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BSOD: JSGRIFF2.ZIP file and PERFMON.HTML file

No worries.
- AustrAlien
- Post #7
- Nov 18, 2012
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
BSOD: JSGRIFF2.ZIP file and PERFMON.HTML file

There's a little bit of confusion here. I think maybe the OP posted here unwittingly? The OP has posted at BC and is being assisted there: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic475678.html
- AustrAlien
- Post #4
- Nov 18, 2012
- Forum: BSOD Crashes, Kernel Debugging
Windows xp home advanced boot menu loop

That sounds like the way to move forward from here. Immediately after the Windows installation, install all drivers for that particular model laptop that you will get (or will have already got) from the DELL website. Note: Beware of the SATA hard drive issue when attempting to boot with the XP...
- AustrAlien
- Post #60
- Aug 26, 2012
- Forum: General Help & Information
Windows xp home advanced boot menu loop

Hello 4, Badblocks had progressed through just 16% of the hard drive when you stopped it, and had already found 290 bad blocks. 1 block = 2 sectors 1 sector = 512 bytes StartBlock NumberOfBadBlocks 1377076 4 1378024 1 1378084 4...
- AustrAlien
- Post #56
- Aug 26, 2012
- Forum: General Help & Information
Windows xp home advanced boot menu loop

Shut it down. That's not good! Maybe James was correct with his theory about the failed read-heads? I'll have another think about it.
- AustrAlien
- Post #53
- Aug 25, 2012
- Forum: General Help & Information
Windows xp home advanced boot menu loop

I am interested in that long list. Sounds like a long list of "bad sectors" &/or read errors ???? Copy all the text from the terminal and paste in a reply.
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- Post #51
- Aug 25, 2012
- Forum: General Help & Information
Windows xp home advanced boot menu loop

Can you post what you've got so far?
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- Post #49
- Aug 25, 2012
- Forum: General Help & Information
Windows xp home advanced boot menu loop

Thank you for pandering to my curiosity.
- AustrAlien
- Post #46
- Aug 25, 2012
- Forum: General Help & Information
Windows xp home advanced boot menu loop

Since you have the "bad" XP hard drive in the laptop, I'd like to poke and prod it a little more. Please boot UBCD > PartedMagic and open a terminal. At the prompt, type: badblocks -sv /dev/sda and press <ENTER>. You will see a running report of progress. The process should take an...
- AustrAlien
- Post #42
- Aug 25, 2012
- Forum: General Help & Information
Windows xp home advanced boot menu loop

Thank you: That will give me something to chew on while you are at work! :thumbsup2: I am not entirely sure what might be going on with that hard drive .... ??? When you try to view the contents of the XP hard drive using PartedMagic, what do you see/what happens?
- AustrAlien
- Post #40
- Aug 24, 2012
- Forum: General Help & Information
Windows xp home advanced boot menu loop

Re: the Windows Vista product key retrieval Have a look at the post by James Litten: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic464158.html/page__p__2795657#entry2795657
- AustrAlien
- Post #36
- Aug 24, 2012
- Forum: General Help & Information
Windows xp home advanced boot menu loop

Yes, the Windows serial key can be retrieved quite easily from the hard drive without being able to boot to it .... if necessary. Have you considered the possibility of cloning the bad hard drive to the good hard drive ??? Let's have a closer look at that "bad" hard drive to see what's...
- AustrAlien
- Post #32
- Aug 24, 2012
- Forum: General Help & Information
Windows xp home advanced boot menu loop

Yes, I anticipate that happening! That's how a lot of forum helpers get started I expect. It was the case with me. 4 has been exhibiting all the signs of being afflicted with a bad case of extreme geeekedness.
- AustrAlien
- Post #29
- Aug 23, 2012
- Forum: General Help & Information
Windows xp home advanced boot menu loop

Hello 4, You didn't tell me you were over here. I just stumbled upon the very familiar username by accident! You have been getting yourself into more strife, I see.
- AustrAlien
- Post #23
- Aug 23, 2012
- Forum: General Help & Information

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