If anyone can help me with this it'd be great :)
The other day, while running my computer like usual, it froze on me. I left it for 1/2 an hour and then restarted it. At that time, I looked in my BIOS and saw that my CPU was running at 105 degrees celsius (221 degrees fahrenheit). So I turned it off and let it cool down for a bit. Since then, I have been unable to start windows.
Initially, I thought that my CPU or motherboard may have been damaged to a point where starting windows was too strenuous. However, when I put my cpu into my sister's computer to test it, Windows started just fine. Also, when I put my sister's hdd into my computer, windows starts fine as well.
At this point, I decided to check out my HDD. When I run the Windows XP Recovery Console, I am able to access all of my other drives, but not my C:. when I give the command 'dir' to the C:, it tells me that "an error occured during directory enumeration". Furthermore, when I put my C: into my sister's computer as the primary slave, BIOS is able to see it fine, and so does 'My Computer'. However, when I try to access it, it gives me an error message and when i look in its properties, it says it has 0 bits free and 0 bits used.
Also, when I run my computer, it now reaches 85 degrees celsius (185 degrees fahrenheit) within 6 minutes. And all I do is go into the Windows XP Recovery Console... which really shouldnt be that strenuous for my CPU.
I realize this is somewhat of a long post, but if anyone can help me, I'd greatly appreciate it.
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2500+
Motherboard: Asus A7N 8X-X
HDD: Western Digital IDE 80 GB w/ 8 MB Cache
The other day, while running my computer like usual, it froze on me. I left it for 1/2 an hour and then restarted it. At that time, I looked in my BIOS and saw that my CPU was running at 105 degrees celsius (221 degrees fahrenheit). So I turned it off and let it cool down for a bit. Since then, I have been unable to start windows.
Initially, I thought that my CPU or motherboard may have been damaged to a point where starting windows was too strenuous. However, when I put my cpu into my sister's computer to test it, Windows started just fine. Also, when I put my sister's hdd into my computer, windows starts fine as well.
At this point, I decided to check out my HDD. When I run the Windows XP Recovery Console, I am able to access all of my other drives, but not my C:. when I give the command 'dir' to the C:, it tells me that "an error occured during directory enumeration". Furthermore, when I put my C: into my sister's computer as the primary slave, BIOS is able to see it fine, and so does 'My Computer'. However, when I try to access it, it gives me an error message and when i look in its properties, it says it has 0 bits free and 0 bits used.
Also, when I run my computer, it now reaches 85 degrees celsius (185 degrees fahrenheit) within 6 minutes. And all I do is go into the Windows XP Recovery Console... which really shouldnt be that strenuous for my CPU.
I realize this is somewhat of a long post, but if anyone can help me, I'd greatly appreciate it.
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2500+
Motherboard: Asus A7N 8X-X
HDD: Western Digital IDE 80 GB w/ 8 MB Cache
