Okay. If someone can figure this out, I'll give them a cookie.
K, so I primarily use Windows 7, but also have multiple OSes underneath it, such as Ubuntu and Joli OS installed by WUBI type of installer. Now, I decided to run a chkdsk because it's normally good to run it once in a while, right? Anyways, while it was running, it stopped running for like two hours. It was stuck on one specific % (don't remember the %). Yeah, I know that you aren't supposed to shut down while chkdsk is running, but it stopped running so it was my only option. I rebooted by power button and loaded into Windows, but Windows was throwing some errors on the notification thingy in the taskbar (it would say things like "C:\$Secure" with nothing else written), so I decided to reboot again. Apparently, a bad choice.
It starts off with my custom boot logo (not related as I've had the same boot logo for months before with no problems), but then flashes a BSoD for .5 sec and restarts itself. (Same for Safe Mode) I looked up the BSoD error number, and the majority of the comments about it relate to RAM. I decided to try running memtest86 (and memtest86+) to see if it's related to my RAM. I obtained a LiveCD of each of them and stick one of them in.... Annnnd Windows attempts to boot, Blue Screening again. Not a problem, I think. I'll just go to the BIOS and change the boot order. I press the ON button and hit F10 (which has always taken me to BIOS before).... annnnd it doesn't go to BIOS. It goes to this weird "Edit Boot Settings" thing that says what sections of the hard drive Windows is installed on. I even reseated the CMOS battery, but no dice. So I just pull out my hard drive so the LiveCD is the only bootable media in the laptop, and memtest86 loads, and all results are completely clean (Same with memtest86+). I thought that was weird because the BSoD was suggesting the RAM was the problem, but in the tests, the RAM came out completely clean. Meanwhile, I have been using my Ubuntu installed through WUBI to do my daily business (using it to type this).
So I'm fairly certain it's the hard drive, but I don't understand why Ubuntu is working because it's on the same hard drive. I also don't understand why I can't get into the BIOS when I could before.
Oh, and every time I run "Windows Memory Test" from the boot screen, it freezes at 21% when on "Extended Test" ONLY, it comes out completely clean on "Standard".
Another thing I was planning on doing (I've already backed up my important stuff to an external hard drive), was just to get the Windows 7 Ultimate Product Key using one of those programs and formatting and reinstalling Windows 7 from scratch. But, when I try and use one of those programs in WINE, I get "Error 1314: Privilege not held"
Any ideas?
K, so I primarily use Windows 7, but also have multiple OSes underneath it, such as Ubuntu and Joli OS installed by WUBI type of installer. Now, I decided to run a chkdsk because it's normally good to run it once in a while, right? Anyways, while it was running, it stopped running for like two hours. It was stuck on one specific % (don't remember the %). Yeah, I know that you aren't supposed to shut down while chkdsk is running, but it stopped running so it was my only option. I rebooted by power button and loaded into Windows, but Windows was throwing some errors on the notification thingy in the taskbar (it would say things like "C:\$Secure" with nothing else written), so I decided to reboot again. Apparently, a bad choice.
It starts off with my custom boot logo (not related as I've had the same boot logo for months before with no problems), but then flashes a BSoD for .5 sec and restarts itself. (Same for Safe Mode) I looked up the BSoD error number, and the majority of the comments about it relate to RAM. I decided to try running memtest86 (and memtest86+) to see if it's related to my RAM. I obtained a LiveCD of each of them and stick one of them in.... Annnnd Windows attempts to boot, Blue Screening again. Not a problem, I think. I'll just go to the BIOS and change the boot order. I press the ON button and hit F10 (which has always taken me to BIOS before).... annnnd it doesn't go to BIOS. It goes to this weird "Edit Boot Settings" thing that says what sections of the hard drive Windows is installed on. I even reseated the CMOS battery, but no dice. So I just pull out my hard drive so the LiveCD is the only bootable media in the laptop, and memtest86 loads, and all results are completely clean (Same with memtest86+). I thought that was weird because the BSoD was suggesting the RAM was the problem, but in the tests, the RAM came out completely clean. Meanwhile, I have been using my Ubuntu installed through WUBI to do my daily business (using it to type this).
So I'm fairly certain it's the hard drive, but I don't understand why Ubuntu is working because it's on the same hard drive. I also don't understand why I can't get into the BIOS when I could before.
Oh, and every time I run "Windows Memory Test" from the boot screen, it freezes at 21% when on "Extended Test" ONLY, it comes out completely clean on "Standard".
Another thing I was planning on doing (I've already backed up my important stuff to an external hard drive), was just to get the Windows 7 Ultimate Product Key using one of those programs and formatting and reinstalling Windows 7 from scratch. But, when I try and use one of those programs in WINE, I get "Error 1314: Privilege not held"
Any ideas?
My Computer
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Toshiba L745-S4210
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
- Memory
- 4GB
- Hard Drives
- 680 or so GB
- Antivirus
- MSE, ESET
- Browser
- Chromium, Opera, Firefox
