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Old 01-05-2006, 06:26 AM
Juaco
 
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Default Re: Windows not starting / any more ideas?

you have a hard disk error... some sectors are bad.... run hard disk recovery
from your manufacture hdd example: powermax if you have a maxtor hard drive,
drivefitness if you have an hitachi hdd ..... better if you try with
hddregenerator. I´m already see this fail and y fix it with hddregenerator...



"Pegasus (MVP)" escribió:

>
> "Maria" <Maria@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:45756FB3-C606-4237-83A7-2FFE7D82FF30@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for your response. I too was discouraged that someone had a

> similar
> > problem, resolved it, and didn't come back to say how.
> >
> > Anyway, I did try your suggestion and followed the instructions in the

> link.
> > I inserted the Windows XP CD, pressed enter when asked if I wanted to

> start
> > using CD, and waited to be prompted to press R for repair. Then got the
> > command prompt. When entering cd system32, the response back was: The

> path
> > or file specified is not valid; when entering ren kernel32.dll

> kernel32.old,
> > the response was: The rename operation failed; when entering expand
> > d:\i386\kernel32.dl_, the response was: Unable to create file Kernel

> 32.dll 0
> > file(s) expanded. So I typed in exit, and the loop began again. No

> change.
> >
> > Any ideas about the messages I received? Should I have done something
> > differently? Anything else I can try?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Maria

>
> It seems that you are unfamiliar with directory navigation commands.
> Here is a 60 seconds crash course.
> 1. Go to the "root" directory of your partition:
> cd \
> 2. Find out what folders you have:
> dir or
> dir win*
> 3. Go to the Windows directory:
> cd windows or
> cd winnt (if that's where Windows is installed)
> 4. Go to the system32 subdirectory:
> cd system32
>
> If you still don't get anywhere then you can use one of
> these approaches:
>
> a) Boot the machine with a Bart PE boot CD (www.bootdisk.com).
> It gives you a Windows-like environment that lets you examine your
> disk in detail.
>
> b) Temporarily run the disk as a slave disk in some WinXP/2000
> desktop.
>
> Option a) requires some three hours to manufacture the CD.
> It's a very powerful tool to have.
>
> Option b) requires a $5.00 adapter to connec the laptop
> disk to a desktop's ribbon cable. There is a risk of connecting
> the cable back to front in which case you will fry your laptop
> disk. Be careful!
>
>
>

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