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re: SFC /scannow with XP-SP3 crashes computer Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 4:54 am Posted by Johnb33 (2283 messages posted) A client of mine just had this problem a couple weeks ago. This is what i did to fix it.... Slave the drive in another machine and download the drive makers disk diagnostic utility and run it on the drive. It should find an error or errors and fix them allowing your drive to boot up properly in the original syste. On Monday, November 2, 2009 at 11:33 pm, sdruid wrote: > I tried using SFC /scannow with XP-SP3 and now my computer attempts to boot but >never gets past the windows xp startup screen. I didn't have this problem with XP-SP2, >or even Win2k-SP4... > I tried a repair re-install but all I get is still the same Windows XP startup screen, >any ideas how to fix this without have to reload windows from scratch would be appreciated.... [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum