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1 posted on 05/20/2007 6:04:31 AM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu
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To: ShadowAce

ping.


2 posted on 05/20/2007 6:05:21 AM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

I can’t remember the name of the site but there is a better place than FreeRepublic for this.


4 posted on 05/20/2007 6:10:37 AM PDT by wastoute
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

Use your original recovery CD, and follow the instructions for a repair install:

XP Repair install

Please read carefully and make sure you followed the warning links before initiating the Repair Install. You can print a text version for reference. repair.txt
Boot the computer using the XP CD. You may need to change the boot order in the system BIOS so the CD boots before the hard drive. Check your system documentation for steps to access the BIOS and change the boot order.
When you see the “Welcome To Setup” screen, you will see the options below

This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft
Windows XP to run on your computer:

To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.
Press Enter to start the Windows Setup. do not choose
“To repair a Windows XP installation using the Recovery Console, press R”, (you Do Not want to load Recovery Console). I repeat, do not choose “To repair a Windows XP installation using the Recovery Console, press R”.
Accept the License Agreement and Windows will search for existing Windows installations.
Select the XP installation you want to repair from the list and press R to start the repair. If Repair is not one of the options, END setup. After the reboot read Warning#2!
Setup will copy the necessary files to the hard drive and reboot. Do not press any key to boot from CD when the message appears. Setup will continue as if it were doing a clean install, but your applications and settings will remain intact.

If you get files not found during the copying stage.

Blaster worm warning: Do not immediately activate over the internet when asked, enable the XP firewall before connecting to the internet. You can activate after the firewall is enabled. Control Panel - Network Connections. Right click the connection you use, Properties and there is a check box on the Advanced page.

KB 833330u Blaster removal

What You Should Know About the Sasser Worm and Its Variants

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011
Reapply updates or service packs applied since initial Windows XP installation. Please note that a Repair Install using an Original pre service pack 1 or 2 XP CD used as the install media will remove SP1/SP2 respectively and service packs plus updates isssued after the service packs will need to be reapplied.

see: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm


5 posted on 05/20/2007 6:12:01 AM PDT by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

Here it is: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum55.html


6 posted on 05/20/2007 6:13:09 AM PDT by wastoute
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Sounds like you are pretty much screwed.

I assume you have your important files backed up and copies of your original applications.

Some techies would monkey around with the system to try to fix it but the fact that you post here looking for help suggests that you do not have that kind of comfort level. So aside from paying big money to have somebody fix it for you, best thing to do is re-install your original configuration and start from scratch.

Boot into recovery mode and restore your computer to its original state when you bought it. This will wipe your hard drive clean and make the computer like the day you bought it.

Remove all that "crap-ware" that PC makers like to install on store-bought systems.

Load any applications and then restore your files and settings.

Actually, it is good practice to do this with your computer once a year whether it has problems or not. Keeps your system clean and running fast. People that don't do this regularly end up with very slow computers.

Yes, my next computer purchase is going to be a Mac. I'm sick and tired of dealing with Windows crashes and other Windows issues.

7 posted on 05/20/2007 6:18:58 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 74 days away from outliving Curt Hennig (whoever he is))
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

DAMMIT!!! thanks for the info...

I have been seeing chkdsk show up on reboot for 2 days now... i wonder if I got it...


8 posted on 05/20/2007 6:19:34 AM PDT by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

You look like you have got some useful responses...It has been my experience that people often enter threads like this just to give the poster a hard time. Good luck with that problem.


9 posted on 05/20/2007 6:25:59 AM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

I had pretty much the same thing happen to my laptop. I used a program called VCOM Fixit. It was kinda pricey (~$50) but it allowed me to boot from their CD and fix the corrupted disk information without losing everything like you would if you do a windows recovery.

I’m sure there are other programs that do this but you need to find one that the computer will boot from since windows is not operating.


14 posted on 05/20/2007 7:10:46 AM PDT by farmguy
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

Can you take the disk out and attach it to another computer to check its file system there?


16 posted on 05/20/2007 7:55:44 AM PDT by James W. Fannin (unappeasable)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Please, before you do something that can't be undone:
17 posted on 05/20/2007 9:23:39 AM PDT by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... ALWAYS check for mechanical problems first! ...])
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18 posted on 05/20/2007 10:21:10 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

I’ve run into this problem before, usually after a major hardware upgrade (motherboard), but a couple of times after a drive hiccup.

Let’s hope your file tables are still intact; sometimes it’s just the boot sector or even a single bad file table copy that can cause it not to boot.

There are a two or three you can do to salvage your installation. The first is to see if you can boot into safe mode. If you can, you can run another chkdsk from there, or it may be updated controller drivers from the service pack that caused the problem. You could try to uninstall the service pack, or if that doesn’t work, you could go into the hardware manager and remove the drive controller. This would allow windows to revert to a basic controller and reinstall it upon bootup if that were the problem.

If that doesn’t work, you may still have an actual problem with the drive info. Next would be to try to run another chkdsk. You do this by booting up your win2k installation cd and going into console repair mode. This will allow you a very basic command line to run a chkdsk. Boot up the win2k cd, then select repair instead of install and then you select the command console (don’t remember what it’s actually called and my other pc’s are in use atm to check). You’ll have to put in your administator password and it’ll give you a command line.

Then you can type in chkdsk (drive) /p

This will run another chkdsk. When it’s done, reboot and see if you start up normally.

If not, one other option is a reinstall of windows on top of your old installation. This will prevent you from losing anything; programs, data, everything will still be there and registered. You may just have to do a bunch of windows updates afterward. You start this in the same manner as a regular installation, but you choose to do a repair in the install section of the windows setup. Don’t choose an alternate directory and definitely do not choose to create a new partition or format.

I’ve done it quite a few times for myself and clients to repair a win2k installation that was thought to be lost, but don’t have the exact details on my mind right now. I’ll try to find someone who does and give you a link, or I’ll go back and recreate one on one of these older pc’s so I can give you a detailed list of instructions for it, but it may be tomorrow before I get back to this post.


19 posted on 05/20/2007 2:05:27 PM PDT by kenth (I got tired of my last tagline...)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Here's one solution...
21 posted on 05/20/2007 2:52:56 PM PDT by Old_Mil (Duncan Hunter in 2008! A Veteran, A Patriot, A Reagan Republican... http://www.gohunter08.com/)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

I’m sure MS has a patent on that blue screen of death. That’s one that Linux will never have. Install Linux and don’t ever patronize MS again, problem solved for good.


26 posted on 05/20/2007 11:15:52 PM PDT by SwordofTruth (God is good all the time.)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Reinstall Windows. Hope you backed up all your data. The blue screen of death generally means Windows is corrupt and won't boot up. Time to break out the recovery or Windows CD.
30 posted on 05/21/2007 12:03:49 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

38 posted on 05/21/2007 6:55:51 AM PDT by Daffynition (I drive far too fast to worry about cholesterol!)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
.......begin shopping for a new one.....

Wipe clean the infected one and use it as a backup....or router...etc...

51 posted on 05/22/2007 6:35:22 AM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu; Swordmaker
If you like spending your time troubleshooting, use a PC.

If you like spending your time being productive, get a Mac.

You can get a Mac Mini for $599, connect your existing keyboard, monitor and mouse to it, and have a full Mac experience for next to nothing.

I also just found out that the Apple TV, at $299, runs OS X. (Apple doesn't support it, but it works.)

57 posted on 05/22/2007 4:33:58 PM PDT by Silly (http://www.sarcasmoff.com)
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