System Windows X/P Home SP2
When I defrag my Hard Drive, it states there is a file that couldn't be defragged. This has just recently started, all other times I've had no problem.
The file is
WINDOWSPrefectchRUNDLL32.EXE-268BFF96.pf
she just defaged and she then restarted and now it wont start it says NTLDR is missing press any key 2 restart and when you press a key it says the same thing over and over again. what do i do or will i need 2 reformat?
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Friend of my uncle gave me a Dell latitude laptop.
I couldn't log in because I do not know the User name and Password. Friend of my uncle forgot all of those.
recover the Username and Password, or Is there anyway that I can bypass Username and Password so I can use the computer.
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