ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 I have one laptop with Win2K. When I do a CHKDSK (on reboot), Windows starts loading, then the screen gets completely black. I can see the HD light flicker for several minutes, then the thing reboots.I *assume* that it performed the CHKDSK during that blackout time, but why I do not see anything? The same thing happens if I do a Diskeeper boot-time defrag. Just black.Any ideas? (B.t.w. it's a DELL Inspiron 2600). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 I cannot offer a solution, but something is definitely wrong. I always set CHKDSK to correct any errors, and I see a blue screen showing five phases. The whole thing usually takes about ten minutes. When I run a boot time def rag with Diskeeper, it runs three phases of CHKDSK, followed by five phases of def rag, and again takes up to about ten minutes on a blue screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Since posting the above, I have run boot time defrag again. It only took about three or four minutes. It obviously varies according to the degree of defragmentation. It was however on a blue screen and each phase was there to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 yeah, sounds like something really wrong there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 Forgot to mention that this is a multi-boot system with Win2K and WinXP. I will try CHKDSK from the XP system; see if it happens there too. (That would show me if it is a hardware or BIOS issue, or it is caused by Win2K). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted March 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Ran CHKDSK last night from WinXP, and it runs normally. So that points to a problem in my Win2K.It is not that big a problem, but I may try SFC next weekend, or perhaps a repair install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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