It is possible but by no means certain that the OP's
disk has a flaw. Running the manufacturer's diagnostic
program is a good idea - it certainly won't hurt.


"Juaco" <Juaco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0DE381D8-8F77-4F64-AC89-74D43F66531C@microsoft.com...
> 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!
> >
> >
> >