Chuckwiser here, sorry, have been out of town w/ family. Tried booting up in safe mode, go to "all programs-accessories-command prompt" At the start of this screen, should see black box with something like this
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator, or instead of admin-user name.
type in "chkdsk /p /r" then hit the Enter button, should then run checkdisk from that prompt manually, unless drive is "locked by system resources" will prompt Y/N as to perform @ next boot.
"chkdsk" is check disk, that will run , just as a "status check" of the hard drive.
The parameter "/p" forces the disk to check anyway.
The parameter "/r" recovers any readable information on the HD and relocates it to a different location, then "marks" that spot as bad, then won't store anymore information in that location.
[email]chuckangelier@hotmail.com[/email] with the results will give you more help if I can on this end! Will be home all this weekend.
Good Luck, Chuckwiser out
