atapi.sys and the Blue Screen

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by ganpat, Aug 7, 2008.

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    Please help. I was on my laptop the other day and suddenly i got the blue screen that says that there was a problem with atapi.sys. I restarted my computer and it refused to boot up, saying that it couldn't find the Internal Hard Drive.

    An hour later, i boot up, and it is all normal. Not sure what happened, or why.

    This has happened to me a couple of times.

    I have XP Service Pack 3 installed.

    I have not installed any new software recently.

    Please advise.
     
    ganpat, Aug 7, 2008 IP
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    maybe bad blocks on hd, on laptops this occurs often.
     
    pneulameiro, Aug 7, 2008 IP
  3. ganpat

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    so what is the solution then?
     
    ganpat, Aug 8, 2008 IP