XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: philo@privcy.not   
      
   On 04/10/2013 12:52 PM, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:   
   >   
   >   An Acer laptop, bought when XP was new with XP installed.   
   > All updates to date also have been installed.   
   >    Recently, I've started gettinbg frequent blue-screen, DOS -font   
   > notices --- can't read the entire page (it leaves too quickly) but   
   > starts with "a problem has been encountered and windows must   
   > shut down." Then during reboot,  a "disk must be checked "   
   > and the checking is done. Most of the time then one or more   
   > mesages of files who's "first allocation unit is not valid". It then   
   > "corrects" the problem and finishes the reboot. Twice today this   
   > has occured!   
   >     Any one here know what this means? Is my hard drive telling   
   > me something?   
   >   
      
      
      
   That looks indeed like a hard drive problem.   
      
   The laptop may have a built in diagnostic utility that can be accessed   
   in the bios.   
      
   If not, you can get a utility from the manufacturer of the hard drive.   
      
      
   If the utility shows any errors be sure to replace your drive at once.   
      
      
   Before you do anything...make sure your data are backed up.   
      
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