Re: this sucks

Holly wrote:
Holly <c@xxxxxxx> wrote in
news:Xns9A5DB4854D98Cewrfdgrstnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

my xp install is apparently hopelessly corupt. happened with no
warning and for what reason i do not know. just about every program
i try to start comes back with an error message 'the file or
directory c/windows/system/blah/blah is corrupt and unreadbale.
please run chkdsk'. Most progrmas end up woring just the same but
now i lost my internet connection. i tried system restore but that
is also corrupt, it runs but when i click next it does nothing.
So befoe i reintall windows i waned to run chkdsk. I booted from the
install cd and went to the option for chkdsk, it then asks me for my
passowrd. i type the same password i have been using for years as
administrator and it says wrong pasword.
So i boot back to windows and try to change my pasword it says
windows cant do it. tried to delete passowrd same thing.
So does anyone know why the password which i use to log on as
administrator is not being accepted in the boot cd ?

I did run some hardware diagnostics on my hard drives and they both
passed so I am asuming this is not a hardware issue.

Thank you for the 2 replys for your info my computer is porn less.

Oh dear. Do you need some?

So here is what i did I did hit blank instead of a passowrd and it
worked [figured it out all by myself] so it ran chkdsk, it said it
found errors does it automaticaly fix them ?

No, a /switch is needed.
"CHKDSK" is one of the more popular commands that you will come across in XP
and 2000. For boot problems you should always try the "CHKDSK /F" (Within
Operating System) or "CHKDSK /P" (Outside Operating System (Recovery
Console)) option first before you go about reinstalling or repairing
Windows.


So I rebooted and now the constant corrupt mesages stopped, it let me
run sys restore but when it reboots is said this restore point could
not be loaded, try another ? So I tried 3 of them none of them would
work.

It gets corrupted easily. In System Properties, turn it off and reboot to
clear everything out. Later, if you want, you can turn it back on.


My computer seems to be functioning almost normal, my only problem is
still no internet connection [i am on my wireless laptop now which
explain my poor typing]. I am going to try a power cycle later with
my modem and router and see if that helps if it does not I am stuck.
Any program which uses the internet says no connection and my
computer is not visible on the network, i might be screwed but oh
well at least i still got this laptop for my cyber connection
hopefully that does not go out next


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