HD Missing?
May 21, 2006
I was trying to solve a problem I was having with startup today..and I opened my computer (Windows 200 Pro. HP computer) and lo and behold. I found my 2 auxilary and backup drives...no problem..not quite what I needed..but then I go looking for my Main C: drive....and it's gone? I checked the whole thing, found the CD-RW drive, CD-r drive, extra device storage and floppy devices....and both of those extra dives..mother board, power supply, and the fans...but that main drive still eludes me.
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Jul 5, 2009
All my desktop icons are missing ,start menu missing, only thing i could see is wallpaper on desktop right click is laso not working,i could only use ctrl+ alt+del to open task mgr and run a program what should i do to take them back.
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May 4, 2008
i turned on my pc i got the error XP Could not start, the following file is missing or corrupt:
I run Microsoft Windows home service pack 2Also, to complicate things, My computer is lacking a disk drive, so i only have access to USB ports.
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Dec 2, 2004
I have fixed this problem in the past in repair mode and i want to do the same with this, but, there is no filename at the end of the statement see below Windows could not start because the following file is corrupt or missing windowssystem32configsystem Can this be fixed in repair mode without having to be reformated or reimaged.
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May 29, 2008
When I turn on comp. get the mssg: Windows couldn't start following file missing <Windows root>/system32/hal.dll Reinstall copy of file Recovery does not work. Tried to boot from a cd (changed BIOS to cd as 1st boot device) with win xp setup boot disk downloaded from MS site. Get same error mssg.
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Dec 9, 2005
I have noticed that when I run "msconfig" that my Boot.InI tab is missing. This is how I used to put my computer in Safe Mode (now I have to use F8 method) I was wondering was there anyway to get this tab back and what possibly could I have done to delete it?
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Dec 25, 2006
I had a search on this problem and realise it's prevalent but I haven't found anything that solves the problem yet.A few days ago I had the missing hal.dll problem come up. I went through various 'fixes' without any luck. However in the end I was able to reinstall XP Pro and keep the files from the previous install.Today, however, I'd left my PC for a bit and when I came back I put in a CD I wanted to look at but when I used explorer to look at the CD drive it only showed files from the previous CD i had in. Then suddenly I got a message saying something about input/output. The PC froze and I had to reset. I got an error message along the lines of missing NTLDR file.
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Feb 4, 2005
So my sister gets hold of a computer in the house and ruins it, and here is the dilemma I am facing: I turn on the computer and right away i come to this message....
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
windowssystem32configSYSTEM
Attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the Original CD-ROM. Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair.
So I enter the cd rom and press 'r' for repair, I choose C:windows, however before it can begin to repair it asks me for an 'Administration Password' which I have no idea of after many attempts.
I do not want to have to format the pc since I have some very important files on it. Any help is appreciated.
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Aug 4, 2005
My printer which I needed to run cleanspl.exe on my system, the tcpmon.ini file in my system32 dir is missing, is there anywhere I can dl this file from as I need my printer back on-line.
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May 27, 2010
file ps2.bat hp is missing .is it pissible to fix this problem?
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Sep 18, 2005
I just moved and I cannot find my windows CD to choose the *r* repair to fix my hal problem.
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Oct 22, 2006
Each time I log in to IE 7, (version 7.0.5730.11) I get the following message:"Internet Explorer is currently running without add-ons". All Internet Explorer add-ons, such as ActiveX controls or toolbars, are turned off. Some webpages might not display correctly.To continue to your home page, click the Home button.To browse using add-ons, close Internet Explorer and then start it again." (does nothing)When I check under "Tools" and see "Manage Add Ons", it is gray and cannot be opened. I suspect I may have inadvertently removed a file when I last ran RegScrub XP, but I can find no way to fix this situation, so that I again go directly to my home page when starting IE. This all started after I downloaded the Dogpile toolbar, which I've since uninstalled.
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Sep 18, 2008
helped a friend reinstall windows xp using the symantec restore option in her dell dimension 2400, F11 + ctrl keys, alls well but the dvd rom isn't showing in hardware manager or my computer. not sure where 2 go from there. have googled but other than tons of threads, haven't found a real solution yet. she's technically challenged, so doubt she will take the cover off 2 see if any cables have come loose
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Jul 17, 2005
On reinstalling WinXP PRO from the boot up disks (down loaded from MS) and
following the online prompts the folloing message is displayed.
"The following value in the .SIF file is missing or corrpted. Value 0 on the
line in section [SourceDiskFiles] with key SP1.CAB"
I am then told setup cannot continue. "To quit Setup press F3."
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Feb 27, 2006
While trying to correct issues with internet access, I have discovered that Regedit is missing. The file is gone.
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Jul 3, 2005
My computer is not recognizing my cd rom drives
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Oct 10, 2005
When I open a folder and click onto to tools and then folder options, Two tabs are missing the general tab and the view tab.
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Nov 1, 2007
I'm un able to restart my laptop, i get this message and it say press " r" for restart. I used the microsoft doc 307545kb but was unsuccessful this is what I did:md tmp
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Jan 3, 2008
Windows XP-P. Suddenly the language task bar disappeared. I tried all options in regional language setting, not succesful. I have unchecked the "Turn off advanced text services", and clicked "apply", and then goto Preferences>Language Bar, but all Options are greyed out, I can't click any one of the 4 options. And when go back to the Advanced setting, the "Turn off advanced text services" went back to checked position.
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Nov 28, 2004
My grandads cd-rom drive and cdwr drive are missing. There not in my computer or the device manager. I do not know when these went missing because my grandad does not use the drives often. I can still open the cd-rom drive and I can hear it loading, but I cannot open the cdwr drive. I tried a system restore point but that had no effect. So what do I need to do to get the drives back.
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Jun 19, 2005
i have a new dvd burner in F and a new cd/dvd rom in E but the computer doesn't show this in my computer.
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Mar 16, 2007
just recently i was doing my usual bit and both cd/dvd drives droped out, after vigorous testing i found cdrom.sys and its shared componants refused to mount the drives as the service could not start, so i tried updating the drivers - no drivers more suitable than the ones i already have, my oppinion is the files are corrupt but it seems pretty hard to find replacments without individually going through the entire .cab database on the x64 disk, this is something i wish to avoid just incase its not even the problem.
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Feb 3, 2007
How do i know which DLL file is missing.
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Nov 21, 2007
I have a Athlon X2 4200 with XP installed. I have looked at process manager and I see the one processor is running flat out and the task manager graph says my system is running at approx 50%. Then when i look at the Process list it appears that System Idle Process is using around 99 to 95% of CPU time. There are no other processes listed using significant processing resources. So what is causing my one processor to run at full speed without being visible in Task manager?
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Jul 26, 2009
I can't open some .exe files. I'm trying to install some drivers on a pc with xp, but for some reason when I click on the setup.exe file, nothing happens, it doesn't open or run. I thought that the driver was corrupted, so I tried to install that same driver on another pc with xp and it worked. I tried to install something else to see if I would get the same problem, at first the little window showing all the files that are being stalled shows for a second or two, then it disapears, it doesn't complete the installation. I should get a message saying that the installation is complete, but I do not get the message and I don't get any error messages, it just does nothing, I've installed this same program succesfully in another pc with xp too, but on this one it won't install. Someone suggested me to update the ms installer and to update net frameworks to the latest version, I did what was suggested, but I still get the same problem. I'm sure i'ts not a virus or spyware because I just made a fresh install of xp and I haven't gone online with that pc and I haven't downloaded anything from the net, even before making the fresh install, I didn't have any viruses or spyware. It seems that for some reason I'm not able to install just certain programs, because I can open and run other .exe files with no problem.
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Sep 17, 2006
Yesterday my entire computer crashed, and I've been trying to get it back up ever since.
I got the (in)famous "Blue screen of death" telling me some error (it keeps changing now so I'm not sure which one it was) and it shut down. This had happened a few times before (that week) and it had always gone right back to working. This time when I tried to reboot, it gave me the error that "The file could not be found:" and it listed "System32Config" (i think that was it...it might have been a .sys file though. all the errors i get are different from one time to the next. I tried to re-install windows, which failed because it froze during the pre-installation process. I've been continuously trying (and failing) to fix this problem, but nothing seems to be helping.
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Sep 17, 2006
I have a system crash on my hp 820. Before it crashed I tried to restart and it could not find or load my Norton Firewall. So then I tried to restart to run XP system restore and received error message that file missing or corrupt is windows rootsystem32hal.dll
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Feb 24, 2007
My friend is missing the top bar on her Internet Explorer. Its not from F11. Something change after a update but she does not know what. A restore was never done and now its been a while. This problem most likely easy to fix I just don't know how.
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Oct 26, 2008
Now im not sure when they went missing, but its not the only thing. Windows Messenger has gone missing (The whole program) along with The Calculator and my Sound Volume Control both of which i had to reinstall via the XP disk.I've scanned for virus's and and have come up with nothing, I used to use a vista tranformation pack awhile ago but have since got rid of that. But i think it might have messed with a few things.
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Jun 17, 2005
when I used the "Sent To" icons inside explorer, there were about 6 items to choose from, such as "Desktop (create Shortcut)", "Mail Recipient"...Now when I right click on a file and select "Send To", the only icon that appears is "(A 3 1/2 Floppy".Where did my other "Send To" icons go and how do I get them back?
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Feb 3, 2007
I have had an ongoing problem with reinstalling xp pro where my hal.dll file suddenly goes missing. I thought it was an old harddrive problem but it just happened with one I bought not half a year ago.
I've read other forums and help sites about expanding it from the cd drive (which says it can't be done when I try) creating a new boot.ini, and writing a new boot sector. I've even reverted back to fdisking and formating with a windows 98 startup disk which worked for me a few times but now is seeming useless.
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