Some of my files on my D: drive have been compressed by the clean-up wizard. Now, certain programs won't run because their data files are "corrupted". Is there a way to "un"compress the files?
View 7 RepliesI recently took my memory card out of my digital camera and put it into my computer ( which is an XP ) and copied it into another folder in the main c: drive but now when I try to open some it tells me that it couldn't display my picture because it is corrupted.These files are JPEG IMAGES. While some files do open and even show the image in the box. Please help me as these pictures are very important to me.
View 1 Replies View RelatedWindows XP: I did a Disk Cleanup and accidentally chose compress old files. My computer is now slowing down. Is there any way I can find these compressed files and un-compress them permanently?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am running Win XP Mediaa Center Edition 2005 and have just received a message on the second boot up page saying:
Windows cannot load because the following file is missing or corrupt:
WINDOWSSYSTEM32CONFIGSYSTEM
You may attempt to recover or repair this file using the original Windows CD
I was having a problem with a lot of my Data becoming damaged or corrupted. At first i expected a virus (I run Nod32), but now i'm not sure. I reformatted, and repaired the MBR. When I run Nod32, it usually tells me one or more files have been damaged.
So I guess I installed a couple of bad sticks of mem and it corrupted my OS to the point that my comp wont' boot into windows.So I purchased a usb enclosure thingy megingy and hooked up my laptop HD ( the bad one ) to my desktop. I can access the HD just fine but I can't see all the files. when I hover the mouse over the drive it shows 13GB used but when I actually go into the HD no folder even comes close to having that much data. some are just empty or just don't show up.How can I recover the data on my HD?
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm in the process of repair/recovery of my machine (Dell Inspiron 8500 with Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2). I'm following exactly the instructions in:
http://attachments.techguy.org/attac...chmentid=62075, but a problem has developed. The "software" file (which is the file that the original blue screen error message says is "corrupt, absent or not writable") will not copy to the new tmp directory to create the backup. My understanding from the article is that this backup file (software.bak) will later be used to restore correct settings for various software applications. Since I can't copy it, it appears that I am screwed,
I keep getting the following message errorloading C:winntsystem32msa64chk.dll. I tried to clear it by reloading windows xp but not only did it not change but now i have a corrupt file on some software. which says cannot find data base file or data base file is corrupt.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am running winxp . due to virus infection in my machine I lost all the .pst file and also Thunderbird inbox files. All the start program shortcut was also wiped out. I was running AVG anti virus. Now I removed AVG and installed Microsoft supplied security essential software. It detected following virus ware and removed subsequently I want to recover deleted .pst and thunderbird mails.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have had this problem for quite a time now. Everytime I try to download a file it is corrupt.For instance, I tried downloading a movie clip off rapidshare and although its only 3 files and 300MB, it always came as CRC error check failed. I tried downloading it from multiple servers of rapidshare but had no success. I also tried downloading other files yet I am having no success downloading anything.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am running Windows XP Professional. I am trying to delete some of my Internet links from my Favorite Folder, but the error message I get is "Cannot Delete [name of link]: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable." I have tried overwriting it with a file of the same file name, but I only get a new error message which says, "Cannot move [name of link]: A file with the name you specified already exists. Specify a different file name".
I have even tried shifting to Safe Mode, but to no avail. I still get the same messages. When I double-click on these files, I get the error message saying, "The target "" of this Internet Shortcut is not valid. Go to the Internet property sheet and make sure the target is correct". I cannot even move them out of the folder into another one that I made that I named "Dead Shortcuts". When I tried to move them, I got yet another error message saying, "Cannot move [name of link]: The file or directory is corrupted or unreadable". When I open Properties, nothing is there except the "General" tab. There is no "Web Document" tab or "Security" tab.
I recently reinstalled Windows XP Home w/SP2 on a system and everything worked well. I also installed a Seagate 500 GB HDD as a slave drive. I had no problems assigning a drive letter (D:) and mapping it as a network drive. Then yesterday, a Windows error message popped up saying there was "Delayed Write Failure" or something similar. It was at that point the the slave drive became inaccessible. I can still see the drive in My Computer but that is all. I went into disk management and click on properties, it says the file system is "RAW". I have no idea what that means.
The drive is still assigning a drive letter (d:) and it says is it is healthy (active). However, when I try exploring the drive it says "D: is not accessible. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable"." I then tried using CHKDSK to check the drive for errors in the DOS prompt. But again, nothing happened. I used Seagate Diagnostic tools to scan the drive for errors. There is nothing physically wrong with the drive as it passed all the tests except for the file structure test.
My CD ROM/DVD player recently stopped working on my Omitech computer. From My Computer - I can't see the drive anymore. In the device manager - it has a yellow exclamation mark on it. I tried updating the driver but the message was that the software was already the best match. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it says a file is missing or corrupt. I bought a new external CD ROM - but have the exact same problem with it. I went to Run and put in sfc /scannow and there were problems that maybe could be fixed - if only it could read the XP CD - then it could fix the CD ROM. But it can't read the CD because of the problem with the CD ROM. (a whole in my bucket story.) So - how can I fix the problem if it wants a CD to fix the problem but the CD ROM is not working to read the CD?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI believe I have committed a fundamental eejit blunder. For reasons that are too complicated to explore here I cleaned my 140 gig Seagate C Drive (no, not that reason) with two wipes using the Kill Disk programme. I then re-installed XP Pro which also includes a formatting phase. All appeared well as I installed AVG anti-virus, Zone Alarm Pro, and Ad Aware; I then loaded Picasa, Adobe and all the bits and pieces that make for fun and utility.
View 4 Replies View RelatedMy computer is a Dell Inspiron 6000 running Microsoft XP Home. My machine did not ship with a XP Home setup CD so I cannot follow the windows prompt. I have heard about dell system restore CDs, however I'm not sure if one came with my machine, and if so where it is. If this is what I need can an ISO be downloaded anywhere online? I do know that there is some type of partition on my HD, however I'm not sure exactly what it consists of or how to find out.In case anyone asks, I cannot boot windows in safe mode. If possible I would like to try to repair this problem without a complete reformat and reinstall as my data is only partially backed up. Additionally I have considered the possibility that this issue is the result of a HD crash, however I am not sure how I would go about testing this. Lastly if a reformat and re-install is necessary is there anyway to backup "My Documents" without starting windows?
View 7 Replies View RelatedJust reformatted my system and every game that i download ...when i open it it says file corrupted ....possible file transfer error.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI try to sync my thumb drive in Sync-Toy. There is an error in J:Guitar MusicTracksGeoff AchisonGettin evil.I begin to investigate.they used to be MP3s, and they weren't like this when my guitar teacher gave them to me. When I try to delete them I get - "Could not Delete file. Cannot read from source file or disk".Luckily, this THING didn't copy across to the copy on my hard drive (C:Guitar MusicTracksGeoff AchisonGettin' Evil)
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im new and i dont know what forum to put this in but help would be nice pleasee
i have a problem with a file in the my documents folder it has an error message saying its corrupted or unreadable i can not delete it or remove it but i can rename it it used to be called downloads folder mcafee found a virus in it once i think it locked the file but mcafee is deleted from my pc i have norton internet security 2007 now i am wondering if there is a way to remove it i renamed the downloads folder to corrupted file and marked at as hidden but i would like to remove it also windows check disk keeps wanting to run every tme windows starts and its getting annoying
View 8 Replies View RelatedI really need some help here. I have a second HD with no OP system on which I just use to store most of my music, pics, documents etc. The problem is when I click on one of the folders (my most important one I get the message "file or directory is corrupted and unreadable"I really need to get to this folder,
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have two partitions on the same drive and both had Win XP installed. I decided to reformat the second partition, and for no particular reason decided to install Win 2000 there. Now on boot up I get the normal boot.ini menu but if I choose XP I get an error that says Win 2000 has a missing or corrupted file: WINDOWSSYSTEM32CONFIGSYSTEMd……..SYSTEMd not a misprint! I hit reset and choose Win2000 at the boot menu and Win 2000 comes up OK . I tried to repair 2000 and I re-installed it but still get the same error. I tried modifying the boot.ini file but it didn't.
View 3 Replies View RelatedWindows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: WINDOWSSYSTEM32CONFIGSYSTEM
I found this soultion online and followed it to the marked point:
Is there any way (short of sending to a pro) to recover files from a corrupted floopy? I have some very sensitive info on it that I want to recover.
View 1 Replies View Relatedmy internet went down soon before this happened, im not sure if this has anything at all to do with this problem, though. our contract with SBC was over so we decided to cancel and sign back up to get 12.99 a month...my friend gave me a zip with these MSN messanger things in it, its just supposed to be these cool random stuff, nothing important i tihnk. a day after our internet service was gone, i tried to extract it, and during the extraction process, some of the files were reported as corrupted, but i let it conitinue to run, and then my computer just restarted on me and now im having all these problems
View 14 Replies View RelatedA while back something weird happened with one of my hard drives that corrupted a bunch of music vids... about 3 gigs worth. The files are still there, but they are unreadable and won't delete. It keeps saying 'file not found' whenever I try and do something with them.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI think I have a corrupted OS in my hands. My computer worked fine yesterday. This morning I added an extended SATA hard drive. When it booted, Windows XP (Pro SP2) startup seemed unusually slow. After I used the hard drive manufacturer's CD to partition the HD and rebooting, I could not get on any of the limited XP accounts because it required a password when it should not have. I am posting this from Firefox, which with a number of other programs unrelated to Microsoft seem to work for the moment. I think I'm missing system files or they are corrupt. I've recently had a Vundo infection which I did clean up, but now I can't even open Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.This would be extremely horrifying had I not had past computer problems of equal horror. I beseech all you benevolent souls reading this to provide some suggestions. Is there anything I could do aside from reinstalling XP?
View 7 Replies View RelatedSince January my computer started getting error messages about corrupted files, corrupted registry, and drivers stopped working. I tried different things and ended up formatting my hard drive and reinstalling Windows. Things were fine for a while, but after a week I started getting messages about corrupt files again, having issues with drivers, and now Windows won't shut down properly. Also, the computer powers off of its own accord sometimes. I'm using Windows XP Home Edition SP3. I haven't made any hardware updates recently.
Some of the error messages I've been receiving are. For Bluesoleil (which I have uninstalled and reinstalled) it says that the file is corrupt and to try an anti-virus scan (I tried to copy the message, but the window went off on its own). AVG anti-virus keeps on saying there are no active components, or replacing all the commands with things beginning with @. The drivers for my Logitech Fusion webcam stopped working, but I've reinstalled them, and they work, for now. The Microsoft Kernel Wave Audio Mixer kept on corrupting. I've also had the message 'Windows - Registry Recovery One of the files containing the system's Registry data had to be recovered by use of a log or alternative copy.
I got the error screen
The file serial.sys is corrupted.
Press any key to continue
... and at the bottom it says
Setup failed. press any key to restart your computer.
Any ideas ?
I have a Dell Dimension 5100 with Winxp pro sp3 1 Meg of RAM and extra 500 gig hd:
I changed (increaded) the Page File zise (Virtual Memory) on both drives and it corrupted the Registry. Now it does not even let me re-install winxp on that drive. Towards the end of the installation I get a message that it cannot copy certain files. The file names varies according to the SP version on the winxp pro cd.
Also, I lost the original OS disk from DELL.
For the past few weeks everytime I restarted my computer, I would get a message saying that windows "did not start because file sym_hi.sys is corrupted." Then i would press enter and windows would start.I decided to reinstall windows.... at the beginning during copying installation files an error pops up that says:An error occured copying file sym_hi.sys to C:$WIN_NT$.~BTsym_hi.sy_.-data error (cyclic redundancy check)-
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