Uh Oh!! Please Help!

[bluttr]

I have a Dell Latitude C640 Laptop. 2.0 Intel P4 M. Heres my problem.

I installed software for an LG external DVD-RW drive an all was well. I left the machine on and headed off to bed as I often do. The next morning I notced the laptop was off. well... when I went to boot it up it shows the Dell screen followed by the Windows loading screen (which stays up for a lot longer than it used to) followed by a blank screen for a bit, THEN the screen of death. A blue screen comes up wit a "STOP REGISTRY C:0000218" error then restarts the whole process.

At first I assumed this was software related because of the new software that I had installed. But reading through Microsoft and Dell Support articles, it sounds like it could be hardware.

I also ran the Diagnostics from the setup and it returned a DST Short test Failure.

Any thoughts?

 

[gvgraphics]

"DST" Stands for "Drive Self Test". If you are getting this message it means your hard drive is failing or already has failed. Sorry Man!!

 

[bluttr]

"DST" Stands for "Drive Self Test". If you are getting this message it means your hard drive is failing or already has failed. Sorry Man!!

That is what I figured... Luckily this is a fairly new (to me) machine and I dont normally use this for my work.

I have read that you can get a USB drive enclosure and I may be able to retrieve some of the info from the drive. You guys think?

Thank you for the info.

 

[Techman]

registry failure,,, BSOD is registry failure.

Cannto access the hive.. Yoru data is likely safe,, U just gotta gget past the boot problem..

 

[bluttr]

ok new problem

The original problem was a faulty hard drive. I replaced the original 30 gb drive with a new dell 80 gig drive and began to reinstall all my junk i had on it originally. The very 1st thing i installed was my wireless network card so I'd have internet support if needed.

The problem now is... when i scroll down a page in internet explorer, it scrolls SLOWWW like it is lagging. I've checked to ensure that smooth scrolling is enabled.

One thing I notice is that if I minimize the window to maybe 1/4 screen the problem is gone and it gets progressively worse as I enlarge my viewing area.

The same problem occurs in Netscape and if I left click a minimized window on the desktop an move it around, it seems to leave "traces" behind it like the CPU isnt keeping up.

Any idears???

 

[gvgraphics]

Check to see if your video drivers are installed. If not that will cause your problem.

 

[bluttr]

ahh geez didnt even think of that! thanks gv

 

[gvgraphics]

No Problem!

 

[bluttr]

Yup that was it, I went ahead and DL'd the audio drivers while I was there LOL so now I have sound too

Its all good now!

 

[gvgraphics]

Good to hear it is all up and working again for you.