On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:28:46 -0600, lalala wrote:
> I have a HP Pavillion dv2000. it was very slow & always froze up so i
> stopped using it. Well on 2/14, i turned it on to scan my iPod. the last
> time i had it on before that was ages ago, sometime in '10. So there
> were about 40 updates in Windows Update. They all looked like security
> updates & vista updates so i checked them all & let them do their thing.
> But after the computer restarted itself, i got a message.
>
> Windows Error Recovery.
> Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be
> the cause. If windows files have been damaged or configured uncorrectly,
> Startup Repair can help diagnose and fix the problem. If power was
> interrupted during startup, choose Start Windows Normally. (Use the
> arrow keys to highlight your choice.)
>
> Option 1: Launch Startup Repair (recommended)
> Option 2: Start windows normally
>
> -Option 1 takes me to the Startup Repair which tells me 'Startup repair
> cannot repair this computer automatically.' then they ask to send the
> data then the computer just restarts & does the same thing over & over
> again. Option 2 takes me to "Starting Windows" then "Windows is loading
> files..." then restarts the computer, taking me back to the error
> screen.
>
> i tried, Last Known Good Configuration' (restarts), chkdsk (restarts),
> & System Restore in safe mode. It finished restoring but i still cannot
> start windows normally. i went into safe mode & a popup said 'the
> computer has restored to ...'. The weird thing is in system restore
> there are only two restore points, which are on 2/14, the same day of
> the windows updates. none before then. really weird. i saw somewhere
> that missing restore points are signs of a virus. =| i even tried going
> in to setup utility & tried to run a hard drive test but it said 'test
> status #1- 07 Fail' after about 30 seconds. then as i was exiting i went
> into boot order & the first is 'ATAPI CD/DVD ROM Drive' the second is
> 'Notebook Hard Drive'.
>
> What is the first one? does that have anything to do with why its not
> booting windows?
>
> Also as i was pressing ESC to go to Boot Menu it says
> System RAM
> Extended RAM Passed
> Cache SRAM Passed
> System BIOS *Shadowed*
> Video BIOS *Shadowed*
> Fixed Disk 0: [...]
> Mouse Initialized
>
>
> shadowed huh? =/
> anyway, any help would be appreciated. PLEASE.
All we need to know is the first part of your post:
"I have a HP Pavillion dv2000. it was very slow & always froze up so i
stopped using it."
Your computer is sick. This is verified by "tried to run a hard drive
test but it said 'test status #1- 07 Fail' after about 30 seconds"
Then you put in a whole lot of updates. That probably pushed it over the
edge :-)
As for "i saw somewhere that missing restore points are signs of a
virus". It's not true.
Windows removes old restore points. Other programs also remove some
restore points (they shouldn't!). Finally, you have no idea which
restore points should be there, so you have no idea which ones are
missing (the same would go for me too, of course).
The presence of the CD drive in the boot list is 100% normal. It just
means you can boot from it if you put a bootable CD in there. You might
even be able to fix your computer if you get a bootable repair disk, but
given your level of expertise, you'd do better to have someone else help
you.
But in your shoes, I'd probably just buy a new computer and hope for the
best. Computers can be pretty cheap these days, and the amount of work
needed to get yours squared away would discourage me.
--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
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