and I think that I deleted all the Zone alarm stuff that I could find. Now it does the xp screen, check disk,then the bsod with the error messages, counts to 100 and does it again over and over till I stop it. I am truely puzzeled. "John John" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Boot into Safe-Mode and disable Zone Alarm software and see what happens. > > John > > Wrenchtwister wrote: > > > I got it to display the bsod. The error message is stop: 0x0000007e( 4 > > different parameters) > > It also says vsdatant.sys address baaa24do base at baa90000, datestamp > > 4419a4ed > > Any help please? The mskb article was not much help! > > > > "Rich Barry" wrote: > > > > > >> Take a look at this mskb Article > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316639/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>"Wrenchtwister" <Wrenchtwister[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >>news:67D73BED-94F3-4DD5-B31D-CD56687D86D0[ at ]microsoft.com... > >> > >>>I am trying to install XP home upgrade over windows ME. The install seemed > >>>to > >>>go ok but when I turned it off and tried to restart it went into an > >>>endless > >>>boot-check disk cycle. It boots, goes through the bios set-up,gets to the > >>>XP > >>>screen then goes to check disk. During the check it says it is removing > >>>"trailing folder entrys" then reboots again. I let it run about 4 hours > >>>thinking that it "fix" the error and work but no luck. I backed up my hard > >>>drive to another drive and I can still boot to ME on that drive so I don't > >>>think that my computer is bad. It is a HP with a p4 1.3 gig processor,512 > >>>ram, 120 hard drive. Any help would be appreciated. PS, it has created > >>>over > >>>175 files in the windows folder named dumpxxx, all with 88kb. Thanks! > >> > >> > >> >

Re: Help! endless boot- check disk loop John John <audetweld[ at ]nbnet.nb.ca> 7/10/2007 3:09:08 AM Boot to the Recovery Console and use the LISTSVC command to view services their start type. Ues the DISABLE command to disable vsdatant.sys. For help in the Recovery Console type: HELP. For help on specific commands type help commandname, example: HELP LISTSVC. Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058 John Wrenchtwister wrote: [Quoted Text] > When I boot in safe mode I get a black screen that says "safe mode" in the 4 > corners but I can't make it do anything else. I did go in the hard drive from > my other drive and I think that I deleted all the Zone alarm stuff that I > could find. Now it does the xp screen, check disk,then the bsod with the > error messages, counts to 100 and does it again over and over till I stop it. > I am truely puzzeled. > > "John John" wrote: > > >>Boot into Safe-Mode and disable Zone Alarm software and see what happens. >> >>John >> >>Wrenchtwister wrote: >> >> >>>I got it to display the bsod. The error message is stop: 0x0000007e( 4 >>>different parameters) >>>It also says vsdatant.sys address baaa24do base at baa90000, datestamp >>>4419a4ed >>>Any help please? The mskb article was not much help! >>> >>>"Rich Barry" wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Take a look at this mskb Article >>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316639/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>"Wrenchtwister" <Wrenchtwister[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>news:67D73BED-94F3-4DD5-B31D-CD56687D86D0[ at ]microsoft.com... >>>> >>>> >>>>>I am trying to install XP home upgrade over windows ME. The install seemed >>>>>to >>>>>go ok but when I turned it off and tried to restart it went into an >>>>>endless >>>>>boot-check disk cycle. It boots, goes through the bios set-up,gets to the >>>>>XP >>>>>screen then goes to check disk. During the check it says it is removing >>>>>"trailing folder entrys" then reboots again. I let it run about 4 hours >>>>>thinking that it "fix" the error and work but no luck. I backed up my hard >>>>>drive to another drive and I can still boot to ME on that drive so I don't >>>>>think that my computer is bad. It is a HP with a p4 1.3 gig processor,512 >>>>>ram, 120 hard drive. Any help would be appreciated. PS, it has created >>>>>over >>>>>175 files in the windows folder named dumpxxx, all with 88kb. Thanks! >>>> >>>> >>>>

Re: Help! endless boot- check disk loop Wrenchtwister 7/11/2007 4:06:01 AM Thank you very much, that was exactly what I had to do! Now I have 1 more question. Should I go into add/remove programs and remove the zone alarm and if so should I use the windows firewall or something else? Thank you !! "John John" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Boot to the Recovery Console and use the LISTSVC command to view > services their start type. Ues the DISABLE command to disable > vsdatant.sys. For help in the Recovery Console type: HELP. For help > on specific commands type help commandname, example: HELP LISTSVC. > > Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058 > > John > > Wrenchtwister wrote: > > > When I boot in safe mode I get a black screen that says "safe mode" in the 4 > > corners but I can't make it do anything else. I did go in the hard drive from > > my other drive and I think that I deleted all the Zone alarm stuff that I > > could find. Now it does the xp screen, check disk,then the bsod with the > > error messages, counts to 100 and does it again over and over till I stop it. > > I am truely puzzeled. > > > > "John John" wrote: > > > > > >>Boot into Safe-Mode and disable Zone Alarm software and see what happens. > >> > >>John > >> > >>Wrenchtwister wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I got it to display the bsod. The error message is stop: 0x0000007e( 4 > >>>different parameters) > >>>It also says vsdatant.sys address baaa24do base at baa90000, datestamp > >>>4419a4ed > >>>Any help please? The mskb article was not much help! > >>> > >>>"Rich Barry" wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Take a look at this mskb Article > >>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316639/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>"Wrenchtwister" <Wrenchtwister[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >>>>news:67D73BED-94F3-4DD5-B31D-CD56687D86D0[ at ]microsoft.com... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>I am trying to install XP home upgrade over windows ME. The install seemed > >>>>>to > >>>>>go ok but when I turned it off and tried to restart it went into an > >>>>>endless > >>>>>boot-check disk cycle. It boots, goes through the bios set-up,gets to the > >>>>>XP > >>>>>screen then goes to check disk. During the check it says it is removing > >>>>>"trailing folder entrys" then reboots again. I let it run about 4 hours > >>>>>thinking that it "fix" the error and work but no luck. I backed up my hard > >>>>>drive to another drive and I can still boot to ME on that drive so I don't > >>>>>think that my computer is bad. It is a HP with a p4 1.3 gig processor,512 > >>>>>ram, 120 hard drive. Any help would be appreciated. PS, it has created > >>>>>over > >>>>>175 files in the windows folder named dumpxxx, all with 88kb. Thanks! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >

Re: Help! endless boot- check disk loop John John <audetweld[ at ]nbnet.nb.ca> 7/11/2007 12:17:41 PM You could try to uninstall it but being that you remotely accessed the drive and removed all the ZA files you may not be able to unistall it. You *definitely* need a firewall! You cannot securely run Windows XP without a firewall. I am not overly fond of the Windows XP firewall but it will effectively protect you from inbound intrusions. For all it's worth, even though Zone Alarm is very popular I am even less fond of it! It is known to be problematic at times. My personal favorites for firewalls were Kerio and Sygate. Kerio is now Sunbelt and they have a fairly good free personal firewall. Sygate had a very good personal firewall but they were acquired by Symantec, yuck! By now Symantec should have properly and completely screwed all Sygate products! If you search hard enough on the net you might find a site somewhere that still has a pre-Symantec Sygate download available. John Wrenchtwister wrote: [Quoted Text] > Thank you very much, that was exactly what I had to do! Now I have 1 more > question. Should I go into add/remove programs and remove the zone alarm and > if so should I use the windows firewall or something else? Thank you !! > > "John John" wrote: > > >>Boot to the Recovery Console and use the LISTSVC command to view >>services their start type. Ues the DISABLE command to disable >>vsdatant.sys. For help in the Recovery Console type: HELP. For help >>on specific commands type help commandname, example: HELP LISTSVC. >> >>Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console >>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058 >> >>John >> >>Wrenchtwister wrote: >> >> >>>When I boot in safe mode I get a black screen that says "safe mode" in the 4 >>>corners but I can't make it do anything else. I did go in the hard drive from >>>my other drive and I think that I deleted all the Zone alarm stuff that I >>>could find. Now it does the xp screen, check disk,then the bsod with the >>>error messages, counts to 100 and does it again over and over till I stop it. >>>I am truely puzzeled. >>> >>>"John John" wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Boot into Safe-Mode and disable Zone Alarm software and see what happens. >>>> >>>>John >>>> >>>>Wrenchtwister wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I got it to display the bsod. The error message is stop: 0x0000007e( 4 >>>>>different parameters) >>>>>It also says vsdatant.sys address baaa24do base at baa90000, datestamp >>>>>4419a4ed >>>>>Any help please? The mskb article was not much help! >>>>> >>>>>"Rich Barry" wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Take a look at this mskb Article >>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316639/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>"Wrenchtwister" <Wrenchtwister[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>>>news:67D73BED-94F3-4DD5-B31D-CD56687D86D0[ at ]microsoft.com... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>I am trying to install XP home upgrade over windows ME. The install seemed >>>>>>>to >>>>>>>go ok but when I turned it off and tried to restart it went into an >>>>>>>endless >>>>>>>boot-check disk cycle. It boots, goes through the bios set-up,gets to the >>>>>>>XP >>>>>>>screen then goes to check disk. During the check it says it is removing >>>>>>>"trailing folder entrys" then reboots again. I let it run about 4 hours >>>>>>>thinking that it "fix" the error and work but no luck. I backed up my hard >>>>>>>drive to another drive and I can still boot to ME on that drive so I don't >>>>>>>think that my computer is bad. It is a HP with a p4 1.3 gig processor,512 >>>>>>>ram, 120 hard drive. Any help would be appreciated. PS, it has created >>>>>>>over >>>>>>>175 files in the windows folder named dumpxxx, all with 88kb. Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>