computer crashes when trying to chkdsk/f on ntfs (win2k) partition

[nortexoid]

what the hell..i can't defragment my drive or chkdsk it...it fails part way thru chkdsk/f while booting...a nice bright blue screen...i even defaulted my bios (not o/ced, etc.)

nothing...any solutions?

 

[Skoalboy]

Hrm....Was this a new install of Win2K?

 

[nortexoid]

mmmm..."new"?...

it wasn't preloaded...i installed it approx. couple months ago - full install...

win2k professional...apparnetly nobody else has the same problem...

 

[limsandy]

Overclocked computer not stable ?

 

[nortexoid]

oc/ed is stable...hasn't crashed ever in prime95, and it rarely crashes during any prog.

anyway, i ran it at default clock speeds (including memory at SPD settings - cas3), and no go....

it has to be something other than other, non?

 

[nakedfrog]

you tried using the disk defragmenter built in to Win2k?
administrative tools->computer management->there's a disk defrag option there
(in win2k pro, at least, i think it's under something else in win2k server)

 

[nortexoid]

yes, i did...

but that has nothign to do with chkdsk/f failing at boot, non?

 

[idgaf13]

go to sysinternalsthey have excellent info on win NT/2k ,
all varietys.
Mark Russonovich ,the webmaster, makes his living writing and working about win NT/2k.

 

[nortexoid]

i found out what it was...

the tbcspud.sys driver for my turtle beach santa cruz...i deleted it, rebooted and chkdsked - worked fine...
then undeleted it and rebooted and got sound back...


odd.

anyone else try this? (incompatiblity between SC+win2k+chkdsk/f)

 

[murdock2525]

Good bit of info.Thanks ! I never would have guessed .
Next time try ...... chkdsk/p that moves the data to "non bad" sectorzz

 

[nortexoid]

mmm...i have no bad sectors...

the purpose of the chkdsk/f was to fix disk problems that prohibited defragmentation.

now, my drive is purring along as one contiguous file system...

also, i emailed turtble beach regarding this issue to see if its replicable on more than my configuration.