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IS MY SYSTEM FOLDERS MESSED UP? NO BOOT
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13. August 2006 @ 19:37 |
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sorry this is so long, but its the only way to describe my problem correctly. yesterdat i tried to fit an old 2.1gb ata(we'll call it c) hard drive as back up to my 250gb sata hdd(we'll call it f)just to store my installers etc. anyway, when i tried to boot up it tried to boot windows98(c) instead of windowsxp(f). i recieved an error message: can't find device file, etc. file c:progra~1\norton~1\savrt.vxd. so i removed the c drive & tried to boot normally using f. it wouldnt boot, it would almost get to the login screen, but cuts back to the p.o.s.t screen. i tried last known good configuration,start windows normally, & safe mode. when i tried safe mode, it loads in some drivers, then i get a BLUE SCREEN, that says: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT LESS OR EQUAL & something about if youve installed hardware or software, please remove & try again. i took out the graphics card & tried again, BLUE SCREEN. i ended putting windows onto the c drive & eventually bios recognized them. i boot xp from c & if i double click the c drive in my computer,minimize it, then do the same with f, i can open both windows & compare all files & folders. i made sure all the drivers, driver cache & system32 files on c were the same as on f(it took about 10 hours to do all files & folders). some files were missing from the f drive(in drivercache, they were system files & nt kernal & system files). there were 2 cabinet files in driver cache on each hdd, but the c drive had the system files & nt kernal & system files that were missing from f. since c was a fresh install, i assumed the missing files, were what caused the f drive to fail. so i dragged & dropped the missing files from c to f(in correct folders etc).some files that are present on the f drive are spelled differently to the ones on c. the ones on f are spelled in capital letters while the files on c are small letters. is this why the f drive isnt booting? is it because windows doesnt recognize them? ill post the list of files that are spelled incorrectly in a minute or two, ill let whoever reads this get a wee breather......lol
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13. August 2006 @ 19:43 |
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dude u got some messed up windows going on just put the winxp cd boot from it and repair the windows in drive f (note: when booting from cd while loading some files it will say if u want to repair press f6 or f8 whatver just dont do that kind of repair just wait till all the files r loaded and repair it).
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13. August 2006 @ 20:08 |
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here are the list of wrongly spelled files & where they are found: CEWMDM.dll - \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ LAPRXY.dll - " " MP4SDMOD.dll - " " MP43DMOD.dll " " MPG4DMOD.dll " " MSPMSP.dll " " MSPMSNSV.dll " " MSWMDM.dll " " WMADMOD.dll " " WMADMODE.dll " " WMASF.dll " " WMDMLOG.dll " " WMDMPS.dll " " WMNetMgr.DLL " " WMSPDMOD.dll " " WMSPDMOE.dll " " if these are wrong, can i delete them & drag & drop the correct ones from c to f?? also there are more files & folders in the winsxs folder on f than there is on c. could this be a problem? *NOTE. before i tried to install the c drive, i had the graphics card(ATI RADEON 9800XT) in the pc for about 2 hours, & i also downloaded the drivers for the card,net framework2.0(even though i had it already) & the catalyst control centre. it cant be the card, so it must be the c drive or the ati drivers.. after installing drivers, etc i was prompted to reboot, so i shut down the pc & fitted the hard drive..thats when the trouble began. i have so far deleted all ati related files from the f drive(JUST IN CASE). also, in system32\catroot, there is only 1 OEM file on the 2.1gb(c), but there are 24 in the 250gb(f)(numbered from OEM0 TO OEM24). does anyone know what the problem is?? i havent tried booting the 250 since i got the 2.1 to boot(saturday night) as im afraid it wont go back on.. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE SOME HELP...THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS & HOPEFULLY A SOLUTION. here are my specs in case they are needed: amd athlon 64 3000+ 2.0ghz, asrock k8upgrade vm800 socket753, elixir 256mb ddr400 pc3200 184 pin ram(temporary), ati radeon 256mb 9800xt agp, samsung sp2504c 250gb sata, western digital caviar 12100 2.1gb ata..... THANK YOU
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13. August 2006 @ 20:10 |
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dude repair the dam drive thats it run win xp and repair it as i said b4 that will fix 100% sure of it
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13. August 2006 @ 20:23 |
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what is it im looking to do?? i know the commands etc, & what they mean, but dont know what to look for... someone told me when the welcome to setup screen appears, press r, then type in admin password. i then pressed 1 & enter, then typed in FIXMBR & FIXBOOT. it wrote a new boot sector, but when i pessed the reboot button on my pc & went into bios & disabled the c drive(2.1gb) then rebooted, i get the same bloody BLUE SCREEN. am i doing everything correctly?? PLEASE HELP as i cant afford to lose anything from the 250gb as it has everything on it(xp, games, music, videos, pictures, documents, & all my full programs)... THANK YOU
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13. August 2006 @ 20:49 |
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My advice: pull your HDD and put it in a friend's machine to back it up or buy a second one and reinstall XP. Patch fully. Remove Internet Explorer or at least do not use it EVER - that's probably how you got that anyway! Use Firefox, Opera, crap, use anything except IE or Outlook, though you should disable Java and XPInstall in whatever browser you use too. And don't DL from warez or pr0n or MP3 sites.
-Do you believe you own your computer and shouldn't be told what you can run and do? Then say *NO* to Microsoft Vista!
-Since half the questions here involve media problems, here ya go: Only use Verbatim or Taiyo-Yuden discs (get your TYs from Rima.com, not Supermediastore or meritline). Forget the rest, no matter what "brand" they sell under. Always burn at 4x speed regardless of the speed rating of this discs or your drive. If you have burn problems with these then you have to update your drive's firmware. For double-layer discs, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL and burn them at 2.4x speed.
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13. August 2006 @ 20:50 |
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or maybe repairing the xp y?
cause u wont loose ure info
it will fix
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13. August 2006 @ 21:16 |
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Problem is a lot of the malware nowadays, particularly the rootkits, are virtually unremovable.
-Do you believe you own your computer and shouldn't be told what you can run and do? Then say *NO* to Microsoft Vista!
-Since half the questions here involve media problems, here ya go: Only use Verbatim or Taiyo-Yuden discs (get your TYs from Rima.com, not Supermediastore or meritline). Forget the rest, no matter what "brand" they sell under. Always burn at 4x speed regardless of the speed rating of this discs or your drive. If you have burn problems with these then you have to update your drive's firmware. For double-layer discs, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL and burn them at 2.4x speed.
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