Re: chkdsk problem
- From: "Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:05:52 -0500
First, realize that CHKDSK is not the real problem, and is in fact usually
part of the solution to file system corruption. Running CHKDSK weekly or so
can prevent little file and disk errors from becoming big errors. If CHKDSK
continually finds serious errors, that could be a sign of a failing disk.
But, even a good disk can had file system errors, if the PC is shut down
improperly (e.g., power failure, system lock-up/crash). Further, even
without a power failure, crash, etc good files sometimes go bad, or files
get mixed up, at least they seem to on all Microsoft operating systems.
As for fixing XP, there are several options, besides the "clean install":
1. Run system file checker SFC /SCANNOW, which can replace corrupt/missing
XP files with clean copies stored in a cache on disk, or from the XP CD.
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html
2. Run a repair installation of XP. Unlike a clean installation, a repair
does NOT erase personal programs nor installed programs. But, a limitation
of the repair is that it can not repair/replace the registry, at least not
most of it, since if it did that it would be like uninstalling programs. A
repair is supported by retail XP CDs. It is often not supported by OEM CDs,
or PCs that came with XP pre-installed. However, you can always buy a
full-retail version of XP to get the CD. Do not try to use someone else's
XP CD for the repair, lest you then run into problems of product activation.
Links about repairing:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3998,a=23979,00.asp
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Repair-Windows-XP-t138.html
CAUTION: Before running either SFC, and especially before attempting a
repair install, save all personal files off of the PC. If you can not
currently boot into XP far enough to copy to CD, DVD, ZIP, USB drive, etc,
then try one of the following:
1. LINUX "live" CD with NTFS and USB support. "live" means it does NOT
install on the hard drive, but rather runs directly from the CD (or DVD).
KNOPPIX is my favorite and it is free.
2. Boot with a Windows PE disk, if you can find one, or an image of one
that can be burned to CD. This is effectively a "live" version of XP, but
is usually limited in its distribution to PC professionals.
3. Make a Bart's bootable CD on another PC running XP. Bart's is similar
to Windows PE, but more flexible, and almost anyone with XP can make one.
4. Temporarily mount the hard drive in a USB 2.0 enclosure and read into
another PC, then out to CD, DVD, USB, etc.
"jake" <jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:014C887D-FDDB-4B44-81F2-C320E1C14D5C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ok the other day chkdsk ran and destroyed my security settings.It said
something on the lines of "security settings invalid restoring settings to
default"for every file on my computer.Which left my computer without a
task
bar,run extremly slow,no access to user accounts,ie not working,and a ton
more problems.I then tried restoring numerous times but nothing helped. I
then found something online about manually reset security policies to
default
(exactly what chkdsk said it did)and tried it (secedit /configure /cfg
%windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb /verbose)
which fixed most of the problems but not all.I cant access disk
management,cant log in with account that has user rights.And still a ton
more.Im just wondering if anyone here has had the same problem and how
they
fixed it.im running windows xp pro locally. I've also tried to create new
admin accounts but they have exactly the same problems as the existing
accounts.
.
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