Help! Hard disk not booting!

[dipique]

I'm panicking. I hope this is simple that I can fix before my boss notices.

My computer boots up as normal, but right before it would usually boot windows, it instead makes a system click and restarts. I can run this boot disk from CD
http://www.memtest.org/download/1.6...6+-1.65.iso.zip
and run tests on the hard drive, and the tests all run fine. I've tried rewriting the MBR to the disk. And ideas?

Dan

 

[SYL\X/3K]

since the memtest went fine might be a virus on the HD causing it to reboot

pull out the HD and plug it to another computer and run an anti-virus program to clean up the HD

 

[Apokalipse]

since the memtest went fine might be a virus on the HD causing it to reboot

doubt it
I'd say it's more likely a hardware issue, or it's BSODing really quickly just when it starts to load windows

 

[Gary335]

Help! Hard disk not booting!

I agree. It definitley sounds to me like a hardware-related hard drive problem.

 

[dipique]

Any ideas why it would scan fine but be a hardware problem?

Dan

 

[Apokalipse]

try a repair-install of Windows

 

[dipique]

"try a repair-install of Windows"

Takes forever to get it back to normal after a repair.

 

[Apokalipse]

well it's better than it not booting at all...

 

[superdave1984]

Can you boot into safe mode or last known good?

 

[dipique]

Doesn't go to the boot screen. The second it touches the hard drive, it restarts. Unfortunately, it's impossible to tell how far it's gone in that second.

Dan