strange windows xp destruction

[bubbadamage]

fist i have to say a laptop was giving to me to put a firewall and security software on it

its a toshiba tecra m3, windows xp pro sp2 ,512mb ram ,60gb hard drive. cdrom ect.

lets see it has proven very disasterous for me

i just dont know what happened at all (fixed 1 problem then another ect. now stuffed)

firstly

i noticed the system restore was off on the laptop when i got it

so turned it back on

i also started putting on firefox, yahoo messenger then firewall zonealarm free, avg now then

after that some bsods starting happening

used avgremover to remove avg its settings and files (clean)

so i stopped anymore installing

and went and did some scandisking

fix errors heaps log errors arose like this one below

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windows popup

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delayed write failed

windows was unable to save all the data for the file

c:\windows\internet logs\tvdebug.log the data has been

lost. this error may be caused by a failure of your computer

hardware or network

i started taking notes too late ect.

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i tried to update windows

first update install failed

then bsod again

more bsods arose after reboot

like

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unmountable_boot_volume

stop 0x000000ED (0x82f83900,0xc000009c,0x00000000,0x00000000

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read into it and "chkdsk /r"

ok it looks fixed loaded windows very slowly afterwards

saw nearly took all hard drive space was nearly taken up scandisk it again (hard disk space fixed)

ok windows loads though i was in clear then laptop froze up while looking for windows updates on web

so then again

got a bsod

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ntfs.sys - address f85016d4 base at f84f0000, datestamp 45cc56a7

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so i got feed up and tryed the windows xp cd to repair windows the procedure was going allright then i got this

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c:\windows\system32\netman.dll

loadlibary returned error 999 (3e7)

c:\windows\system32\netshell.dll

loadlibary returned error 999 (3e7)

fatal error:

setup was unable to initialize network installation components.

the specific error code is 2.

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while it was in the setup and stopped

now i couldnt get windows to boot at all

and eventually

i got this

bsod though all means booting to safemode, normal, and windows setup disc

irql_not_less_or_equal

thats it i dont know what to do now

i understand that this is rush but i thought i could have fixed the laptop's windows and didnt take too much notes but i hope someone can see a pattern here to dignose whats up please help.

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Sounds to me like the hard drive went bad on you...

[jaclaz]

It may also be an intermittent (cable/connection) problem and/or a bad sector somewhere - fixable with CHKDSK or other utility.

JFYI, about 0x000000ED:

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=11320&st=7

(AND given links)

jaclaz

Edited May 12, 2010 by jaclaz

[Yzöwl]

I would suggest that the problem is likely with your hard disk drive too. Most manufacturers offer free drive check/testing utilities, however Toshiba doesn't. Their drives can usually be checked using the free tool provided for Hitachi drives. Since you've stated that the OS has been re-installed etc. I'd also strongly suggest that you ensure that all of the proper drivers etc. are installed and working correctly before touching additional software installations.

[bubbadamage]

I would suggest that the problem is likely with your hard disk drive too. Most manufacturers offer free drive check/testing utilities, however Toshiba doesn't. Their drives can usually be checked using the free tool provided for Hitachi drives. Since you've stated that the OS has been re-installed etc. I'd also strongly suggest that you ensure that all of the proper drivers etc. are installed and working correctly before touching additional software installations.

seems to be hard drive, formating hard drive stays at 15 percent and wont move at all

in and out of the laptop (laptop ide to usb adapter for the desktop).

i got a hard drive from a hp laptop the otherday sadly its sata harddrive darn

but there is no sata to laptop ide adapters (?) small enough to fit in laptop hard drive area.

ill have to wait for a ide harddrive to come along before i can continue.

but hey thats for the run down guys. B)

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Where do you live?

I have a 40gig ide 2.5 drive I can send you. (You have to pay for shipping)

Or I will trade for the sata one

Edited May 31, 2010 by Kelsenellenelvian