BSOD after the windows 7 logo!

[iskim86]

so about two weeks ago I bought an ASUS UL30VT-A1 laptop.

it's a great laptop.

then two days ago, in the evening, it started taking me about 2 minutes to make a new directory. right click - new - folder... then a 2 minute pause with windows explorer showing "not responding", then it finally makes the directory. even in firefox i would type something and then it would pause for about 10 seconds then start going again.

then yesterday i restarted my computer, and now i get a bsod right after the windows 7 logo (or during it). it doesn't even stay on the blue screen, it shows for a split second and reboots. so i go into windows recovery and try to repair the installation. it finishes, but still a bsod. so i choose the command prompt option and go to C:... tells me the parameter is incorrect. can't even roll back to a restore point because recovery won't detect the drive and the windows installation. it just says "Unknown on unknown".

what now? what's going on? help would be greatly appreciated 🙂

thanks

 

[busydude]

First, run a memory test.

• Restart your computer.
• Start pressing F8 on your keyboard.
• This will open advanced boot options screen.
• Click Esc on your keyboard while you’re in the advanced boot options screen.
• You’ll be taken to the Windows Boot Manager screen.
• Press Tab on your keyboard to move to the Tools section of the boot manager screen and then press enter to start the Memory Diagnostics.

 

[fffblackmage]

Could also be a dying HDD. If you know the manufacturer of the HDD, they should have some sort of testing app, like Seagate's Seatools.

 

[iskim86]

First, run a memory test.

been there, done that, no errors

Could also be a dying HDD. If you know the manufacturer of the HDD, they should have some sort of testing app, like Seagate's Seatools.

maybe 🙁 i downloaded ultimate boot disc to run a series of tests

also, i can't boot into safe mode.

 

[iskim86]

i tried going to c: again in command prompt and it tells me that it can't because of an i/o device error 😕

 

[mfenn]

Could also be a dying HDD. If you know the manufacturer of the HDD, they should have some sort of testing app, like Seagate's Seatools.

This.

The pauses you were getting when trying to make a new folder and with firefox were probably the HDD having to try multiple times to read a marginal sector.

EDIT: Your newest post pretty much confirms it. Witness the bathtub curve of HDD failure rates!

 

[iskim86]

This.

The pauses you were getting when trying to make a new folder and with firefox were probably the HDD having to try multiple times to read a marginal sector.

EDIT: Your newest post pretty much confirms it. Witness the bathtub curve of HDD failure rates!

i knew it in the back of the head that the hard drive's dead, but didn't want to admit it 🙁

crap. should i send the laptop back to J&R or should i send it to asus? getting a replacement from J&R is probably cheaper, no?