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The How-To Geek Forums Have Migrated to Discourse How-To Geek Forums / Windows XP (Solved) - "Windows System Error: Unknown Hard Error" (8 posts) Started 3 years ago by gedstar Latest reply from gedstar Topic Viewed 15669 times gedstar Posts: 521 This post has been reported. unknown hard error ntdll.dll installing xp Has anyone come across the above error message, there is no error codes just the message above, I've unknown hard error windows 10 checked the Event Log and nothing is showing up there. Not sure is it's a hardware issue or Windows issue. Windows XP with SP3 installed. PC sihost.exe unknown hard error windows 10 HP Compaq 6005 SFF Running chkdsk now to see if there's any errors Cheers Ged Reports: · Posted 3 years ago Top Lighthouse Posts: 13598 This post has been reported. Check in Device Manager. Reports: · Posted 3 years ago Top gedstar
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Posts: 521 This post has been reported. Hi Lighthouse No problems with Device Manage everything looks fine Here's the log from the chkdsk Checking file system on C: The type of the file system is NTFS. A disk check has been scheduled. Windows will now check the disk. Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive. Cleaning up 42 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9. Cleaning up 42 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9. Cleaning up 42 unused security descriptors. CHKDSK is verifying unknown hard error windows xp Usn Journal... Usn Journal verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)... File data verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)... Free space verification is complete. 122471495 KB total disk space. 13490720 KB in 51995 files. 18460 KB in 5803 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 171935 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 108790380 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 30617873 total allocation units on disk. 27197595 allocation units available on disk. Internal Info: 60 ea 00 00 d2 e1 00 00 8d 48 01 00 00 00 00 00 `........H...... 6f 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 f9 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 o............... da 7f 2e 04 00 00 00 00 d2 46 af 14 00 00 00 00 .........F...... 42 36 69 05 00 00 00 00 a0 18 b1 bd 00 00 00 00 B6i............. 1c c3 66 ae 01 00 00 00 4e 99 66 8c 02 00 00 00 ..f.....N.f..... 99 9e 36 00 00 00 00 00 b0 39 07 00 1b cb 00 00 ..6......9...... 00 00 00 00 00 80 68 37 03 00 00 00 ab 16 00 00 ......h7........ Windows has finished checking your disk. Please wait while your computer restarts. For more information, see Help and Support Center at Reports: · Posted 3 years ago Top Lighthouse Posts: 13598 This post has been reported. I would now defrag the drive. Reports: · Posted 3 years ago Top gedstar P
been known to fix this issue. Installation of Windows corrupt or bad If you're getting this issue after installing Microsoft Windows make sure the CD or DVD verify the below recommendations. Scratched or otherwise damaged disc Ensure the disc you're unknown hard error windows 10 safe mode using to install Windows is not scratched or otherwise damaged. In some cases a damaged
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disc may be able to complete the installation but errors encountered during the installation can cause this error. If your disc is damaged
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it's recommended that it be replaced. Burned copy or illegal copy of Windows If you're attempting to install Windows from a burned CD and encountering this issue it may be the cause of your issue. If the files http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/windows-system-error-unknown-hard-error have not been copied correctly onto the disc the installation may fail and cause this error. We suggest getting a legitimate copy of Windows. Hardware issues Any of the hardware issues mentioned below may cause issues during the installation of Windows and generate this error after the installation. reinstall Windows If you believe any of the above were the cause of your issue after correcting the issue we suggest reinstalling Windows. Hardware related issues Defective EIDE/IDE cable. http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000961.htm Verify your computer doesn't have a defective EIDE/IDE cable by swapping your current cable with a known good one, or purchasing a new one. Another EIDE/IDE device on the cable as hard drive Other devices that are on the same cable as an EIDE/IDE hard drive have been known to cause this issue (this includes zip drives, CD, DVD, and burners). To help verify this is not the cause of your issue temporarily disconnect any device on the same cable as the hard drive. If this does resolve your issue the device may need updated drivers or firmware update, may be incompatible (try using on the other EIDE/IDE cable, may not have jumpers set properly, or may be bad. Drivers Improper or out-of-date drivers can also cause this error. Verify that you have the latest motherboard, CD, DVD, zip drive, other disk drive drivers. A listing of links to each of the manufacturers for each of these devices can be found on our drivers listing page. When downloading and installing the drivers verify you're using the correct drivers for the device you have installed and that you're using the drivers designed for your processor. Additional information What is the ntdll.dll file? See our dll and file definitions for further information and related links on these terms. Was this page useful? YesNo Feedback E-mail Share Print Search Recently
DISCUSSION Join the Community! Creating your account only takes a few minutes. Join Now I'm having an error while attempting to reformat this tower.The PC works just fine when I https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/492555-stop-c0000221-unknown-hard-error-systemroot-system32-ntdll-dll start it up normally. (Except for an OS activation problem(XP)) Decided easier to reformat it. but this error now came up twice during the loading process (just before the license agreement part of the format) Reply Subscribe   7 Replies Cayenne OP Big_Boss May 12, 2014 at 2:58 UTC Have you tried a different disk to load Windows? Could be a corruption on unknown hard the install disk, or hard drive. I'd try a second installation disk first though. 1 Habanero OP Michael (Netwrix) May 12, 2014 at 3:06 UTC Brand Representative for Netwrix You can find the official information about this error here. I think this is a hardware problem but firstly try to install windows using alternative distribution package, if the problem persists you need to check unknown hard error hardware: 1) Disconnect all connectors from the motherboard, disconnect RAM and connect it again. Redo the installation. 2) If the problem persists, try to connect hard drive with another connector. 3) If the problem persists, try to use 1 RAM blade(if there is multiple ones), disconnect the others. 4) If the problem persists, reset BIOS 5) If the problem persists, check hard drive and RAM for errors(use utilities like Memtest, checkdisk...etc) 1 Chipotle OP chrism1981 May 12, 2014 at 3:27 UTC Morrison Technical Services Ltd is an IT service provider. Seen this sort of thing on Dell PC's, In the BIOS go to Advanced and change the drive type tofrom ACPI to ATA and then try reinstalling 0 Thai Pepper OP Antonio1984 May 12, 2014 at 3:35 UTC Errors during the installation of an O.S. 99% of the times mean a hardware failure. In your case, this could be either faulty RAM (very likely) or bad sectors on the HDD. 0 Sonora OP williambeale May 12, 2014 at 3:42 UTC Thank you all for your advice. In the end I persisted with trying to activate the OS. After re-entering the product