Comments on: Analyze and Repair PC Hardware http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/25/analyze-and-repair-pc-hardware/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:58:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: z0iid http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/25/analyze-and-repair-pc-hardware/#comment-283879 z0iid Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:23:51 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/25/analyze-and-repair-pc-hardware/#comment-283879 If you can boot into the windows recovery console, you can run "chkdsk /r". You can run ntfsdos from the Ultimate Boot CD, but you don't get the chkdsk options. You can just run it, but not in repair mode. First attack for blue screens? F8 and select "last known good configuration". Occasionally, this does actually work. If that doesn't, I do an harddrive scan (using the Ultimate Boot CD) based on the manufacturer of the HD. This may take some time, but sometimes you will find that the hard drive is "failing" and should be replaced. At this point, you can slave up the drive and backup important files. If the drive still isn't "visible" as a drive letter when slaved up, but shows up in mass storage devices - then you may need to use recovery software. My software of choice is EasyRecovery Professional. As Martin says, occasionally you run up against bad memory or a processor, but the majority of the time (and I do this for a large organization) it has something to do with the harddrive or filesystem. If you can boot into the windows recovery console, you can run “chkdsk /r”. You can run ntfsdos from the Ultimate Boot CD, but you don’t get the chkdsk options. You can just run it, but not in repair mode.

First attack for blue screens? F8 and select “last known good configuration”. Occasionally, this does actually work. If that doesn’t, I do an harddrive scan (using the Ultimate Boot CD) based on the manufacturer of the HD. This may take some time, but sometimes you will find that the hard drive is “failing” and should be replaced.

At this point, you can slave up the drive and backup important files. If the drive still isn’t “visible” as a drive letter when slaved up, but shows up in mass storage devices – then you may need to use recovery software. My software of choice is EasyRecovery Professional.

As Martin says, occasionally you run up against bad memory or a processor, but the majority of the time (and I do this for a large organization) it has something to do with the harddrive or filesystem.

]]> By: Kirk http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/25/analyze-and-repair-pc-hardware/#comment-283826 Kirk Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:32:52 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/25/analyze-and-repair-pc-hardware/#comment-283826 sometimes , mostly motherboard is the damage when there's nothing u can see in the monitor. sometimes , mostly motherboard is the damage when there’s nothing u can see in the monitor.

]]> By: colin_w http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/25/analyze-and-repair-pc-hardware/#comment-283757 colin_w Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:39:01 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/25/analyze-and-repair-pc-hardware/#comment-283757 Good example of troubleshooting BSOD. The first Podnutz podcast also deals with BSOD problems at boot up. Podnutz is a relatively new podcast on DIY computer repair. Well worth listening to: http://podnutz.com/ Good example of troubleshooting BSOD. The first Podnutz podcast also deals with BSOD problems at boot up. Podnutz is a relatively new podcast on DIY computer repair. Well worth listening to:

http://podnutz.com/

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