Drive Get Corrupted Os Reinstalled
Jul 28, 2009
I recently purchased a Gateway laptop M-6888U that had no software disc provided. I was told by Bestbuy to simply backup my entire drive. I wish to know is there a way to make a recovery disc that WILL install a fresh copy of vista64 or am I screwed since everyone is trying to cut corners? I know I can make a recovery disc that works IF I have a working installation of my OS. My concern is if the drive gets corrupted and my OS needs to be reinstalled I'm screwed, with my only option being to purchase a new copy of Vista.
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Sep 24, 2009
My son has done some college work at home and saved it directly to a brand new 4GB FAT32 USB flash drive, which he Ejected before removal. Now he is at college, and can't open the files. The directory structure is visible, but when he tries to open a file (for example a PNG), Windows reports the file is corrupted. He has emailed on of the files to me, and I get the same result. All the utilities I can find seem to focus on lost or deleted files, not corrupted ones.
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Mar 26, 2008
I recently had to to re-install vista, my comp was infested with viruses and they had written themselves over my sytem restore points, so I went ahead and just reinstalled vista. Now thought its asking me to activate vista. I keep trying to enter the key but I get an error saying that key is only for upgrades, not fresh installs. I dont know what to do, I have upgraded my comp significantly since I originally got vista so that may be why but now what? Im not dropping 59 bucks to talk to someone from tech support and Im sure as heck not buying a new key.
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Nov 19, 2008
XLG security center screwed my laptop - trying to repair or re-install but I downloaded, and burned the img file for Vista 32bit But I get the Error Code: 0x80070002 and cannot read from e:sourceinstall.wim WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? I really need my laptop to work asap!
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Jul 4, 2008
when i get it reinstalled, (no the repair feature didn't work) i'll let you know how smart i was to have a separate hard drive just for data -too bad MS isn't smart enough to keep all my settings, email, downloads, updates (that reminds me - i think i have to download service pack again (i'm on dialup)) high scores and program files on a separate drive --
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Mar 23, 2008
I've been told in this forum that appls must be reinstalled into Program Files, not simply copied from a Backup. Yet some of the copied appls (WinMX, WinAmp, Audacity, etc) run fine. Others won't. What determines the correct prodedure?
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Apr 2, 2010
i successfully reformatted and reinstalled vista... but noticed that it freezes atleast once a day... I had a similar problem when I first got this PC w/ vista a few years ago. My buddy showed me a way to use vista (bare bones) w/o the frills that it has now.... anyone familiar w/ this? Once I made that switch it rarely froze.
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Dec 13, 2009
I have used my HP m7763w with Vista Home Premium for more than 2 years now, and finally got to the point of having to use my rescue CDs to reformat the HD and reset to factory setting. Unfortunately, I get frequent error messages now, and missing file notices, and Windows Update refuses to work. I understand that the old factory settings are way outdated by now, but what am I supposed to do to get it all working right, if Windows Update fails?
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Feb 6, 2009
I don't even have a Vista Computer, but one is arriving in a few days - Vista Ultimate My old XP computer drives two four year old printers - one HP all-in -one LaserJet and one Epson inkjet. When I installed these printers on the XP machine, each came with a CD with the installation software (drivers, manual PDF, etc..).I assume I now must get updated CD's or some other arrangement to get the printers re-installed. Here are several questions
1. Do the vendors usually either wash their hands and tell you to get a new printer?
2. How do I get the appropriate software? Printer vendor web-sites?
3. Generally, do pre-Vista peripherals, and particularl printer/scanner/fax machines install without problems?
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Dec 23, 2008
I have just reinstalled vista and added a few programmes, i'd like to take out all the useless/not needed programmes installed with vista, i have unistalled a few is there more i could take out? Im not sure which ones i have to keep to keep my system running:
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Jan 21, 2010
I just reinstalled vista and Im trying import my windows mail folders. I takes every folder from A to H then stops.Wont load the rest
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May 2, 2008
First of all i`ve got to say that i`m not too good at it(computering) I`ve re-installed windows few days ago and it seems that i have drivers missing, is there a way to find out what`s missing in my system so i can download it(solve it) I also tried to install SonicStageMasteringStudio and it asked me for PxEngine, i found in internet was pxengine3_00_58a, and now when i`m trying to open SSMS application it stops imediatelly, it looks like it won`t happen I also can`t listen some radiostations online Then some problems with my MASS STORAGE DEVICE
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Aug 10, 2009
I have a Lenovo IdeaCentre K210 Desktop Vista HP system that came with a 500G HD that I Partitioned to ???C??? (Windows), ???D??? (Data files) and ?E? (Photos) drive. I recently purchased another 500G HD which was designated as Disk1 (the original HD was Disk0) and installed Vista HP on Disk1 and Partitioned the 2nd HD (Disk1) to ???F??? (Vista HP), ???G??? (data files) and ???H??? (Photos) and thought that I could format/delete the ???C???, ???D??? and ???E??? Partitions on Disk0 and use that HD for future storage but it appears what I want to do is not something that I am able to do. I was able to delete Partitions ???D??? and ???E??? and Formatted ???C??? but not all of ???C???, apparently there are some files on ???C??? (i.e. the original HD that contained Vista HP before I purchased the 2nd HD), that I am unable to erase / delete / format.
As best as I can tell, ???C??? is 125.5MB with 107.8MB Used and 17.7MB Free and contains the following folders: $RECYCLE.BIN, BOOT, System Volume Information. My objective / what I would like to do is, delete or format EVERYTHING on ???C??? so that I will have 500G HD, Disk0 that I can use for additional storage.I also would like to change and/or re-label Disk0 to be Disk1 and Disk1 to be Disk0, since this is the disk that contains Vista HP and all my programs, apps, data files, photos,?.
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Feb 19, 2010
i have been having the BSFD for the past week i even uninstalled windows 7 and reinstalled vista, thsi is the dmp file.
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Oct 16, 2009
I recently had to have Vista Business reinstalled b/c my computer crashed. I have a complete backup on an external drive using Vista Backup & Restore (keeping my fingers crossed it is a good one) but it is from several months ago so I decided to have the tech that was checking out my computer do a backup before reinstall. Unfortunately, he couldn't backup everything and I am missing quite a bit of stuff. I have no idea how the complete restore would work. Am I able to select certain data to restore? Does it restore things back to their original location?
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Dec 27, 2008
So today I'm enjoying my 2 day old Vista. I've had a crappy 2003 Compaq XP for EVER now, and I was happy to get a new computer, completely crappy OS or not. (Yes, I've heard the rumors about Vista, so I was prepared for lots and lots of hours of troubleshooting!) I want to look around and explore, so I click on my start menu. Nothing. The My Computer, Control Panel, etc etc etc is on there. But nothing. I click 'all programs', and it's all there. I tried to modify the settings on my start menu, I pressed OK and out of curiosity went back into my Start Menu settings to check-- And they were back to what they were before!!
My easy way out has always been, since my XP was crap, to completely restore my computer, suck it up, reinstall everything and start fresh. So I decided to add a new WinRAR .rar folder thing, put all my pictures in there, put it on Megaupload.com and download the file after I restore Vista. I right clicked. Went under 'New > (Empty)'.
I almost cried! My baby, my brand new vista, already encountering problems! I installed daemon tools, PHotoshop CS2, poweriso, AIM, itunes, basically my necessities, within the two day period. I turned my computer on, no problems. My norton preformed its scheduled scan this morning at 6am, and I had a trojan horse and it can't be repaired. I've had thousands of those on my old computer and it ran at full speed with no problems, but could this be the reason? I restarted it two, three hours ago so my daemon tools can finish installing, and that's when I realized my start menu and things were messed up. Also, when I went into my computer after I restarted, the theme was set on 'windows classic', my background was left untouched. I cannot drag and drop anything into the start menu. It says I can, but I can't. Desktop icons are fine. I also installed 16 or so updates because I guess my Vista isn't up to date-- It did it automatically. Also, links, pictures, etc, like 'My Computer', My 'C:' drive, 'My Pictures', pictures, music, etc in Folders, have a check mark beside them.
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Apr 2, 2008
After installing SP1, my user account was changed to standard user and many of the programs (including IE7) would not work properly AFTER I changed my user account back to Administrator. The other accounts that were Administrator and a new Administrator account would still not allow IE7 to work properly unless "run as Administrator". When I turn UAC off, the problems go away.
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Aug 17, 2008
Don't download the latest updates from AVG, it will corrupt your AVG until they release a fixed version.
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Feb 22, 2009
Windows Vista Home Premium I receive a message when attempting to delete any file or any action regading the Recycle Bin that reads: "The Recycle Bin on C: is corrupted. Do you want to empty the Recycle Bin for this drive?" There is a choice for Yes and No. When I choose "Yes" the notice posted that it is "Deleting 1 item (2.28 KB)" and the progress bar indicates activity. When I click on the "More information" button, I find it is indicating: Time remaining: Calculating...Items remaining: Discovered 1 item (2.28 KB)... Speed: Calculating...This morning I started the process and went out for breakfast. On my return an hour and one-half later it was still running. When I open the Recycle Bin, no items show, but the the dreaded messsages appears. I will close only when clicking the "No" button twice.
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Jan 23, 2010
do not appear on the NG in Windows Live Mail on my computer. It was OK previously. I have unsubscribed the NG and then subscribed again. But still the same problem. But I see the msgs in the Sent Items folder. Tried sending thru:microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
but still the same thing. I do not see the post in the NG, but it is there in the Sent Items folder. In both above cases, the posts can be seen in Google Groups from whereI have no choice but to post from. MY NGs may be corrupted.
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Jun 12, 2009
I saw this problem addressed last year by Gary, but I didn't see it actually get corrected. My computer keeps giving me this prompt every few days,"THE MESSAGE STORE HAS BEEN CORRUPTED BY AN APPLICATION EXTERNAL TO WINDOWS MAIL. WINDOWS MAIL HAS BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY RECOVER FROM THIS CORRUPTION.(0x00000000) Then it proceeds to restore all my deleted emails from the past few day, (at least 100) and starts adding new folders and dates. When they are recovered, they're headers only, no content in them. I had the Confiker Virus about 6 weeks ago and this seemed to start around the same time. This is really a pain having to delete all these messages...
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Jan 4, 2009
how do u tell if a file is corrupted or altered?
I was contacted by a admin 4 a program after i said i had problems with there product and they told me 2 contact a tec. 2 fix my corrupted or altered file.
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Apr 28, 2009
i burn doesnt read correctly after its burned like it reads the disc but is all corrupted so i thought it was my dvd rom was dead on arival so i bought tsstcorp cdvdw sh-s223q scsi cd rom device and same problem
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Feb 1, 2008
Whenever i download a file such as .msi installer, .exe executable, or .zip archive with IE and run it, it crashes (not IE but the file that was downloaded.) This recently started happening on my Home Premium 64-bit Vista installation, and the problem remains after reinstalling Vista two times from scratch. If the file was downloaded on another PC and saved to a flash drive, it runs fine on Vista. I have tried the sfc /scannow command, as well as disabling any firewall, antivirus, etc. and changing the IE settings. This occurs on a clean installation of Windows Vista also. Here is the crash report, for example this time I was trying to install the FireFox installer after downloading it with IE:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name:APPCRASH
Application Name:Firefox Setup 2.0.0.11.exe
Application Version:4.42.0.0
Application Timestamp:44e24a66
Fault Module Name:Firefox Setup 2.0.0.11.exe
Fault Module Version:4.42.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:44e24a66
Exception Code:c0000096
Exception Offset:00003d99
OS Version:6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID:1033
Additional Information 1:8d13
Additional Information 2:cdca9b1d21d12b77d84f02df48e34311
Additional Information 3:8d13
Additional Information 4:cdca9b1d21d12b77d84f02df48e34311Read our privacy statement: Microsoft Online Crash Analysis
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Jun 11, 2009
When I open word attachments they are all gobbly gook. How do I get them to revert to English?
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May 14, 2009
I'm trying to reinstall SP2 on my vista PC, I got a hold of some bad memory and I think some of my files are corrupted. anyone know how to do that?
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Aug 27, 2009
have vista home basic x32 and have been having recycle bin problems for 2wks now. i have tried things listed here on links i found to fix recycle bin, dont work. i was told it could be my mcafee virus protection because its known to cause problems. i had some trojans and virus, but have since then gotten rid of it all completely, and at that time thats when the bin started acting up wont empty, shows its full on desktop and pic of it IN the bin folder shows its full/empty click to empty and hear the sound but nothing happens. i send stuff to the bin then i open the bin and nothing SHOWS that its there. yet if i click empty recycle bin box comes up and says are you sure you want to perm delete etc etc, so that shows there are files in there but nothing shows in the folder like i said its all a mess and there has to be a way to fix it cant i completely delete it and all that goes with it and start over with creating a new one?
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Feb 7, 2009
I have an Dell XPS 420 which is overclocked (Q6700, 3,33 GHz) and lately vista has crashed all the times and I think it might be because of a corrupted file in windows. I tried to do a sfc /scannow however when it tries to repair the error, it gave me this message:
Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.
Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix
some of them.
Details are included in the CBS.Log windirLogsCBSCBS.log. For
example
C:WindowsLogsCBSCBS.log
I have also attached my reliability monitor graph and the scores aren't pretty good.
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Oct 12, 2008
My laptop (Hp Pavilion dv6500 Notebook Pc) had a crash yesterday but after shutting it down and restarting it, all seemd to be normal. But today when I wanted to play some Generals I got a nasty suprise. I started up the game and I got a message saying I didn't have the right directx version. This is weird since I've been playing the game for almost a year now on this laptop. Anyway, I thought maybe something got corrupted after the crash. I startend another game just to make sure and it too gave me an error that I didn't had a proper directx version.
So I checked dxdiag and it said I had directx 10 as my latest version, which is what I had before the crash. I've updated all my drivers, reinstalled directx and reinstalled my games but nothing seems to work. I hope someone could point me out a direction that might help me fix this problem. I'm a student I seriously need my games for some relaxation .
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Mar 2, 2010
My IE has some how been corrupted and now will not work no matter what i do, is there a way i can delete it and re install it? I have admin access and it still would not let me delete ie from my pc?
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Oct 1, 2008
I am about to run recover on my HP m8100y computer-Vista Ultimate 32 bit. This on the advice of HP tech people...I have corrupted files in the operating system. I need info on backing up a ton of things related to windows. Let's start with the Mail address book.
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