XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: johnwilliamson@btinternet.com   
      
   On 10/04/2013 18:52, 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?   
   >   
   Try downloading a copy of The Ultimate Boot CD onto another machine,   
   burning it, and booting from it.   
      
   It's got a lot of HD and other diagnostic programs on it.   
      
   If the FAT or MFT is getting damaged on boot, though, as it seems to be   
   from your original post, I'd guess your HD may just be on its last legs   
   and you are about to find out how effective your backup regime is...   
      
   --   
   Tciao for Now!   
      
   John.   
      
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