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Windows Forum / Windows XP / General Topics 1 / May 2008corrupt/missing file
Okay, this is the deal......the other day I got a 'missing and/or corrupt file' message when I started my comp...the apparent file in question is a WINDOWS/sys32/432 ...something, anyway there was no way to get Windows to start....so I attempted a 'non-destructive' system restore to see if it could recover this MIA file....the process ran thru okay and when I clicked on 'Restart', I got kicked again to the dreadful black screen, except this time I have, 'NTLDR is compressed press cntrl+alt+del to restart'...when I do this it sends me right back to this same message.......unfortunately my system went down before I could backup any files...because of that this was my atempt to save what I could but to try and restore this lovely 'file'.....now I'm stuck and don't know how to fix this new issue.....can anybody help me out? > Okay, this is the deal......the other day I got a 'missing and/or corrupt > file' message when I started my comp...the apparent file in question is a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > 'file'.....now I'm stuck and don't know how to fix this new issue.....can > anybody help me out? Pull the hard drive and slave it in another machine. Then, depending on what you can see, you have choices: 1. If the drive (and its files) is seen in a working XP install, then copy off your data using Windows Explorer. Burn to cd/dvd-r. 2. If the drive (and its files) is not seen in a working XP, boot the testbed box with: a. Knoppix, a Linux distro that runs from cd; or b. a Bart's PE; or c. data recovery software. Once you have retrieved the data, put the drive back in the original computer. Format the drive and clean-install Windows. http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#reinstall_Windows - What you will need on-hand Malke  SignatureMS-MVP Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic" thx Malke.....went and got a new h/d to attempt the fix you suggested...haven't done it yet but will let you know how it all works out in the next couple days....cross ur fingers!!!!!! > > Okay, this is the deal......the other day I got a 'missing and/or corrupt > > file' message when I started my comp...the apparent file in question is a [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Malke At start up or restart,tap the F8 key,select safe mode,enter xp as administrator, once in xp,install xp cd,exit the info page,go to run,type:cmd In cmd type: Sfc /Scannow When its thru type:CHKDSK C: /F Agree to restart,type:EXIT Restart computer,remove cd.If safe mode doesnt work,boot to xp cd,recovery, press enter for password,select 1 for C: Type:CHKDSK C: /R When its thru, type:EXIT Let xp start up. > Okay, this is the deal......the other day I got a 'missing and/or corrupt > file' message when I started my comp...the apparent file in question is a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > 'file'.....now I'm stuck and don't know how to fix this new issue.....can > anybody help me out? > At start up or restart,tap the F8 key,select safe mode,enter xp as > administrator, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > thru, > type:EXIT Let xp start up. Andrew, give it up. The meds are obviously not working. The OP can't get into Windows so he couldn't do any of that. Now go away. Malke SignatureMS-MVP Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic" >> At start up or restart,tap the F8 key,select safe mode,enter xp as >> administrator, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Malke LOL what do you think he is on Empress ? rgds Roberto "Don't Panic" > LOL > what do you think he is on Empress ? Troll pills? ;-) Malke SignatureMS-MVP Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic" Hello Mr. Andrew What kind of advice is that for the poster. Shame on you. Do not give bad advice or advice that has nothing to do with an issue. I am not very proficient with a computer but my Dad is but I know enough that the answer that you have given the poster is awful and very wrong Bye SignatureDaphne Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. > At start up or restart,tap the F8 key,select safe mode,enter xp as > administrator, [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> 'file'.....now I'm stuck and don't know how to fix this new issue.....can >> anybody help me out? > Hello Mr. Andrew > > What kind of advice is that for the poster. Shame on you. Do not give bad advice or advice that has nothing to do with an issue. I am not very proficient with a computer but my Dad is but I know enough that the answer that you have given the poster is awful and very wrong > > Bye Sadly, wrong answers are the only kind Andrew knows. SignatureBruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin > At start up or restart,tap the F8 key,select safe mode,enter xp as > administrator, > once in xp,install xp cd,exit the info page,go to run,type:cmd In cmd type: > Sfc /Scannow When its thru type:CHKDSK C: /F Agree to restart,type:EXIT > Restart computer,remove cd. If.......... safe mode doesnt work,boot to xp cd,recovery, > press enter for password,select 1 for C: Type:CHKDSK C: /R When its thru, > type:EXIT Let xp start up. THERE IS A 2nd part to Andrew's answer that u maybe missed? Other sites give this advice. It wasn't wrong. |
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