My Windows 7 instance is all corrupt on my Dell XPS laptop (my kid hibernated it as it was starting). I got the Windows 7 installation disc and I try to repair the installation. The repair goes through and it says done but it doesn't know if it repaired successfully. It just says reboot.
I can also open a command line and I run chkdsk /F manually in there. What's strange is that I've run it 20 times and chkdsk claims that it fixes stuff every time. Eventually it stops and I reboot. Much to my chagrin, my machine is still broken. Chkdsk gives an error at the end that it can't write a log file.
I've also run a full diagnostic using the Dell diagnostic tools. The tools say that everything is okay.
Any suggestions regarding what I should do next? Any help appreciated. mj
Edit - the hard drive was fried. Had it replaced and all is well.
chkdsk C:
check on the C: drive. Does it say0 KB in bad sectors.
? Or do you have bad sectors > 0? If you have bad sectors, backup you stuff as fast as possible (of course you should already have a backup) because your harddisk is failing. If this number increases with every chkdsk, replace the harddisk.