Hi Jen,
Thank you for posting here.
Based on the current situation, I suggest you run the chkdsk command to
scan the hard disk and use the Disk Defragmenter tool to defrag the hard
disk. To do so, please refer to the following steps.
A: Check disk.
1. Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the hard disk drive
that you want to check.
2. Click Properties, and then click Tools.
3. Under Error-checking, click Check Now.
4. Click Start.
Also, you may use the following command.
a) Click Start and select Run.
b) Type CMD in the Open box and click OK.
c) Type the following command and press Enter.
chkdsk /f <driveletter>:
B. Defrag disk.
1. If the Disk Defragmenter tool is not already running, click Start,
point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and
then click Disk Defragmenter.
2. Click the volume that you want to defragment.
3. Click Defragment to begin the operation.
4. Review the progress of the operation in the Defragmentation Display
window. Fragmented files on the disk appear in red, contiguous files
are blue, and system files are green. The goal is to eliminate most of
the red in the window.
For more information, please refer to the following articles.
315265 How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315265
This article describes how to check the integrity of the hard disk drive in
Windows XP. After you install Windows XP, the Scandisk command is not
available.
314848 How to Defragment Your Disk Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314848
This article describes how to defragment your disk drive
volumes and describes the limitations of using Disk Defragmenter
Microsoft
Management Console (MMC) that is included with Windows XP.
305781 HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment a Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305781
This step-by-step guide describes how to perform maintenance on disk
volumes on Windows XP-based computers. Analyzing and defragmenting disks
can help to preserve the performance and general operation of the system.
Hope this helps!
Sincerely,
Jack Wang, MCSE 2000, MCSA, MCDBA, MCSD
Microsoft Partner Support
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| I'm running winxp with maxtor 160gb hd. when this happens i'll just
| reboot again and it take a long time to boot and went ok. this happens
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