Hi all, my computer began to have some problems about 2 weeks
ago. The specs are:
3.0GHz Intel Pentium 4 Prescott with Intel 865GV Chipset
ASRock Motherboard (P4i65GV)
512 DDR-400 RAM (Single DIMM)
80GB Seagate HDD
AOpen CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
Nvidia FX 5200 card
Windows XP Professional
Dell 17" Monitor
Firstly, it could not boot up properly after someone else did not
wait for the comp to shutdown fully and switch off the power when
the shutdown screen still at "Windows is shutting down". The comp
would always go to the screen with the XP logo and loading bar and
then a blue screen will just flash past and the comp will restart
again. The error on the blue screen is
UNBOOTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME.
Then, problem 2 came. I used a bootable Windows installation disk
to repair the Windows. This time, the computer can boot to Windows.
However, the problem is that everytime it booted to the Welcome
screen, the mouse cursor will first appear (part 2.1), then it will
take the comp about 2~3 mins to go to the hourglass cursor and
another good 5 mins before the accounts appear. When I login, the
Windows is jerky. Whenever I move my mouse around, the cursor would
be jerky before going back to the normal speed and be jerky again.
Sometimes, the OS will just get stuck at the stage when the mouse
cursor appears first before a black screen (refer to part
2.1).
Even then, when I get into the OS, the screen will black out before
flickering on again. After a certain time interval (although not
consistent), the computer will just freeze altogether and I have to
do a manual reboot (with the keyboard not even responding to the
Num Lock button and etc).
I sent it back to the shop where I bought from Sim Lim. The guys
were very nice and backed up my data before reformatting the
partition that the OS was in and flashed their copy of Windows XP
Pro on that partition. They also managed to detect certain viruses
in the disk and helped me cleaned them up.
Just when I thought the comp would work fine, problem 2 cropped up
3 days ago when I was playing FIFA 2005. The game froze and I had
to restart the comp. Then, the problem degenerated back to before
the partition was reformatted.
I tried to install Norton Systemworks 2005 on the comp. However,
everytime it reached the part when the installer shows "Updating
components registration" the installer will say that Norton
Systemworks 2005 cannot install and I have to abort the
installation. Although I did a manual look at the folders which
previously contained the viruses, I found no traces of these
viruses.
Although it seemed as if there are 2 separate problems, I cannot
help but think that both problems are connected. What is the root
cause of the OS' problem? I think the system did say something like
a device driver caused an error, but what is the true root cause of
the problem? I do not want to reformat the drive as I do not want
to lose my crucial data in the HDD as well as a reformat of the
drive has proven useless with the problem cropping up again.
All help appreciated. Thanks a lot!
