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obstacle1
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_ 		14. January 2008 @ 23:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hello everyone
i left my computer for about half hour and came back to find the error message 'windows could not start because the following File is missing or corrupt ' i dont why this happened my computer seemed fine though it might be caused by a virus anyway i have removed that hard drive and i am using a different one but all my important files are on that HD and i dont want to lose them,
so does anyone here know how to fix this problem can i take the same missing file from another harddrive and put it on cd ?and how do a put that sort of file on cd i have only ever put music on cds! swo i dont have a clue what to do.
help please
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iani_2006
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_ 		15. January 2008 @ 03:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Have you tried hitting F8 and then choosing Last Known Good Config ?
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DedShadow
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_ 		15. January 2008 @ 06:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The last known config wont work because the file that windows needs to start has been corrupted in some way. Here is a Microsoft link on how to fix the error .. its rather long but its better than losing all of your data.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

Hope that helps mate.
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